The Board overturned a July 2025 order requiring Alberta Box Centre Inc. to pay termination pay after a worker gave notice but failed to return to work.
The worker emptied his locker and did not contact the employer until days later, by which time he had secured other employment. The Board found these actions amounted to job abandonment.
The decision clarifies that under Alberta's Employment Standards Code, employers are not required to provide termination pay when an employee abandons their job, even after giving notice.
How does this Alberta ruling redefine the line between an employee being fired and quitting?
Was emptying his locker the crucial mistake that cost this worker his termination pay?
How did a labor board overturn its own officer's initial order to pay the employee?
If told not to work your notice, what actions could still be seen as abandoning your job?
Could an employee's sudden mental health crisis be misconstrued as job abandonment?