1 weeks' notice after 3 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.
Effective from ; verified on . Saskatchewan's own rule.
1 weeks' notice after 3 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 4 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Applies to
Employees laid off or terminated, except for just cause, after more than 13 consecutive weeks of service (s. 2-60(1); stored as 3 months, whole months only)
Exceptions
Category
Just cause
Condition
Except for just cause, no employer shall lay off or terminate the employment of an employee
Category
Voluntary resignation
Condition
Notice or pay instead of notice is not required if the employee refuses to work out a notice period or otherwise voluntarily resigns
Category
Fixed-term contract
Condition
Notice or pay instead of notice is not required if the contract of employment has a definite end date
Category
Employees with less than 13 weeks of service
Condition
Notice or pay instead of notice is not required if the employee has less than 13 weeks of continuous employment with the employer
Category
Employees whose primary duties are farming, ranching or market gardening
Condition
s. 2-3(1)(a): This Part applies to all employees and employers in Saskatchewan other than, subject to subsections (2) and (3) and to the regulations made pursuant to this Part, those employees whose primary duties consist of actively engaging in farming, ranching or market gardening activities. s. 2-3(2): the operation of egg hatcheries, greenhouses and nurseries, bush clearing operations and commercial hog operations are deemed not to be farming, ranching or market gardening. s. 2-3(3): Section 2-68, Division 5 and section 2-87 apply to an employee employed primarily in those activities.
Category
Employers bound by a collective agreement
Condition
s. 2-61(1): If an employer lays off or terminates the employment of an employee, the employer shall pay to the employee, with respect to the period of the notice required pursuant to section 2-60 or the portion of that period of notice that was not provided to the employee: (b) if the employer is bound by a collective agreement that applies to the employee, the entitlements provided for in the collective agreement.
Except for just cause, no employer shall lay off or terminate the employment of an employee who has been in the employer’s service for more than 13 consecutive weeks without giving that employee written notice for a period that is not less than the period set out in the following Table: … more than 13 consecutive weeks but one year or less one week … more than one year but three years or less two weeks … more than three years but five years or less four weeks … more than five years but 10 years or less six weeks … more than 10 years eight weeks … if the employer is bound by a collective agreement that applies to the employee, the entitlements provided for in the collective agreement.
Employees who have been employed by the employer for more than 13 consecutive weeks must be given written notice of a clear and specific date of layoff or termination by the employer or pay instead of notice. … Notice or pay instead of notice is not required if the: … employee has less than 13 weeks of continuous employment with the employer; … employee refuses to work out a notice period or otherwise voluntarily resigns; … contract of employment has a definite end date; or … employer has "just cause" to dismiss the employee.
termination_notice in ca-sk: version 4, effective 2026-10-24, published (correction); replaces version 2
1 weeks' notice after 3 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.
2superseded
new
termination_notice in ca-sk: version 2, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
1 weeks' notice after 3 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.