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Public Service Employment Act (S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12, 13 )

Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2023-07-01. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Termination of employment

  •  (1) While an employee is on probation, the deputy head of the organization may notify the employee that his or her employment will be terminated at the end of

    • (a) the notice period established by regulations of the Treasury Board in respect of the class of employees of which that employee is a member, in the case of an organization named in Schedule I or IV to the Financial Administration Act, or

    • (b) the notice period determined by the separate agency in respect of the class of employees of which that employee is a member, in the case of a separate agency to which the Commission has exclusive authority to make appointments,

    and the employee ceases to be an employee at the end of that notice period.

  • Marginal note:Compensation in lieu of notice

    (2) Instead of notifying an employee under subsection (1), the deputy head may notify the employee that his or her employment will be terminated on the date specified by the deputy head and that they will be paid an amount equal to the salary they would have been paid during the notice period under that subsection.


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