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
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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