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I am a CPA, CMA, 60 year old, worked as the financial controller, report dotted line to CEO and solid line to Chairman of the Board / Parent company. I worked for two subsidiaries of the same parent company accumulated for 1 year 4 month. I received a termination notice for unknown reason. The current severance pay is promised as “2 months severance (2 months/8 weeks, as opposed to the original 1 month/4 weeks in the termination notice), bring it to a total of 10 weeks (including notice)”. My question is: can you help me to get any more than the 2 months severance pay?

If I signed a non compete claus and was let go by my employer, will the clause hold up if I went to work for a competitor?

My Contract with TD bank has been retracted giving reason of Budget Constraint. Same time Employer is hiring for same job. New Job description advertised by TD says "Candidates with Govt experience do not do well in this group". I am the only person with Govt. experience. I have no performance issue or complaint at work place or among my coworkers or team members. They all wanted me to manage their projects. my old manager who is still in organization does not have any issues with me. Three months before my manager was changed and new manager was having issues with me from day one and she is bias about government experience. First of all can it be treat as discrimination against Govt experienced employees. What are my rights in this case if any

Is there a timeline in which I can pursue wrongful dismissal? (It happened 7 years ago assaulted by co-worker)

Myemployer expects me to get savings from customer owned tooling. These savings are not necessarily passed onto the customer. Technically if they find out there is reason to return that money. If the customer finds out and the company chooses to use me as an example and terminate me will I have cause for wrongful dismissal?