Add Comment Question: My employer of 15 years recently offered severence packages to the lowest seniority staff (half of our staff) and informed the rest of us our shifts would be changing. For the past 10 years I've worked 8-4 and my new hours would be fluctuating between 10-6 or 1:30-9pm as well as every Saturday. I have two young children and a husband who works out of town all week and is only hope e on weekends and have no other family in the city. They are effectively forcing me to quit after giving packages to employees junior to me. They are fully aware of my situation. I not only can't afford to pay for childcare in my home until 10:30 pm, which is when I'd get home after a 9pm shift, but I refuse to let a total stranger into my home to raise my children. It would also mean that I see my husband one day a week, and my children for maybe an hour a day,which makes for a completely broken family. I've been an excellent, loyal and hardworking employee for 15 years, one of my departments most knowledgeable leaders. Are they legally allowed to get away with this? They have allowed for one of our team members to work from home for over a year to care for his wife, should they not afford me the same accommodation in my circumstance? Answer: Your employer cannot force you to do this. It would be a constructive dismissal which would allow you to resign while still getting severance. Severance for you could easily be 12 months pay. Under no circumstances should you resign without speaking to me first. Please give me a call to discuss this. Lior Samfiru Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.