Carewest Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 38: Resignation/Termination

1. An Employee shall make every reasonable effort to provide to the Employer twenty-eight (28) calendar days’ notice, where possible, and shall, in any case, provide the Employer with fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice of their desire to terminate their employment. This notice period may be waived for reasons that are acceptable to the Employer.
2. If the required notice of termination is given, an Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive the wages and vacation pay to which they are entitled on the day on which they terminate their employment.
3. Vacation Pay on Termination
   1. If employment is terminated, and proper notice given, an Employee shall receive vacation pay in lieu of:
      1. the unused vacation earned during the previous vacation year at their basic rate of pay, together with;
      2. six (6%) percent if eligible for fifteen (15) working days, or eight (8%) percent if eligible for twenty (20) working days, or ten (10%) percent if eligible for twenty-five (25) working days, or twelve (12%) percent if eligible for thirty (30) working days of their earnings at the basic rate of pay from the end of the previous vacation year to the date of termination.
4. An Employee shall be deemed to have terminated their employment when:
   1. they are absent from work without good and proper reason and/or the approval of the Employer; or
   2. they do not return from leave of absence or vacation as scheduled; or
   3. they do not return from lay-off as required, or upon the expiry of twenty-four (24) months following lay-off during which time the Employee has not been recalled to work.
5. If the required notice of termination is given, an exit interview with the Employer shall be granted at the Employee’s request prior to termination.