I am 73 years old.
I had worked for CFDC Middlesex for 7 years
Om March 31st 2015 I received an excellent appraisal and a new 2 tear contract set up to ensure a seamless succession plan within the CFDC.
Shortly thereafter the GM, who had led her position for 11 plus years advised that she was moving on.
The volunteer Board undertook a search for a new GM who finally appeared towards the end of May.
The new GM’s background was non-profit administration for a local charitable organization. She had never been involved with small business start-ups, loan financing etc.
As my vacation was scheduled, from mid to end July, providing a relatively short period of time before I left, I wanted to make sure that she got as much exposure to the loan side as possible, particularly key clients, before I went off for a couple of weeks.
She showed no interest, preferring to spend her time on the non-profit, community economic development side of the operations which were a short term Ontario Government funded project that was neither an integral nor long term part of the CFDC mandate. In the 6-7 weeks that we were working together we probably spent a total of 20-30 hours actually working together
Anyhow, to keep it short, returned from a gr-eat holiday to be advised that my services were no longer required. No reason provided. Just no longer required and yes there was a clause in the contract stating that either party for any reason may terminate the agreement upon 30 business days’ prior written notification. I had not objected to this on the signing on March 31st or in any prior years as there was no apparent reason to even question it.
She subsequently left about a month later. The position from which I was terminated has still not been filled. It is the key position after the GM in the business centre.
My questions:
1) Given my age and service/performance should I not have received a more satisfactory severance package-30 days?
2) If the answer is yes, is it now too late to go back to claim any additional consideration.? The reason for not doing so at the time being that I felt that I would have no problem moving forward…forgetting the ‘age’ factor.