Often times employees don’t properly understand what severance is. Severance pay is not termination pay. Termination pay is given to the employee in place of the required notice of termination. So what is severance? Severance is a statutory term. Severance of employment occurs when the employer dismisses the employee, including an employee can no longer be employed due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of the employer. Severance occurs when an employee is laid off 35 or more weeks out of 52 weeks. Severance also occurs when the business closes permanently. To qualify for severance pay in Ontario, the employee must
TO FINISH READING THIS ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK HERE →Firstly, I would call a lawyer to help. Not just any lawyer but a lawyer that knows employment law. Secondly, The Ontario Ministry of Labour will listen to you. They do however, encourage employees and employers to try and come to a meeting of the minds and disputes before seeking assistance from the ministry. If you think however, that your employer is not following the minimum employment standards then you can call the employment standards information centre in Toronto at (416) 326-7160 or call toll free at 1-800-531-5551 and they will provide you with information as to how you would
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An employee is returning from Maternity Leave: reinstatement is a must.
What happens if a woman takes maternity leave, returns to work, and is then terminated soon after? Well, if you are reading this and you are an employer – you are probably trying to educate yourself on the issue. Let me help you – don’t mess around with employees coming back from mat leave. Talk to a lawyer. You are opening the evil door of exposure. An employee cannot be penalized because she plans to take or has taken a pregnancy and parental leave. This is a right that employees have in this province. If you tell and employee differently