Employment & HR

Reasonable Notice

Also called: Common Law Notice, Pay in Lieu of Notice

The notice period a court may award on dismissal without cause, often well beyond the statutory minimum.

Where an employment contract does not validly limit entitlements, courts assess reasonable notice using factors including length of service, age, the character of the position, and the availability of similar work.

Why it matters: common-law reasonable notice is frequently far longer than the statutory minimum, which is why the enforceability of a termination clause is so often the central issue in a dismissal dispute.

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