Two weeks to regain what?
Your employer must file an H1B petition for you. They can file that as soon as they receive I-140 approval notice. Even with premium processing H1B petition will require 2 to 3 weeks to get approved. After petition is approved you will have to apply for Visa using that petition. After Visa is issued, then you can travel to US.
Until I-140 gets approved or pending for 1 year, that is true. Once that happens then your employer can file for extension beyond 6 years. What more information do yo want?
I-140 receipt date to determine if it is pending for 1 year. Priority date will be PERM submission date.
Staying 1 year outside US is applicable if you want to get fresh 6 years. Petition will have to be filed under cap for that purpose.
So, for you H1B petition can be filed once I-140 gets approved or in Dec 2015 when it is pending for 1 year.
Yes, assuming I-140 has not been withdrawn by the employer. You can even apply now to get 1 year extension because I-140 has been pending for more than 1 year.
As long as USCIS receipt date for the petition is before last day of work, you can remain in the US without working. Even a few days gap between the two can be okay.
Also, request your current employer to hold off the revocation for a month or so. They can I think do it within 30 days.
Last action rule is irrelevant here. In case of H1B transfer, technically there is no transfer, it is just a new cap-exempt petition. So even after transfer is approved, you can remain with the previous employer and never join the new employer.