Idk how it works anywhere else, but over here, this tax gets paid into a fund, 10% from my salary, and my employer matches that amount. Its already paid, into my fund, under my income tax number, its not like the employer can get it back after I leave.

Only reason you don't get to withdraw from the fund is when you quit or get fired for criminal reasons or whatever.

The only reason my employer would physically have to pay me to leave is if there was a disciplinary hearing and it was part of my severance package.

So yeah, it doesn't hurt them to fire me, if they refuse then they're just petty.

Cause I could drag it out and force them to fire me, which means I get a severance package and my UIF, which I really don't want to do.

And yes they would offer me a severance package to make sure I don't try and sue them for wrongful dismissal, since I have BP and they knew this from the start.

I work very closely with the owners of the establishment, I know how they think and operate...

Hopefully they really are kind people and go along with my suggestion, and hopefully nobody tries to persuade me to stay again... Didn't work out so well last time after all.