12.02. An employer who does not give the notice prescribed by section 12.01 or who gives a notice of an unsufficient length of time shall pay the employee a compensation equal to his regular wage, excluding overtime, for a period equal to that of the advance notice or the remaining period covered by the notice to which he was entitled.
The compensation shall be paid at the time the employment is terminated or at the time the employee is laid off for a period expected to last more than 6 months, or at the end of a period of 6 months for a layoff of indetermined duration or a layoff expected to last less than 6 months but which exceeds that period.
O.C. 2278-84, s. 9; O.C. 990-95, s. 15.