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i was terminated without cause , and they are only offering me 4 weeks , i have been there 5 yrs and i am 49 yrs old and work as an IT professional

I have been terminated due to the company reducing its business activities. I have been employed there for 28 years, receiving lieu of notice but no severance. Is there any point in going after severance when the company has a payroll less than 2.5Million?

My son has been working at tim hortons (Orleans, ON) part time for over 2 years. The owner just changed (from PEI) and he brought all employees into a meeting. He asked the employees if any of them would like to move to PEI and work there. My son answered no as he is going to university in Ottawa. A few days later he was told by the HR person to wait for a call to come in. A couple of weeks later he was called in an let go. The HR manager said the owner said he had an attitute and was let go for that. Nicolas has been a model employee and just had a excellent performance review a few weeks ago.

I m due for paternity leaves and same months my probation period is getting over Should i inform hr now or i can inform same month after probation period is over ? Can they increase my probation period if i inform them now?

My niece worked as an RPN, had clean records, was terminated by the management of the retirement home she worked for, citing serious infraction that is vague and unspecific. It is now five days and their union rep has not acted on her repeated request to file a grievance with the company. What options does she have? When can she contact a lawyer to represent her?