Dentsu Layoffs in Canada: August 2025 Update + Severance Rights

Dentsu’s Restructuring and Layoff Announcements

Since late 2024, global advertising giant Dentsu has been undergoing a major restructuring effort aimed at stabilizing its international business outside of Japan.

The result? Roughly 3,400 jobs eliminated globally — an 8% reduction of its total workforce — impacting corporate and back-office teams across the U.S., Europe, and beyond. Even if you work for Dentsu in Canada, these international cuts may still affect you through role changes, internal reshuffling, or sudden terminations.

Dentsu Canada, which launched in 1995, employs more than 1,100 people across media, creative, and customer experience roles, with offices in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal, and other key markets. We know from experience that global restructuring can lead to quiet job losses in Canada — often without workers realizing they have the right to significant severance pay.

Whether your employer gives you a termination letter, pushes you to accept a ‘new role,’ or pressures you to resign, you may be legally entitled to as much as 24 months’ pay.

This guide breaks down what’s happening at Dentsu, your rights as a Canadian employee, and how Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has helped professionals like you navigate job loss and maximize severance compensation.

Dentsu Layoff History

Here’s a look at how the company’s restructuring has unfolded over the last few years:

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Severance Pay After a Dentsu Layoff

If you’re a non-unionized employee and Dentsu ends your job — whether they call it a layoff, restructuring, or termination — they must pay you severance.

Depending on your role, length of service, age, and the job market, this could be as much as 24 months’ pay. Severance pay in Canada must include:

• Salary
• Bonuses and commissions
• Benefits and pension contributions
• Stock options or incentive pay

Constructive Dismissal Risks at Dentsu

They don’t have to hand you a pink slip for your employment to legally end. A constructive dismissal in Canada happens when your employer changes your job in a big way without your agreement — leaving you no real choice but to leave.

In a Dentsu restructuring, this could mean:

• Losing managerial duties or direct reports
• Moving into a completely different role
• Seeing a major cut to your pay, bonuses, or benefits
• Forcing you to relocate to another city or province

Even if Dentsu calls it a “new opportunity” or “temporary measure,” these changes potentially entitle you to full severance.

How We’ve Helped in Similar Situations

At Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, we’ve worked with employees in marketing, advertising, and media companies — including those going through global restructuring — to make sure they leave with the compensation they deserve.

We understand industry pay structures, bonus plans, and corporate HR tactics, so we quickly spot when your employer offers you less than what the law requires — a wrongful dismissal.

FAQs About Dentsu Layoffs & Severance

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Disclaimer: The materials above are provided as general information about the rights of non-unionized employees in Canada. It is not specific to any one company and SHOULD NOT be read as suggesting any improper conduct on the part of any specific employer, or a relationship between Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and a specific employer.