Employers should be aware that not only is the statutory minimum notice usually not good enough, but it involves more than just wages
The various employment acts and codes across the country set out the minimum statutory requirements for providing termination notice or pay in lieu of notice. The required minimum statutory notice period will range from one to eight weeks, depending on the length of service of the employee and the province. Courts will almost always award more in a successful wrongful dismissal suit than the minimum required by statute, known as the common law amount. But what are an employer’s legal obligations during the notice period besides payment of wages?
