Termination notice in New Brunswick

Province: New Brunswickanswers

2 weeks' notice after 6 months of service. 4 weeks' notice after 60 months of service.

Version 1 · effective from October 24, 2026 · verified on November 5, 2026

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

• Source: Employment Standards Act, SNB 1982, c E-7.2, 29 (supports applies_to, notice_periods[0], notice_periods[1], minimum_service_months, exceptions[0], exceptions[1], exceptions[2], exceptions[3], exceptions[4], exceptions[5], exceptions[6], exceptions[7], exceptions[8], exceptions[9], pay_in_lieu_allowed)

  Sections 30 and 31 apply only where employees are not covered by a collective agreement. … Except where cause for dismissal exists, and subject to subsection (3) and to sections 31 and 32, an employer shall not terminate or lay off an employee without having given at least (a) two weeks notice in writing, where the employee has been employed by the employer for a continuous period of employment of six months or more but less than five years; and (b) four weeks notice in writing, where the employee has been employed by the employer for a continuous period of employment of five years or more. … Notwithstanding section 30, an employer may lay off an employee without notice (a) where there is a lack of work, due to any reason unforeseen by the employer at the time notice would otherwise have been given, for such period as the lack of work continues due to that reason; or (b) for any reason, for a period of up to six days. … Notwithstanding section 30, an employer may terminate or lay off without notice an employee who has refused reasonable alternate employment offered by the employer as an alternative to being terminated or laid off. … Section 30 does not apply where (a) the termination of the employment relationship is due to the completion by the employee of a definite assignment that the employee was hired to perform over a period not exceeding twelve months, whether or not the exact period was stated in the employment contract; (b) an employee has completed a term of employment that was fixed in the employment contract, unless the employee is employed for a period of three months beyond that period; (c) an employee retires under a bona fide retirement plan; (d) the employee is doing construction work in the construction industry; (e) the termination or layoff results from the normal seasonal reduction, closure or suspension of an operation; or (f) the termination of the employment relationship arises under such other circumstances as are prescribed by regulation. … Notwithstanding sections 30 and 32 an employer may terminate or layoff an employee without notice upon payment in lieu of notice of an amount equal to the pay the employee would have earned during the notice period provided under section 30 as though the employee were entitled to notice under that section.

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