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If you quit a job voluntarily, this affects your legal rights to things like Employment Insurance benefits and compensation you are owed. Learn your rights if you quit your job. | If you quit a job voluntarily, this affects your legal rights to things like Employment Insurance benefits and compensation you are owed. Learn your rights if you quit your job. | ||
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If you do give notice, the employer may accept or refuse the notice. | If you do give notice, the employer may accept or refuse the notice. | ||
If they accept your notice, you are not entitled to compensation for length of service. (See our information on [[If You | If they accept your notice, you are not entitled to compensation for length of service. (See our information on [[If You Are Fired: Wrongful Dismissal (No. 241)|if you are fired, no. 241]], for the minimum standards for notice or compensation if the employer is the one ending the work relationship.) | ||
If the employer refuses the notice, or terminates you during the notice period, the employer must pay you compensation. They must pay you the lesser of the remaining amount of notice you have given, or the minimum notice period you are entitled to under the law (see our information on [[If You | If the employer refuses the notice, or terminates you during the notice period, the employer must pay you compensation. They must pay you the lesser of the remaining amount of notice you have given, or the minimum notice period you are entitled to under the law (see our information on [[If You Are Fired: Wrongful Dismissal (No. 241)|if you are fired]] for details). | ||
===Your employer must pay any outstanding wages within six days=== | ===Your employer must pay any outstanding wages within six days=== | ||
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*you don’t agree to or accept. | *you don’t agree to or accept. | ||
If you’ve been constructively dismissed, you have the same rights as someone who was fired without cause. That includes the right to “notice” or “severance pay” from your employer. Severance pay is money you’re given in exchange for being let go without notice. See our guidance on [[If You | If you’ve been constructively dismissed, you have the same rights as someone who was fired without cause. That includes the right to “notice” or “severance pay” from your employer. Severance pay is money you’re given in exchange for being let go without notice. See our guidance on [[If You Are Fired: Wrongful Dismissal (No. 241)|if you are fired (no. 241)]] for details. | ||
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