Part VIII: Termination of Employment
The amount of notice or pay in lieu of notice than an employee is entitled to depends on their length of service with their employer.
- For service less than 3 months, no severance pay is required
- For service between 3 and 12 months, 1 week of severance is required
- For service between 12 months and 3 years, 2 weeks of severance are required
- For service of 3 years or more, the amount of severance is calculated on the basis of 1 week per year of service, to a maximum of 8 weeks.
Additional notice is required where a large number of employees are terminated at a single location within a 2 month period.
Exceptions:
- Casual employment
- Defined term employment
- Employment was for specific work to be completed within 12 months
- Employment has become impossible to perform due to unforeseeable event
- Employee employed by a construction employer at one or more construction sites
- Terminated employee refused reasonable alternative employment with employer
There are other sections of the Act that deal with Termination of Employment Variances; Complaints, Investigations and Determinations; Enforcement; Employment Standards Tribunal; Appeals; General Provisions; Transitional and Consequential Provisions.
Read more about this topic: Employment Standards Act Of British Columbia
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