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{{REVIEWEDPLS | reviewer = [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards Jennifer Hagen], Employment Standards Branch|date= October 2017}} {{Dial-A-Law TOC|expanded = work}} | {{REVIEWEDPLS | reviewer = [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards Jennifer Hagen], Employment Standards Branch|date= October 2017}} {{Dial-A-Law TOC|expanded = work}} | ||
Generally, your employer can fire you whenever they want. But they need to give you notice, or pay you instead. Among the exceptions: if they fire you for “just cause”. | Generally, your employer can '''fire''' you whenever they want. But they need to give you notice, or pay you instead. Among the exceptions: if they fire you for “just cause”. | ||
==Understand your legal rights== | ==Understand your legal rights== | ||
===Other laws apply if you quit or were laid off=== | ===Other laws apply if you quit or were laid off=== | ||
This information applies if you were | This information applies if you were fired (dismissed) from your job, not if you quit (voluntarily resigned). If you quit, see our information on [[If You Quit Your Job (No. 280)|if you quit your job (no. 280)]]. If you’ve been temporarily let go from your work, see our information on [[Getting Temporarily Laid Off (No. 281)|getting temporarily laid off (no. 281)]]. | ||
===Your legal rights depend on the type of worker you are=== | ===Your legal rights depend on the type of worker you are=== | ||
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