Fired Alberta employees not bound by severance policy

Long-time workers pre-dated policy limiting notice entitlement; employment contracts didn’t mention or incorporate policy

Fired Alberta employees not bound by severance policy

An Alberta company’s severance pay policy cannot limit the reasonable notice entitlement to three long-time employees who were terminated without cause because the policy wasn’t incorporated into their employment agreement, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has ruled.

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