Severance can be arranged either through a termination agreement or during the course of a wrongful dismissal lawsuit following an already issued termination.
Insults or slander directed at the employer or supervisors generally justify an ordinary termination, even without a prior warning. In the case of a dismissal without notice, however, a warning should typically be issued beforehand.
The work reference is the employee’s business card for the next job. When reviewing work references, the employee should pay attention to certain phrases that the former employer may use to subtly inform the future employer about specific characteristics of the employee.
A common point of contention between employees and employers is the calculation of vacation pay to be granted to the employee during their vacation. Since the basis for calculating vacation pay is the average wage paid to the employee in the last thirteen weeks before the start of the vacation, the issue of which wage components should be included in the average wage is frequently the subject of legal disputes.
