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meat_head
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2008.2.21 15:08
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How much notice of termination do employees get?
In most cases, when an employer ends the employment of someone who has been continuously employed for three months or more, the employer must provide either written notice of termination or termination pay or a combination of the two. If notice is given, the employee must be paid his or her regular wages throughout the notice period.
How much written notice is required depends on how long someone has been employed by an employer. Employers must continue to make the benefit plan contributions required to maintain an employee's benefit plans during the notice period. This applies even if the employee has received termination pay instead of working part or all of the notice period.
In most cases, written notice of termination of employment must be addressed to the employee. It can be delivered in person or by mail, fax or email, as long as delivery can be verified.
The following specifies the periods of notice an employer must give an employee based on length of employment:
Length of Employment: Notice Required
Less than 3 months None
3 months but less than 1 year 1 week
1 year but less than 3 years 2 weeks
3 years but less than 4 years 3 weeks
4 years but less than 5 years 4 weeks
5 years but less than 6 years 5 weeks
6 years but less than 7 years 6 weeks
7 years but less than 8 years 7 weeks
8 years or more 8 weeks
Note: Special rules apply in the case of "mass terminations", where 50 or more employees are terminated at an employer's establishment within a four-week period.
URL:
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/factsheets/fs_termination.html