Metrolinx Layoffs and Severance Pay
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Metrolinx is a government agency in Ontario, Canada, responsible for planning, integrating, and coordinating transportation services in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Formed in 2006 by the Government of Ontario, its primary goal is to enhance transportation options and improve transit infrastructure for the region.
The Crown agency provides several services to fulfill its mandate, including the GO Transit network of trains and buses, the PRESTO electronic fare payment system used across multiple transit agencies, and the UP Express airport rail link connecting Union Station to Toronto Pearson International Airport. Metrolinx is also in charge of construction for various transit projects in the GTA, including the Ontario Line, the Eglinton Crosstown, and the Yonge subway extension.
Metrolinx employs over 4,000 people across its various divisions and workplaces in Ontario, including at its headquarters at Union Station. Job opportunities at the agency. Metrolinx offers a wide range of job opportunities to support its operations and objectives. Some common job roles within the organization are transit operators, maintenance technicians, planners, engineers, customer service representatives, and IT professionals.
Severance for Metrolinx employees
In Canada, non-unionized employees at Metrolinx can get up to 24 months of severance pay when they are fired or laid off from their job. This includes individuals working full-time, part-time, and hourly in Ontario, Alberta, or B.C.
Severance is the compensation a non-unionized worker in Canada receives from their employer when they are fired without cause.
Even if you are fired for cause, it’s very likely that you are still entitled to full severance pay because employees often don’t meet the conditions necessary for this type of dismissal.
LEARN MORE
• Severance for provincially regulated employees
• Severance packages in mass layoffs
Regardless of a company’s grasp on employment law, they are legally required to provide proper compensation following a termination.
This concept applies during challenging economic conditions, downsizing, the closure of a business, or major public health events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATCH: Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru explains everything you need to know about severance pay on an episode of the Employment Law Show.
The employment lawyers at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP have represented numerous tech sector employees over the years in severance package negotiations.
We have successfully secured much larger amounts for individuals employed across a variety of positions, from entry level jobs to executives.
How to properly calculate severance pay
Employers often incorrectly calculate severance pay. There is a belief that severance pay is one week’s pay, two weeks’ pay, or a week for every year of service an employee has with the company.
For non-unionized employees, the main factors of termination or severance pay include age, length of service, position, bonuses, benefits, and the ability to find new work.
If you work at Metrolinx, you are likely a provincially regulated employee. That means your severance package must consider:
- Your minimum severance pay as a provincially regulated employee, which is determined by each individual province.
- Your full severance pay according to our legal system (common law) which can be as much as 24 months’ pay.
To figure out how much compensation you may be entitled to, use our firm’s Pocket Employment Lawyer.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• Severance Pay in Ontario
• Alberta severance packages
• Understanding severance in B.C.
• Layoffs in Canada
Don’t sign on the dotted line!
Do not accept any severance offer, termination papers, or exit agreement that Metrolinx may provide you with.
Once you sign back these documents, you eliminate your ability to negotiate a fair and proper severance package.
Generally speaking, if an employee does not receive the proper amount of severance pay when they lose their job, they may be considered to have been wrongfully dismissed. An employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP can analyze your situation and explain how much compensation you may be owed.
Talk to an employment lawyer
The experienced employment law team at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has helped tens of thousands of non-unionized individuals across the country. In addition to severance package negotiations, our team has experience securing solutions for the following employment matters:
Our lawyers in Ontario, Alberta, and B.C. stand ready to help you solve your workplace issues.
If you are a non-unionized employee who needs help with an employment issue, contact us or call 1-855-821-5900 to get the advice you need, and the compensation you deserve.
Disclaimer: The materials above are provided as general information about the rights of 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.