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I have a family member that was dismissed from her employment. She went in yesterday to pick up her termination letter. It indicates that she will not receive severance because the termination was "for cause". They, however will not tell her what the cause is. She has asked several times, and she does not get an answer.

I was a Food & Beverage Manager at a Country Club. My employment was on a contract basis and could be terminated at the desecration of the employer. I was terminated because, as the GM told me "a handful of members were putting their membership on hold unless I was terminated". Do I have any re course

Hi. I am a Senior Marketing Manager at this company. i have been employed by them for over 30 years. Recently, I was told that my position was no longer a senior manager position (about 1.5 weeks ago) - they changed the job slightly - and that it was being downgraded to a Manager position. as well my grade level was being lowered and my bonus was being dropped from a 20% maximum to an 8% maximum. they asked me to sign a contract accepting these terms. i told them two days after they presented this to me that i would not accept the new position and that i didn't agree with the changes in title, position and compensation. i followed up with HR after a week - they didn't get back to me themselves. they told me that they would likely offer me working notice at the minimun amount and that i would have something to look at by this Thursday. i was going to email you after i received it but i just thought i would do so sooner. what should i do now?

Hello. I am a technologist in the architectural discipline who has 18 years experience. When I applied for a job at an architectural firm my resume clearly indicated senior technologist. I was hired. I worked there for 10 months until the company let me go along with a few other employees due to lack of work. In my dismissal letter it refers to me as an intermediate technologist, I talked to my co-worker who has 9 years experience and asked him what they put on his dismissal letter. He indicated that they called him a junior. I am aware that if you let an employee go due to lack of work, you cannot hire someone in that same position until a certain time period (a year?). I know that they ran out of work, but I am also under the impression that they are referring to me as intermediate and my coworker as junior for the purpose of tricking the government by dividing us into these categories. If they called me a senior and my co-worker an intermediate they would not be able to hire a senior in a few months or so when it picks up but if they called my an intermediate and my co-worker a junior, it gives them the ability to hire a senior immediately when it picks up. Do I have a case here. After 18 years of experience, I don't see this as fair, and I don't see it as legal. could ask them to change the letter, but the government will get the original letter saying I was an intermediate. Do I have a case?

does severance include salary car and benefits if these were part of my compensation package?