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Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law

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When should an employer issue an ROE in case of separation of employment?

Section 19(3)(i) of the Employment Insurance Regulations (SOR/96-332) states that an employer must issue the Record of Employment (ROE) within 5 days after the employee’s earnings are “interrupted.”

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Calculating the upper end of the range of reasonable notice period for senior employees

The Ontario Court of Appeal observed that calculating reasonable notice is “case-specific” and, while there is “no absolute upper limit or ‘cap’ on what constitutes reasonable notice, “exceptional circumstances” may support a notice period in excess of 24 months.

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Can an employee take back a resignation even if the employer accepted it?

Writing for the Ontario Court of Appeal in Kieran (2004), Justice Lang stated that, where an employee has resigned, he may resile from the resignation if the employer has not detrimentally relied upon it.

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