When an employee is paid severance in lieu of working notice rather than working notice, what is the appropriate date for the severance payment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Duynstee v. Sobeys Inc., 2013 ONSC 2050 (CanLII):
Similar to the case before me, in Love v. Acuity, supra, where the employee was paid severance in lieu of notice rather than working notice, the court held the “date the employee ceased to be employed” was the date the employee received notice of his termination, and not the end of the reasonable notice period.
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