What is the appropriate notice period for an older, long term employee?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Drysdale v Panasonic Canada Inc., 2015 ONSC 6878 (CanLII):
The plaintiff is 58 years old. Generally, a longer notice period will be justified for older, long term employees who may be at a competitive disadvantage in securing new employment because of their age (McKinney v. University of Guelph 1990 CanLII 60 (SCC), [1990] 3 S.C.R. 229 at para. 92).
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