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i worked for this stand alone private day care for 6 weeks. the new supervisor gave me nnotice of termination today reading"following employment standards act, you are entitled to work a 1-week notice monday april 30-May 7. should I be expected to work even when my employment is terminated. usually, when an employee is terminated they should leave work place right after receiving the termination letter and receive one week pay. my termination letter is neither signed by the employer and nor there is name of the employer at the bottom of the letter ,it's just a letter with name of the day care on top of the page) and they gave me the letter at noon and I continued working and will work until May 7. i think if I am expected to work until May 7th, then they should pay me one week after May 7th. am I right? if I am it will be based on which part of employment act so I can let them know please advise thank you

am I owed severance after 6 months employment

My employer just terminated me. They offered me 4 weeks of severance including the statutory amount in return they want me to sign a release. I have to sign this release by May 4. The thing is, I'm worried what they're going to put on the ROE. I truly feel, though I was critical of the quality of the product we were producing, that I didn't say anything that warranted termination. But if I sign this, can they say that it was my fault and then I'd have no recourse?

Can an employer make a position redundant and offer the same employee his job back but as an independent contractor? I was a driver for a company for 5 years, work has not slowed down or even changed one bit but I was told my position has now been made redundant but I can still keep working for the company but now as a contract driver. Is this legal to do?

If you are eligible to go onto pension with 31 years service but are terminated are you eligible for severance and then go onto pension?