# Deadlines after a job ends ## Get an answer with one URL Fetch this. It returns a real answer as markdown, with every step cited and a signed receipt: https://mithril.law/employment/limitation-dates.md?endDate=2026-09-01&toldDate=2026-08-15 That URL uses the worked example's facts. For the person's own answer, put their facts in the query string the same way (dotted names, one parameter per fact). If a fact is missing or unclear, the answer lists it with the next URL to fetch. The same answer as JSON: https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/employment.limitation_dates/run?endDate=2026-09-01&toldDate=2026-08-15 No sign-in needed. The last day to sue for wrongful dismissal and the last day to file an ESA complaint in Ontario, with the choice between them. Call when a person asks how long they have after losing a job in Ontario. Ask for the last day of the job and, if earlier, the day they were told. The dates are the basic periods. Exceptions (later discovery, incapacity, mediation, agreements) are listed, not calculated; if one may apply, send the person to a lawyer. ## Facts - `endDate`: The last day you were employed. If you were laid off, the first day of the layoff. (date, YYYY-MM-DD, required) - `toldDate`: The day you were told your job was ending, if it was before your last day. (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `endedHow`: let_go_without_cause: the employer ended your job and did not say you did anything wrong. constructive_dismissal: the employer made a big change to your job (pay, duties, hours, place) or treated you so badly that you quit because of it. laid_off: the employer laid you off. fired_for_cause: the employer says you were fired for something you did. other: anything else, such as resigning or retiring. (one of: let_go_without_cause, constructive_dismissal, laid_off, fired_for_cause, other, optional) ## Price Free. Preview: a lawyer has not yet verified every rule behind this tool. ## The law behind it - Deadline to sue (unverified): The last day to start a lawsuit is the second anniversary of the day the claim is presumed discovered (Limitations Act, 2002, ss. 4, 5(2)), taken as the earlier of the day the person was told the job was ending and the last day of the job. The anniversary of February 29 in a year without one is February 28, the earlier reading. Status: 'passed' after that day, 'under 90 days' when fewer than 90 days remain, otherwise 'open', counted from today's date in Ontario. Things that can move the date are listed, not calculated: a later discovery (s. 5(1)), incapacity (s. 7), an agreement to have an independent third party help resolve the claim (s. 11), an agreement to suspend or extend the period (s. 22(3)) and, for a constructive dismissal, an earlier day of the change. - Limitations Act, 2002, s. 4: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02l24 - Limitations Act, 2002, s. 5: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02l24 - Limitations Act, 2002, s. 7: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02l24 - Limitations Act, 2002, s. 11: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02l24 - Limitations Act, 2002, s. 22: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/02l24 - Deadline for an ESA complaint, and the choice between a complaint and a lawsuit (unverified): A complaint about a contravention more than two years old is deemed not filed (ESA s. 96(3)), so the last day to file is the second anniversary of the last day of employment. The check also says the person must choose: filing a complaint for termination or severance pay bars a wrongful dismissal lawsuit about the same termination unless the complaint is withdrawn within two weeks (s. 97(2), (4)), and starting a wrongful dismissal lawsuit bars the complaint (s. 98(2)). - Employment Standards Act, 2000, s. 96: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41 - Employment Standards Act, 2000, s. 97: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41 - Employment Standards Act, 2000, s. 98: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41 ## What the answer tells you - `automated`: Done: the software answered this completely. - `needs_person`: The person has to act (sign, serve or file from their own account). Pass the next steps to them. - `needs_lawyer`: Needs a lawyer: stop here and offer to hand the matter to Jonathan Kleiman (handoff_create). Do not give legal advice yourself. ## Do this through the API - REST: `POST https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/employment.limitation_dates/runs` with `{ "input": { … } }`, or `GET https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/employment.limitation_dates/run?…`. Schema: https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/employment.limitation_dates. - MCP: tool `employment_limitation_dates` at https://mithril.law/mcp. - The page for people: https://mithril.law/employment/limitation-dates.