British Columbia - A week’s pay is calculated by: Totalling the employee’s wages, excluding overtime, earned in the last eight weeks in which the employee worked normal or average hours; and Dividing the total by eight. 


Alberta - Termination pay must equal at least the wages the employee would have earned if the employee had worked regular hours for the termination period. When the employee’s wages vary from one pay period to another, the weekly average of the employee’s regular wages for the 13 weeks in which the employee worked preceding the date of termination, not simply the 13 calendar weeks immediately preceding the date of termination is used to determine the employee’s termination pay. 


Saskatchewan - If the employee’s wages vary from week to week, the employer would need to calculate the weekly wage averaged over the employee’s last 13 weeks of work. The weekly average would then be multiplied by the amount of working notice required. Overtime, tips and gratuities are not included in these calculations. Pay instead of notice must be paid within 14 days. If a pay day falls within the 14-day period, the employer must provide the employee’s pay on that day. 


Manitoba - Employees who work the same hours every week receive their regular earnings for wages in lieu of notice.  For employees who work varying hours every week, wages in lieu are based on the average of the earnings for regular weekly hours worked over the last 6 month period.  Vacation wages and overtime wages are not added to wages paid in lieu of notice. 


Ontario - To calculate the amount of severance pay an employee is entitled to receive, multiply the employee's regular wages for a regular work week by the sum of: the number of completed years of employment;and the number of completed months of employment divided by 12 for a year that is not completed. The maximum amount of severance pay required to be paid under the ESA is 26 weeks. 


Quebec - An employer is not required to give a notice of termination of employment to an employee credited with less than 3 months of uninterrupted service.  


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