Can an employer lay me off if the employment contract has no clauses about a layoff.

Hello,

If there is no layoff clause in your contract and you have never been laid off by that employer before, you can treat the layoff as a constructive dismissal as of the first day of the layoff.

In other words, you can claim that they layoff effectively amounted to a termination and that you are therefore owed your full severance. To find out how much severance you may be owed visit severancepaycalculator.com or call us at Samfiru Tumarkin today.

Regards,

Lluc Cerda
Lawyer