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I have worked for the same company for 28 years , working the same ( day) shift for the last 15 years. The company has now given me 11 weeks notice that they want me to start working a rotating night, day, weekend schedule. Should I be worried about constructive dismissal? Am I required to comply ?

My son has worked for a major bank and has had excellent evaluations. He then got a new boss and got a very poor evaluation last year. Never had any feedback about his performance until it was Bonus Time at the bank.No specific goals were identified for the following year ,no interaction or feedback from the boss but now has presented him with another poor evaluation with no discussion. He refused to sign it as there were many questionable issues. Now she has set him up for 3 one on one meetings beginning today.In the bank his collegues say it means she is getting ready to fire him.Human Resources says you cannot appeal this evaluation. He does not know where to turn for advice and as most recent graduates has huge student loans to be repaid.Any advice for this young man.

I continue to work for my employer, however I believe that they have adversely changed the conditions of my employment to such an extent that the ability for me to perform my work has become extremely difficult or impossible. I intend to submit my resignation letter, but do not want to jeopardize my ability to seek a severance based on the companies action. I would appreciate any advice on the content of my resignation letter so that I do not jeopardize my position. Thank you Ed

I worked in a car dealership for 19 years. My capacity was sales, then sales manager, Then fleet manager for the last 11 years. My sales has increased huge in the fleet dept. one day I was let go because " they no longer needed my services". I was paid 19 weeks severance and 8 weeks in place of notice. This is ESA rules, not common law. A lawyer tells me I have to wait 19 months to sue. I disagree. I think I deserve 19 months pay, not 19 weeks. I am 63 years old and to start over in another dealership would not replace my customary $70,000 a year.

I was fired for being in the hospital. My shift was to start at 1pm I gave notice at 830am that I would not be able to make it in due to needing medical attention, and was told to bring in a doctors note on my next shift. At 130 pm I was in the hospital and let the manager know. I then got a message at 6:30 pm saying that I was fired for not showing up, and not saying that it was an emergency and if it was an emergency I could have dealt with it on my day off. So they fired me through a text message and then I had to call the franchisee to find out if I was actually fired. I received no written notice, I have had no other warnings, I have been there for 4 months.