That’s essentially At-Will employment. If you don’t have cause in the US, it’s a layoff and you have to pay unemployment. If you do, then they’re fired and you don’t.
If you fire someone without notice or cause in Canada, what’s the punishment?
In the US, it’s having to continue to pay them 60% of their salary without them having to actually work, and they don’t even have to take you to court. They can just file for unemployment.
In Canada there has to be a valid reason to fire someone. However, you can always lay someone off. Two similiar, but quite different things.
That’s essentially At-Will employment. If you don’t have cause in the US, it’s a layoff and you have to pay unemployment. If you do, then they’re fired and you don’t.
“for any reason, without notice” is a part of at-will. That’s illegal here. So I don’t think it’s the same.
If you fire someone without notice or cause in Canada, what’s the punishment?
In the US, it’s having to continue to pay them 60% of their salary without them having to actually work, and they don’t even have to take you to court. They can just file for unemployment.
They have to pay a full severance package.
But there are loopholes of course and ways to potentially avoid that.