• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I got a huge severance package after only 1 year at my company. That’s because of labor laws im Canada. It equates to over a year in salary.

    My US counterparts didn’t get that, not sure if that 35% applies to the US, but if it does it’s much more expensive everywhere else. And yeah, all this so it looks good on paper.

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      11 months ago

      Labor laws vary by province and I don’t know of any labor law that makes it an obligation to pay over a year of salary after a year of employment, the most probable reason you got that is the employment directives/your employment contract you had with your previous employer.

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        11 months ago

        It sounds like the company has cash and they’re trying to keep up morale. Over a year of severance for employees with less than a year of employment isn’t required by Canadian law that I know of^(not that I’m super knowledgeable about labour law).

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      11 months ago

      90 days is pretty standard in the US, at least with bigger companies that have to abide by the WARN Act