I was told at my pre meeting, that Ontario law provided me with 8 weeks in lou of notice, then up to 26 weeks depending on position and years of service.My manager asked if i would work the 8 weeks, on a relatively quiet survey, then he said he would add those 8 weeks to the deal.
After that, and this is strictly up to the company but my firm does this, they add what they call, Lawyer money. They will add a specific number of additional weeks, again depending on service years and position.In my case another 18. If i decide i want more, and they dont think its a good deal, then the lawyers get involved and we all know who makes the money when that happens. Besides, its not uncommon for people to return to the company a year or so later when things turn around, so i don't want to burn any bridges. Its not quite what i heard from our payroll people, but its close enough. I'm going to ask if they'll cover benefits until Sept when i turn 55. I doubt it, but if you don't ask....... I also have shares in the firm, so they will have to buy those back, and i have about 6-7 weeks vacation banked, so i;l get that to. Then its taxed. I have a few leads i can send resumes out to, surveyors that only work a few days a week, so i can atleast generate a bit of income. But i really am looking out side that, for a full change, school bus driver, maybe, crossing guard, who nows, Wlmart gretter.D'oh.:-) Dave Grrrrrrrrrrr Dave On 4/5/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received 40 weeks severance from BBDO after working there for ten > years. (I did have to threaten them with a lawyer.) I got six weeks > severance from my last employer. I worked there 18 months as a > contractor and one year as a staff employee. It's not all that bad > this side of the river. > Paul > On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > William Robb wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "John Sessoms" > >> Subject: Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package > >>> unless > >>> he's a CEO bailing out on his golden parachute. > >> > >> Thankfully, Canada has resisted becoming part of your glorious > >> republic. > >> (Dave is in Ontario) > >> > >> William Robb > >> > >> > > > > Actually, Canuck law is the same. 2 weeks, that's it. However it is > > traditional to give a better severance, and Canadian law basicly > > states > > that if you give some a good severance, the rest can sue for the same. > > > > -Adam > > 0 for 11 layoffs at WorldCom/MCI/VerizonBusiness/Whatever we're called > > this week. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
