Basic Rules:

  • Employees and employers must give each other notice of their intention to end the employment
  • An employer may end the employment of an employee by giving them:     
    • termination notice,
    • termination pay, or
    • a combination of termination notice and termination pay


When an Employee quits, notice period rules are applicable as mentioned in the agreement.


Employers who end their employee’s employment must give the employee, and ensure they receive, written termination notice.

An employer must give written notice to their employee of at least: (Length of employment v/s Notice Period) as follows:


< 1 year of employment = one week;
1-3 years of employment = 2 weeks;
3-4 years of employment = 3 weeks;
4-5 years of employment = 4 weeks;
5-6 years of employment = 5 weeks;
6-7 years of employment = 6 weeks;
7-8 years of employment = 7 weeks;
8+ years of employment = 8 weeks


Note:

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.