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I believe I was wrongfully dismissed from my place of employment. I did work in a unionized environment, and although there are now four grievances filed against this employer on my behalf, the union has advised me to contact a lawyer. My employer hired a private investigator to conduct an investigation into allegations which were made about me. Although the investigator concluded that there was 'no direct evidence' to support the claims, my employer fired me for workplace misconduct. There was no progressive disciplinary action taken and I was not aware that there were any issues until I was told to meet with the investigator. IN addition to all of this, the primary source of these allegations was my sister in law, who is a member of the management team. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

I am 66 years old and has been working for the same employer for 31 years. I believe I will be dismissed due to a reorganization. How much severance will I be entitled to?

My employer is threatening to fire me for cause on a regular basis. I have not been given written notices for improvement. I have been working for the same person for 17.5 years. Should my employer fire me for "cause" would I be entitled to severance? If so, how much would I be entitled to. If my employer doesn't give me severance, can I sue my employer?

I'm a senior manager with a large global organization. Over the past 2 1/2 years, my job has disappeared twice and I've been offered an equivalent position. The latest position includes some duties that I am not skilled for, have physical limitations providing and a workload that is beyone extreme. For most of last year, I did not have the staff I required and now I've been given a poor performance review and a reduction in my bonus for last year. Can this be considered constructive dismissal?

I was terminated from my work for what I feel is unjust cause. I was a key holder for Goodwill Industries and I mistakenly left the money safe door open. I did lock the door to the office and nobody other than management and key holders have a key to the office as well as combination to safe. I was terminated for that. I do not believe I should have been terminated. I do believe that a written warning, even a suspension would be harsh enough but not termination