Question regarding being laid off

[unspokenghost]

Hey Everybody,

Hope I can get some help regarding my issue. I’m currently working and have 1.5 years of TEER 2 work experience. Everything was going smoothly until my employer informed me that they are going to lay me off temporarily. I asked them how long will I be laid off and they said for over 1 month. I was going to complete 2 years of work experience in June.

My employer has given me two options, either they can put me on unpaid leave or lay me off and give me a ROE. I wanted to know what option would be better in terms of not affecting my work experience/crs points. Would it be better to be laid off or put on unpaid leave.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[scylla]

Hey Everybody,

Hope I can get some help regarding my issue. I’m currently working and have 1.5 years of TEER 2 work experience. Everything was going smoothly until my employer informed me that they are going to lay me off temporarily. I asked them how long will I be laid off and they said for over 1 month. I was going to complete 2 years of work experience in June.

My employer has given me two options, either they can put me on unpaid leave or lay me off and give me a ROE. I wanted to know what option would be better in terms of not affecting my work experience/crs points. Would it be better to be laid off or put on unpaid leave.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

It doesn't matter. Both will be counted as periods of unemployment.

 

[unspokenghost]

Makes sense. Thanks

 

[unspokenghost]

It doesn't matter. Both will be counted as periods of unemployment.

I wanted to know that if my employer is willing to change my hours from full time to part time instead of a layoff, how would that affect my work experience. Would it be 2 years in June or the date get moved ahead.

 

[scylla]

I wanted to know that if my employer is willing to change my hours from full time to part time instead of a layoff, how would that affect my work experience. Would it be 2 years in June or the date get moved ahead.

Date would be moved ahead due to the shift to part time work.

 

[unspokenghost]

Date would be moved ahead due to the shift to part time work.

And that will be based on how many months I work part time. Also for 2 years work experience, you would need 3120 hours. I have more hours than 3120 hours. Will that matter or do I still have work 2 full years in order to get 2 years of experience.

 

[scylla]

And that will be based on how many months I work part time. Also for 2 years work experience, you would need 3120 hours. I have more hours than 3120 hours. Will that matter or do I still have work 2 full years in order to get 2 years of experience.

It's not just based on the hours. You must also have the right number of weeks where you worked 30 hours or more (or equivalent part time).

This is how you perform the calculation:
- For each week where you worked 30 hours or more, count that as 1 week of work experience (it doesn't matter if you worked 30 hours or 40 hours or 60 hours, it's still only counted as 1 week)
- For each part time week, add up the total number of hours and divide by 30

When the two above numbers add up to 104 week (i.e. 2 years of 52 weeks each), you can claim the two years of work experience.

 

[unspokenghost]

Thank you soo much for the help. I really appreciate it.