1. Reasons for Dismissal. If an employee contract does not specify any duration, either party can terminate the contract by giving noticed. The notice period for termination of employment is at least one pay period, unless a longer period was agreed upon. Where an employer dismisses an employee for a permitted statutory reason, a reason that exempts the employer from paying a severance payment, then the reasons for such dismissal must be stated in the dismissal notice. If the Reasons are not so stated, then the employer will be stopped from raising them as defense in any proceedings subsequently brought by the employee. Note also that an employer may not dismiss an employee for the reason of pregnancy, and may not dismiss an employee for trade union membership or trade union activities.