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Am I entitled to Termination Pay from my employer? I went on vacation from August 24 to September 3 this year. I was terminated, via email, on September 4th due to a "Customer Service Issue", no warnings, nothing. Straight to termination.

I suffer from depression/ anxiety...I have taken the maximum of 10 days off...I was given a verbal, a written verbal and a 3 day and a 5 day suspension...due to my illness the company did not seem to recognize my depression/anxiety as a legitimate illness...I was terminated with breach of a last chance agreement...just would like to get your take on do I have any recourse?

I was employed by a company in Vancouver bc and was relocated from the UK. I have worked for 3 months in the full time job, until last week when I had a meeting with my line manager saying to me that I lacked enough Construction experience after they knew this during our interview. I made it very clear to them before I was employed and during my interview, which they promised to send me on training courses and I would shadow the about to retire person in the role. The company shipped all of my property from the UK and also promised to sponsor my PR application. I am currently on a work permit tied to the company, because I was reasured that this is long term, I had made some financial commitments. Commitments like house and car lease. I would like to know if I have a case to sue the company. Many thanks

I have been going through some familu issues. My dr wrote me off of work for a months time. My employer woulf not give me the time off, instead gave me a day or 2 here n there. I explained my family situation n expressed my concern that i was afraid of losing my job. He told me not to worry about it. This past thrusday i got fired stating my job performance was suffering. I was informed i would be given 4 weeks severance pay. My question is this acceptable from an employer

What should my severance package be after 12 years at my job? 50 years old.