How do long-term disability benefits affect severance pay in Alberta?
How Sylvester v British Columbia's deduction rule interacts with Alberta's job-protected leave rules when an employee on LTD is terminated.
Topic
Severance pay
Plain-language answers on severance pay, written from primary sources.
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Is severance pay mandatory?
The three-jurisdiction breakdown of when severance is legally owed, the payroll test almost nobody checks, and where it doesn't exist by law.
How much severance am I owed when I'm fired or laid off in Canada?
A line-item comparison of what federal, Ontario, and Alberta law actually require, and why common law often pays out far more.
How do I write and review an employment termination letter for federally regulated employees?
Confirming coverage, calculating the minimum notice period, choosing notice or pay in lieu, and why severance is calculated separately.
How much severance pay is an employee entitled to federally or provincially?
Which framework applies to you, why Ontario separates severance from termination pay, the federal formula, and why Alberta has no statutory severance.
What should I do if I've been fired or terminated federally or provincially?
How Ontario and Alberta statutory rules differ, the federal EI step that is the same everywhere, and when discrimination or retaliation changes your route.
How much severance pay is an employee entitled to federally?
What the Canada Labour Code severance formula looks like, what determines the amount, and when it is not owed or is counted separately.
How much notice do I have to give when terminating an employee in Ontario?
Calculating the ESA minimum, checking whether statutory severance is also owed, and what a termination clause in the contract changes.
How much severance pay is an employee entitled to in Alberta?
Working through Alberta entitlement in order: the statutory minimum, notice versus pay in lieu, when a layoff becomes termination, and common-law severance.
How much severance pay is an employee entitled to in Ontario?
Who qualifies for Ontario severance pay, how the calculation works, when it is not owed at all, and the payment timing rules.
How much notice do I have to give when terminating an employee in Alberta?
Alberta's notice requirements by length of service, plus the rules employers miss: employment gaps, group terminations, and how severance differs.