I have been a assistant manager with Walmart Canada for almost 2 years. Today they terminated my employment without any notice effective immediately because of restructuring that they are doing across Canada which basically is elimating the amount of managers that each store has. Inam wanting to know if I have any sort of wrongful dismissal case here. They want me to sign a paper agreeing to a payout of 4 weeks of pay severance. Is this a fair amount? Should I not sign this? I have 10 days to sign before the offer is revoked. Please help thank you.

Thank you for your question. My name is Jon Pinkus and I am an employment lawyer with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP.

You should not sign until you speak with a lawyer. You could be entitled to significantly more. Do not feel pressured - you have two years from the date of your termination to claim your entitlements to settlement. The deadline is a pressure tactic used by every employer to try to convince you to sign off on less than you are owed so that you cannot claim your full entitlements.

To find out how much you may be owed, visit our Free Severance Calculator at http://www.severancepaycalculator.com/. If you have been offered less than is showing on the calculator, please email me at jon.pinkus@stlawyers.ca or give us a call at the number below. We would be pleased to assist you.