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I am 55 years old and 10.5 years of service in for an Oil and Gas company….There are a lot of coworkers being laid off because the oil prices crash. I could be the next, my question is if I should be offered an early retirement or layoff with severance ?…does the early retirement usually comes with a severance ?…if not it might be better ti get terminated ? ….shall I accept an early retirement ?

Can you be terminated from your job bcuz you let a colleague be reference and for not stating a former employer on your resume after four years when a charge was dismissed about you in the court of justice

My manager fired me because she didn't like my opinion of someone she is dating..I have text messages that clearly state this and the owner will not take action

I was let go from my job 9 months to the day of being hired. At the time I was 32 weeks pregnant and preparing to go on maternity leave. I was told that the reason I was being let go was restructuring of the company and that my position was no longer needed, therefore I would not be replaced. they had someone new working my job 2 days later.

I just started employment with a company in January 2016 I gave up a full time permanent position to start here they just dismissed me not even two months in is there anything that I can do ?there was no cause or reason given. I signed an employee contract stating that I had a probationary period of six months