6.5 How much notice does my employer have to give me?
[Student Manual, page 61]

Notice means your employer must let you know in writing a certain number of days before your job finishes. How many days depends on how long you have been working for your employer:

• you must be given one (1) week’s written notice if you have been working between three (3) months and one (1) year;
• you must be given two (2) weeks written notice if you have been working between one (1) to five (5) years;
• you must be given four (4) weeks written notice if you have been working between five (5) to ten (10) years;
• you must be given eight (8) weeks written notice if you have been working more than ten (10) years.

6.6 What if my employer dismisses me without giving me notice?
[Student Manual, page 61]

Your employer must pay you if you were dismissed without the proper notice. You should be paid the salary you would have earned between the day you got the notice and the day you stopped working.

For example, you have worked six years for the same company. You show up for work one day and are told to go home, there is no more work for you. You should have been told four (4) weeks earlier that your job was going to end that day. Your employer owes you four (4) weeks salary because you were not given notice.

6.7 Does my employer have to give me notice if I am laid off?
[Student Manual, page 62]

You should receive notice if you are going to be laid off for six (6) months or longer.

Your employer must pay you if you were laid off without notice because:

• your employer did not know how long you were going to be laid off; or
• the lay-off was supposed to be less than six (6) months;

  and

• your employer does not call you back to work after six months.

You should be paid for the number of days notice you should have received. For example, you have worked for two (2) years. You should receive two (2) weeks salary because you should have been given two (2) weeks notice before the lay-off.