What are the severance terms of a contract of employment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Oliver v. Sure Grip Controls Inc., 2014 BCSC 321 (CanLII):
An employer and an employee are entitled to contract terms of severance of a contract of employment on terms mutually agreeable so long as it complies with the law (legislation which governs minimum notice to an employee who is discharged without cause): Machtinger v. HOJ Industries, 1992 CanLII 102 (SCC), [1992] S.C.J. No. 41.
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