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Employees on a business sale: continuity, termination and who pays severance

A plain-language guide to what happens to your staff when you sell an Ontario business, in an asset sale and in a share sale.

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Employees on a business sale: continuity, termination and who pays severance
8 min · OntarioTSL
What's inside the guide
Share sale: the employer does not change
Asset sale: the seller is the employer until closing
Who pays for employees the buyer does not hire
Practical steps for both sides
What does not change with a union
5
sections
6
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Ontario
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