Many employers are unaware that because a dismissed employee is entitled to be made
whole during the reasonable notice period the employer risks becoming the dismissed employee's de facto insurance provider if the employer unilaterally cancels the dismissed employee's insurance benefits without the employee's consent during the employee's reasonable notice period.
A dismissed employee is entitled to be made
whole during his or her
reasonable notice period.1 In other words, the employee's severance or termination package should include all the employee's compensation and benefits (including any commission, bonuses, stock options, pension contributions and insurance benefits) that the employee would have received had the employee remained actively employed
during the
notice period.