My mother is 73 years old and has worked for the same catering company since 1988 (28 years) and was recently laid off even though she had seniority (he kept several younger women) and he has no plan of calling her back to work. Is she entitled to some kind of severance pay? I called the labour board and they said she was - but is was only 8 weeks and that is the maximum. So my questions are...1. Is she entitled to more that 8 weeks pay and if so how much? 2. How do we prove this is a permanent lay off? 3. How does she go about claiming any additional money owed to her? And is there away to do this so it won't affect her EI benefits. As I said my mom is 72 and doesn't have a pension so every little bit counts