Depending on the terms of the employment contract, the employer can make a payment in lieu of notice (PILON), allowing dismissal to take effect immediately, ie on the date of receipt of the letter. The employer may also make a PILON at the employee's request, provided that the parties mutually agree on it. If no PILON has been agreed on, employees are entitled to whichever is longer out of the notice of termination of employment stated in their contract of employment or statutory minimum notice. Statutory minimum notice is one week for each completed year of service, subject to a minimum of one week and a maximum of 12 weeks.