Severance packages

[perplexed_one]

Are they mandatory for employers who fire full-time workers?

Also did the auto workers in Oshawa and Whitby get anything in the way of severance packages?

[Whitedart]

Are they mandatory for employers who fire full-time workers?

It depends on the jurisdiction (provincial or federal), and the reason the person was let go.

http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/...rmination.html

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pubs_pol/hr...1a/sp-id_e.asp

Also did the auto workers in Oshawa and Whitby get anything in the way of severance packages?

I understand this is included as part of their union contract. As such, layoffs or shutdowns can be fairly costly for the company, but there is no point in assembling vehicles they can not sell.

[perplexed_one]

It depends on the jurisdiction (provincial or federal), and the reason the person was let go.

http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/...rmination.html

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pubs_pol/hr...1a/sp-id_e.asp




I understand this is included as part of their union contract. As such, layoffs or shutdowns can be fairly costly for the company, but there is no point in assembling vehicles they can not sell.

Yeah, I mean Ontario.

That's right, I forgot that they have air-tight union contracts.

[cgtlky]

Are they mandatory for employers who fire full-time workers?

From what I know its not mandatory, since they can set you to collect employment insurance with service canada.