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I began working for my current employer in 1999.
In 2006 we merged with similar US company and by 2008 I was the last employee left in Canada. They laid everyone else off but needed someone here to maintain equipment for them.
Last December I received an email stating the company would be stopping operations in Canada in the first quarter of this year and that I was to be let go.
I then requested but was not given a specific date that I would be let go.
Since then, operations in Canada have not ceased, and it may be months still before I am let go, if at all... but I am not being told anything.
Is the termination email that I received back in December still considered valid .. and is my working notice time accruing such that they can eventually let me go without giving me any severance?
Also, does the fact that the company is now under American management come into play?
Thanks very much.
The working notice provided to you in December is not effective unless they give you a conclusive end date. The fact that the company is American does not change your entitlements either. Please contact us at the number below for a consultation with a lawyer to discuss your employment situation.