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After 25 years of service at a financial institution my department is being eliminated and will be worked out of a central accounting unit. All bank branches are in the same boat, which means there's thousands of employee in the same position. I have until the end of September to find another position within the same financial institution, problem is I've applied for several positions but because the competition is so high and so many individuals in the same position I'm afraid that I'm going to be offered 1 year salary for 25 years of service and will end up losing my pension and not as employable at the age of 51. Please advise if it come to at Severance package should I be seeking legal advise before hand.

My employer fired me with out telling just took me off the schedule and I found out from a coworker I was fired

I've worked at this call centre for almost 3 years now when I first applied I was told after a year I would receive a raise I aahvent received it and every time I ask about it they start to put me on projects I'm not good at to decrease my productivity and then eventually stop shifting me the first time I asked for a raise I wasn't shifted for 5 months when I recently returned to work this past June I was doing good great actually the first day back I had the most sales on the project I was on I waited about a week for my productivity to increase more and my performance to be better to ask for a raise once more when I did I was told again that I would be spoken to about that later eventually they switched my project to a project that they continuously recycle and my productivity went down again now they have stopped shifting me and one of the team leaders had told another employee that him and the shift manager think I'm not a good agent and that if I can't work evening shifts I should find a new job where I can work now reason why I feel that unfair is because I've told them time and time again I can not work past 5 I gotta be able to pick up my daughter from daycare before 6 so I feel they are conspiring to get me to quit or something because they won't answer my texts requesting a shift and when he does he says there are no shifts available I have gone a month now no work I fell behind on bills no groceries for me and my daughter and my phone is cut I want to know if this is legal or if it's right this company is very suspicious too a lot of illegal/suspicious activity goes on in there so I'm wondering if anything can even be done by anyone please tell me what I can do about this

I worked a total of 18 weeks as a medical spa manager , worked many hours over time without pay , I requested the company hire someone part time to cover the od Saturday shift with me , company policy was that no one is to work alone at any time in which Sat I was alone after the company let go of some staff , the company said they would but did not , I worked 6 days per week , I requested and advised I would be coming in one day in the afternoon , taking morning off due to an appointment When I arrived that day in the afternoon the owner of the company sat at my desk and we had a meeting , he asked where I was , I advised him I had a meeting and advised the company one week prior as well entered in the computer scheduled myself to not be in in the am that day , the owner asked me if I was resigning and I said no .... We talked over a few things with business , he advised the sales were not as they should be that month, we discussed and agreed when the road was closed due to construction that may have some things to do with it , plus the owner let go my technician and my nurse in which I am not a nurse and could not service clients that require injections , needless to say my employer let me go that day , no warning , no letter of dismissal , nothing They have held back pay , they have advised me I do not receive any termination pay due to letting me go with cause , (1) I never received any warning (2) I feel I was wrongfully let go ,plus I believe I am legally entitled a termination pay , please advise

I believe I have been wrongfully dismissed, see I work for this company called Chartwheel Enterprise...I work for them as a general contractor/labor for 15.00 and hr under the table, now here is the twist, my employer is also my landlord, now I have came into financial problems which has left me $2000.00 or so in debt with the landlord now I have just been told by another employee of Chartwheel Enterpise the Superintentant(my mother) and maintain(her husband) that I was fired due to lack of paying what I owe them...does this make sense to yous, please take the time in reviewing this thank you...Sincerly Dan