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Termination Of Employment
A variety of expressions are commonly utilized to describe scenarios when work is terminated. These consist of “let go,” “released,” “dismissed,” “fired” and “completely laid off.”
Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) a person’s work is terminated if the employer:
– dismisses or stops employing a staff member, including where an employee is no longer utilized due to the personal bankruptcy or insolvency of the company;
– “constructively” dismisses a worker and the employee resigns, in response, within a reasonable time;
– lays a worker off for a duration that is longer than a “short-term layoff”.
In many cases, when an employer ends the work of an employee who has actually been continuously utilized for three months, the company needs to provide the employee with either composed notification of termination, termination pay or a mix (as long as the notification and the variety of weeks of termination pay together equal the length of notice the employee is entitled to get).
The ESA does not require a company to provide a staff member a reason their employment is being ended. There are, however, some scenarios where an employer can not end an employee’s work even if the company is prepared to provide correct written notification or termination pay. For example, an employer can not end somebody’s employment, or punish them in any other method, if any part of the reason for the termination of work is based upon the employee asking questions about the ESA or exercising a right under the ESA, such as refusing to work in excess of the daily or weekly hours of work maximums, or taking a leave of lack specified in the ESA. Please see the chapter on reprisals.
Getting approved for termination notice or pay in lieu
Certain employees are not entitled to discover of termination or termination pay under the ESA. Examples include: employees who are guilty of wilful misconduct, disobedience, or wilful neglect of task that is not insignificant and has not been condoned by the employer. Other examples include building workers, employees on short-lived layoff, staff members who refuse a deal of reasonable alternative work and workers who have been used less than 3 months.
There are a variety of other exemptions to the termination of employment provisions of the ESA. See “Exemptions to discover of termination or termination pay.” Please also refer to the special guideline tool.
The termination-of-employment guidelines are totally separate from any entitlements a staff member might have to be paid severance pay under the ESA.
Constructive dismissal
A positive termination may happen when an employer makes a substantial change to a fundamental term or condition of an employee’s work without the staff member’s actual or implied consent.
For example, a worker might be constructively dismissed if the company makes changes to the worker’s terms and conditions of work that lead to a considerable reduction in salary or a substantial negative modification in such things as the worker’s work location, hours of work, authority, or position. Constructive dismissal might also include circumstances where an employer pesters or abuses an employee, or an employer provides a staff member a demand to “quit or be fired” and the staff member resigns in action.
The employee would have to resign in reaction to the modification within a sensible period of time in order for the company’s actions to be thought about a termination of employment for functions of the ESA.
Constructive dismissal is a complex and tough subject. For more details on constructive dismissal, please call the Employment Standards Information Centre at 1-800-531-5551.
Temporary layoff
A worker is on short-term layoff when an employer cuts down or stops the staff member’s work without ending their employment (for example, laying someone off sometimes when there is insufficient work to do). The simple fact that the employer does not define a recall date when laying the employee off does not necessarily indicate that the lay-off is not temporary. Note, however, that a lay-off, even if meant to be short-term, may lead to useful termination if it is not enabled by the employment agreement.
For the functions of the termination arrangements of the ESA, a “week of layoff” is a week in which the employee earned less than half of what they would generally earn (or makes usually) in a week.
A week of layoff does not consist of any week in which the employee did not work for several days because the worker was unable or readily available to work, went through disciplinary suspension, or was not provided with work since of a strike or lockout at their location of work or elsewhere.
Employers are not needed under the ESA to supply workers with a composed notice of a temporary layoff, nor do they need to offer a factor for the lay-off. (They may, however, be to do these things under a collective agreement or a work agreement.)
Under the ESA, a “short-term layoff” can last:
1. not more than 13 weeks of layoff in any duration of 20 consecutive weeks;
or
2. more than 13 weeks in any period of 20 successive weeks, but less than 35 weeks of layoff in any duration of 52 successive weeks, where:- the worker continues to receive substantial payments from the company;
or
– the employer continues to make payments for the advantage of the worker under a legitimate group or employment staff member insurance plan (such as a medical or drug insurance coverage plan) or a legitimate retirement or pension plan;
or
– the worker receives supplemental joblessness benefits;
or
– the staff member would be entitled to receive extra welfare however isn’t getting them since they are used elsewhere;
or
– the company remembers the employee to work within the time frame approved by the Director of Employment Standards;
or
– the company recalls the staff member within the time frame set out in a contract with an employee who is not represented by a trade union;
or
3. a layoff longer than a layoff explained in ‘B’ where the company remembers a staff member who is represented by a trade union within the time set out in an arrangement between the union and the employer.
If a worker is laid off for a period longer than a short-term layoff as set out above, the company is thought about to have actually ended the staff member’s employment. Generally, the worker will then be entitled to termination pay.
Written notification of termination and termination pay
Under the ESA, a company can end the work of a worker who has actually been utilized continuously for three months or more if either:
– the employer has actually offered the worker appropriate composed notification of termination and the notice period has ended
– the employer pays termination pay to the staff member where no written notification or less notice than is needed is given
Written notification of termination
A staff member is entitled to observe of termination (or termination pay instead of notification) if they have been continually utilized for at least three months. An individual is thought about “utilized” not only while they are actively working, however likewise throughout any time in which they are not working however the employment relationship still exists (for example, time in which the worker is off sick or on leave or on lay-off).
The amount of notification to which a staff member is entitled depends upon their “duration of work”. An employee’s period of work consists of not only all time while the worker is actively working but also whenever that they are not working but the work relationship still exists, employment with the following exceptions:
– if a lay-off goes on longer than a momentary lay-off, the employee’s work is deemed (or considered) to have been ended on the very first day of the lay-off-any time after that does not count as part of the staff member’s duration of work, even though the staff member may still be used for functions of the “constantly utilized for 3 months” qualification
– if two different periods of work are separated by more than 13 weeks, only the most recent period counts for purposes of notification of termination
It is possible, in some scenarios, for an individual to have been “continually used” for 3 months or more and employment yet have a period of work of less than 3 months. In such situations, the worker would be entitled to notice since an employee who has been continually used for a minimum of three months is entitled to observe, and the minimum notice privilege of one week uses to a staff member with a duration of employment of any length less than one year.
The following chart defines the amount of notice needed:
Note: Special guidelines identify the amount of notification required when it comes to mass terminations – where the employment of 50 or more workers is ended at a company’s facility within a four-week duration.
Requirements throughout the statutory notification duration
During the statutory notification duration, an employer must:
– not minimize the worker’s wage rate or change any other term or condition of work;
– continue to make whatever contributions would be needed to preserve the employee’s benefits strategies; and
– pay the staff member the earnings they are entitled to, which can not be less than the worker’s routine incomes for a regular work week weekly.
Regular rate
This is a worker’s rate of pay for each non-overtime hour of work in the staff member’s work week.
Regular salaries
These are earnings other than overtime pay, holiday pay, employment public vacation pay, premium pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination of project pay, termination pay and discontinuance wage and certain legal entitlements.
Regular work week
For a worker who generally works the same number of hours each week, a regular work week is a week of that numerous hours, not consisting of overtime hours.
Some employees do not have a regular work week. That is, they do not work the exact same number of hours every week or they are paid on a basis other than time. For these employees, the “regular earnings” for a “regular work week” is the average quantity of the regular earnings earned by the staff member in the weeks in which the worker worked throughout the duration of 12 weeks instantly preceding the date the notice was given.
An employer is not enabled to set up an employee’s holiday time throughout the statutory notice duration unless the employee-after receiving composed notice of termination of employment-agrees to take their getaway time during the notice period.
If a company supplies longer notification than is needed, the statutory part of the notification period is the last part of the period that ends on the date of termination.
How to supply written notification
In many cases, written notification of termination of employment need to be addressed to the employee. It can be offered in person or by mail, fax or email, as long as delivery can be confirmed.
There are special guidelines for providing notification of termination if a staff member has an agreement of work or employment a collective contract that offers seniority rights that enable a staff member who is to be laid off or whose work is to be ended to displace (” bump”) other staff members.
Because case, the employer must post a notice in the office (where it will be seen by the employees) setting out the names, seniority and job classification of those workers the company plans to end and the date of the proposed termination. The posting of the notice is considered to be notification of termination, as of the date of the posting, to a staff member who is “bumped” by a staff member named in the notification. However, this notification of termination must still fulfill the length requirements set out in the ESA.
There are also special rules concerning how notice is offered when there is a mass termination.
Termination pay
A worker who does not get the written notification required under the ESA must be provided termination pay in lieu of notice. Termination pay is a lump sum payment equivalent to the regular salaries for a routine work week that a staff member would otherwise have been entitled to during the composed notice duration. A staff member makes trip pay on their termination pay. Employers should likewise continue to make whatever contributions would be needed to keep the advantages the worker would have been entitled to had they continued to be used through the notification period.
Example: Regular work week
Sarah has worked for 3 and a half years. Now her task has been gotten rid of and her employment has been ended. Sarah was not provided any composed notification of termination.
Sarah worked 40 hours a week every week and was paid $20.00 an hour. She also received four percent vacation pay. Because she worked for more than 3 years but less than 4 years, she is entitled to 3 weeks’ pay in lieu of notification.
Sarah’s regular wages for a routine work week are calculated:
$ 20.00 an hour X 40 hours a week = $800.00 a week
Her termination pay is determined:
$ 800.00 X 3 weeks = $2,400.00
Then her getaway pay on her termination pay is determined:
4% of $2,400.00 = $96.00
Finally, her holiday pay is contributed to her termination pay:
$ 2400.00 + $96.00 = $2,496.00
Result: Sarah is entitled to $2,496.00. The company needs to also guarantee continued coverage for any advantage or pension plans that used to her for three weeks.
Example: No routine work week
Gerry has actually worked at a nursing home for four years. He works each week, but his hours differ from week to week. His rate of pay is $25.00 an hour, and he is paid 6 per cent vacation pay.
Gerry’s employer eliminated his position and did not provide Gerry any written notification of termination. Gerry was ill and off work for 2 of the 12 weeks right away preceding the day his employment was ended. Gerry earned $1,800.00 in the 12 weeks before the day on which his employment ended.
Gerry is entitled to 4 weeks of termination pay.
Gerry’s average earnings weekly are determined:
$ 1,800.00 for 12 weeks/ 10 weeks (Gerry was off ill for two weeks therefore these weeks are not consisted of in the computation of average profits) = $180.00 a week
His termination pay is calculated:
$ 180.00 × 4 weeks = $720.00
Then his trip pay on his termination pay is calculated:
6% of $720.00 = $43.20
Finally, his trip pay is added to his termination pay:
$ 720.00 + $43.20 = $763.20
Result: Gerry is entitled to $763.20. The employer needs to likewise make sure ongoing protection for any advantage or pension that used to him for four weeks.
When to pay termination pay
Termination pay should be paid to an employee either seven days after the worker’s employment is terminated or on the employee’s next regular pay date, whichever is later on.
Mass termination
Special rules for notification of termination might apply in cases of mass termination (when a company is terminating 50 or more workers at its facility within a four-week duration).
Meaning of “facility”
An “facility” is a location at which the employer continues organization. Separate places can be considered one facility if either:
– they lie within the same municipality, or
– a staff member at one location has contractual seniority rights that extend to the other location, permitting the employee to displace another staff member (likewise called “bumping rights”).
Effective October 26, 2023, in cases of mass termination, the term “establishment” includes a worker’s home, but just if the employee works from home and does not operate at any other area where the company continues business.
This will need that employees who work specifically from another location be considered for addition in the count when identifying whether 50 or more staff members have been terminated.
Note that where an employee performs work both from their home and from another location where the company carries on service (for example, a workplace), their home is not included in the definition of “facility”. Instead, the worker is considered to have a connection to the workplace location and, for that reason, for the purpose of mass termination, the worker is consisted of with respect to that workplace area.
Example: where several areas are considered one “facility”
ABC Company has an office and a storage facility situated in London, ON. Sabrina lives in London and works for ABC Company solely from another location: she carries out work for the company from home and does not operate at the office.
For the function of mass termination, the company’s London office, London warehouse and Sabrina’s London home are thought about one “establishment.”
Employer commitments in a mass termination
When a mass termination occurs, the company needs to finish and provide the Form 1 (Notice of termination of work) to the Director of Employment Standards (Director) by:
– e-mail to esa_form1_notice@ontario.ca.
– fax to (416) 326-7061.
– individual shipment to the Director’s workplace on a day and at a time when it is open.
– mail shipment to the Director’s workplace, if the delivery can be confirmed.
The workplace of the Director of Employment Standards is located on the 9th floor, 400 University Avenue, Toronto ON M7A 1T7.
Any notification to the affected staff members is ruled out to have been given until the Form 1 is received by the Director; to put it simply, notice of mass termination is not reliable until the Director receives the Form 1.
In addition to offering staff members with private notices of termination, the company must, on the very first day of the notice duration:
– post a copy of the Form 1 provided to the Director in the workplace where it will pertain to the attention of the affected staff members.
– offer a copy of the Form 1 to each affected staff member.
The quantity of notice workers need to get in a mass termination is not based upon the employees’ length of work, however on the variety of employees who have been ended. An employer must provide:
– 8 weeks observe if the work of 50 to 199 workers is to be terminated
– 12 weeks discover if the employment of 200 to 499 staff members is to be ended
– 16 weeks observe if the work of 500 or more staff members is to be ended
Exception to the mass termination rules
The mass termination rules do not use if these two things apply:
– the variety of staff members whose work is being ended represents not more than 10 per cent of the employees who have been utilized for a minimum of three months at the establishment
– none of the terminations are triggered by the irreversible discontinuance of all or part of the company’s company at the facility
Mass termination: resignation by an employee
A worker who has actually received termination notice under the mass termination guidelines who desires to resign before the termination date provided in the company’s notification must give the company at least one week’s written notice of resignation if the worker has actually been utilized for less than 2 years. If the employment duration has actually been two years or more, the staff member should give a minimum of 2 weeks’ composed notification of resignation. However, the worker does not have to offer notice of resignation if the employer constructively dismisses the staff member or breaches a regard to the contract.
Temporary work after termination date in notification
An employer can supply work to a staff member who has been notified of termination on a temporary basis in the 13-week period after the termination date set out in the notice without impacting the original date of the termination and without being required to provide any further notice of termination to the employee when the short-term work ends.
If a worker works beyond the 13-week duration after the termination date and then has their employment terminated, the employee will be entitled to a new composed notice of termination as if the previous notice had never been given. The staff member’s period of work will then also include the duration of momentary work.
Recall rights
A “recall right” is the right of an employee on a layoff to be called back to work by their company under a term or condition of employment. This right is commonly discovered in cumulative contracts.
A staff member who has recall rights and who is entitled to termination pay due to the fact that of a layoff of 35 weeks or employment more may pick to:
– keep their recall rights and not be paid termination pay (or discontinuance wage, if they were entitled to severance pay) at that time;
or
– give up their recall rights and get termination pay (and discontinuance wage, if they were entitled to discontinuance wage).
If an employee is entitled to both termination pay and discontinuance wage, they need to make the same choice for both.
If a worker who is not represented by a trade union chooses to keep their recall rights or stops working to make a choice, the company needs to send the amount of the termination pay (and discontinuance wage, if any) to the Director of Employment Standards, who holds the cash in trust.
If a worker who is represented by a trade union elects to keep their recall rights or stops working to choose, the company and the trade union must try to come to a plan to hold the termination pay (and severance pay, if any) in trust for the staff member. If they can not pertain to a plan, and the trade union recommends the company and the Director of Employment Standards in composing that efforts have actually failed, the company should send the termination pay (and severance pay, if any) to the Director of Employment Standards, who holds the money in trust.
If a staff member selects to quit their recall rights or if the recall rights end, the cash that is held in trust must be sent to the worker.
If the worker accepts a recall back to work, the money that is held in trust will be returned to the company.
Exemptions to see of termination or termination pay
A lot of these exemptions are complicated. Please call the Employment Standards Information Centre, 1-800-531-5551, if you need more info. Please also refer to the special rule tool.
The notification of termination and termination pay requirements of the ESA do not apply to a worker who:
– is guilty of wilful misbehavior, disobedience or wilful neglect of task that is not trivial and has not been condoned by the company. Note: “wilful” includes when a worker planned the resulting repercussion or acted recklessly if they understood or ought to have understood the results their conduct would have. Poor work conduct that is unintentional or unintended is generally not considered wilful;
– was worked with for a specific length of time or until the conclusion of a specific task. However, such a staff member will be entitled to notice of termination or termination pay if:- the work ends before the term expires or the job is completed; or
– the term expires or the job is not finished more than 12 months after the employment started; or
– the employment continues for three months or more after the term ends or the job is finished;
See likewise: Employment Standards Self-Service Tool
Wrongful termination
Rights higher than ESA notice of termination, termination pay, severance pay
The guidelines under the ESA about termination and severance of work are minimum requirements. Some workers might have rights under the common law that are greater than the rights to see of termination (or termination pay) and severance pay under the ESA. An employee may want to sue their former employer in court for “wrongful dismissal”. Employees need to know that they can not take legal action against a company for wrongful termination and file a claim for termination pay or discontinuance wage with the ministry for the same termination or severance of work. A staff member needs to pick one or the other. Employees may wish to get legal guidance concerning their rights.