Termination notice in Manitoba

Province: Manitobaanswers

1 weeks' notice after 1 months of service. 2 weeks' notice after 12 months of service. 4 weeks' notice after 36 months of service. 6 weeks' notice after 60 months of service. 8 weeks' notice after 120 months of service.

Version 3 · effective from October 24, 2026 · verified on November 5, 2026

Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).

• Source: The Employment Standards Code, C.C.S.M. c. E110, 61(2) (supports notice_periods[0], notice_periods[1], notice_periods[2], notice_periods[3], notice_periods[4], applies_to, pay_in_lieu_allowed)

  less than one year | 1 week … at least one year and less than three years | 2 weeks … at least three years and less than five years | 4 weeks … at least five years and less than 10 years | 6 weeks … at least 10 years | 8 weeks … an employer who terminates an employee's employment must … (b) pay the employee a wage in lieu of notice, in accordance with sections 77 (amount of wage in lieu of notice) and 86 (wages to be paid within certain time). … Section 61 does not apply in any of the following circumstances: … (a) the employee's period of employment with the employer is less than … (i) the probationary period specified in a collective agreement that applies to the employee, if that period is one year or less, or … (ii) in any other case, 30 days; … (b) the employment is for a fixed term and terminates at the end of the term; … (c) the employee is employed for a specific task and for a period not exceeding 12 months, on completion of which the employment terminates; … (d) the employee is employed in construction; … (e) the employee is employed under an arrangement by which the employee may choose to work or not to work for a temporary period when requested to work by the employer; … (f) the employee is employed under an agreement or contract of employment that is impossible to perform or has been frustrated by a fortuitous or unforeseeable circumstance; … (g) the employee is on strike or has been locked out and the termination meets the requirements prescribed by regulation; … (h) when the employment of the employee is terminated for just cause; … (i) the employee has given the employer written notice of their intent to retire or quit on a specific date, and the employment is terminated on that date; … (j) the employer's business or the part of the business in which the employee is employed is sold or transferred, and the employee is immediately re-employed in the same business on terms and conditions that, as a whole, are equivalent to or better for the employee than those that applied to the employee before the sale or transfer; … (k) any other circumstances prescribed by regulation. … Subject to the regulations, a temporary help employee is not subject to the exception described in clause

  Snapshot of the source as Juriset fetched it on October 24, 2026
• Supporting source: Employment Standards Quick Guide - Manitoba Employment Standards (supports pay_in_lieu_allowed)

  Employers can either allow the employee to work out this notice period, or pay wages in lieu of notice for the same number of weeks, or a combination of both. … When employees are placed on a temporary layoff period of no more than 8 weeks in a 16 week period.

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