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My friend is a dental hygienist and has signd a labour contract that in case of termination notice will be given according to the Ontario Labour Laws. She has worked there for 13 years and has now been terminated. Her boss offers her 8 weeks notice plus $4,000.00. She has 7 days to accept this offer or they will only pay the 8 week's notice. Is this a fair offer from the employer? I thought you could get 1 month formevery year worked. Also, she signed the employment contract on very short notice without legal consultation so that she would get the job.

After 7 years full time, I was terminated from my position last week...it was one month after returning from Maternity Leave. There was no warning; it happened out of nowhere. My position held two parts: before I left, a unionized returning employee on modified work was taking over one part...she became full time while I was off. My manager did the work load of my other half... which was a lot and so our Admin Asst, who was previously worked part time hours, became full time to help cover the workload. There was also a merger with another site. I also had a meeting with my manager and new director before returning about mental health concerns I had about returning to work. I have a few questions: 1. Am I eligible for EI? 2. What would be a fair severance package? 3. Do I have a strong case for wrongful dismissal? Thank you.

i am a part time worker who has worked at a lottery kiosk for 9 years. the ownwer was told by the olg that her sales are way down and on may 5th she advised she was going to lay me off as of may 8,2017. this was done verbally and i have never had a warning or anything. i am 66 and the oldest but not junior employee. she said she has to save money. i believe i should be paid money in lieu of no notice. i also asked for the government for to inform me of this. she said she would give me a letter. this woman has never done anything by the book. she got rid of 2 other employees in the past few years as they were older. i believe i should get 9 weeks of termination pay. could you please help me?

My wife was terminated from a part time job while on maternity leave. The reason being they said the requested documentation via email and she didn't respond. But she never received an email. And she has documentation

Can an employer terminate you if you haven't been working, due to not being on a schedule for a while and because you haven't heard back from them? Also if you haven't sent your other job schedule to them.