Alberta Precision Laboratories

Article 38: Resignation/Termination

1. An Employee shall make every reasonable effort to provide to the Employer twenty-eight (28) calendar days’ notice. 

2. An Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive the wages and vacation pay to which they are entitled ten (10) consecutive days after the end of the pay period in which termination occurred.

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 percent (6%) if eligible for fifteen (15) working days, or eight percent (8%) if eligible for twenty (20) working days, or ten percent (10%) if eligible for twenty-five (25) working days, or twelve percent (12%) 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 layoff as required, or upon the expiry of twelve (12) months following layoff 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.