Reply To: WHAT PERIODS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE USED FOR RETRENCHMENT PACKAGES?

[Anna Peal]

In this scenario it appears that there were no periods during which the person stopped working for the employer. Section 84 of the BCE Act provides that only a break of 12 months would serve to interrupt the employment relationship long enough to justify the employer ignoring the earlier period of employment. As this was not the case here, the employer owes the employee 10 week’s pay.