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I have an 11 year employee in sales dept...sales have fallen off...I want to offer leave of absence for 6 months...Is his severance affected by this ?

Can you terminate an employee by letter while they are on sick leave?

If you have an employee off work injured or sick, not work related, when can you terminate them without severance. How long must you maintain drug and dental benefits for.

If an employee has been off work more than a year on LTD, can we place them in another role at the appropriate rate of pay for the new role they will be moved to or can we terminate. Is there a payout with termination ?

I am the external accountant for a company ( golf course) being sold. There was only 1 employee left over from November 1 2014 that has be kept on payroll for generous reasons. The employee has known since January 1, 2015 that the course was being sold, is it still necessary that notice be given, ie there has been an implied termination date of March 31, 2015 the date the deal closes. It was a sale of assets if that matters.