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I work for a charity and they have decided to replace part of my hours with a volunteer. They will be cutting my hours (and pay) by 36%. This will then make it possible for them to cut my benefits. Does this constitute constructive dismissal and do I have the right to ask for a severance package instead of the new, reduced position?

How long do you have to dispute a wrongful termination

I liked to find out what my options are as I have been recently wrongfully terminated from my job. Also I have not received my two weeks notice pay as it was stated in the termination letter. My final pay was yesterday and I only got paid for pay period March 19- April 2. The termination letter says that all monies owned to me will be on my final pay. I contacted my former employer yesterday but as of now they did not get back to me.

i am a general insurance producer here in Ontario and i hav ejust left a brokerage after 2 and a half years. No contract was signed but i was under the impression that i had ownership in he businees. The book of business generates approx 40000 in renewals but i was told i that i needed to be there 5 years for any ownership stake on the way out the door.

My full time employer of the past 5 years, who is a life insurance agent, just told me last week she needs a sales associate working for her (I'm an administrative assistant) and that my job will end at the end of the month. She said I could put my name in for the job if I want to get my life and mutual fund licences and start selling insurance, and I would earn commission rather than salary. She knew I would not want to accept a sales position and work for commission. She said I would be paid until the end of April and she would pay out my accrued vacation pay. Another note: this insurance agent works for Sun Life Financial and is located in a Sun Life building. When they were notified that my job would end at the end of April, Sun Life took away all of my access (passwords etc) and made them take away my keys, as I could become "disgruntled" since my job is ending, and they can't risk the possibility that I may steal information or damage property. Severance was never mentioned, nor was unused vacation up to the end of April. I have been told that this is wrongful dismissal (including by a lawyer who I only spoke to on the phone). Retaining the lawyers services would be very expensive and I won't have an income in less than 3 weeks. I really need to know if retaining a lawyer is a reasonable risk or if I should just contact the labour board about getting severance and leave it at that.