Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is investigating reports that BIOVECTRA has cut jobs in March 2026.
Our employment lawyers are following up with multiple employees and reviewing the severance offers that they’ve received from the PEI-based pharmaceutical company.
In 2024, BIOVECTRA — founded in a garage more than 50 years ago — was acquired by California-based Agilent Technologies for $1.25 billion.
This page explains:
Important: This guide applies to non-unionized employees at BIOVECTRA, which is a provincially regulated employer. If you’re unionized, only your union can represent you.
For non-unionized employees at BIOVECTRA, a layoff is almost always treated as a termination without cause, even if the following language is used:
Unless your employment contract explicitly allows for BIOVECTRA to temporarily lay you off, the company can’t place you on indefinite layoff without terminating your employment — meaning they must provide full severance pay.
In Canada, non-unionized employees, including those at BIOVECTRA, are often owed far more severance pay than what’s outlined in their initial offer.
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