This question is on behalf of my Mother-In-Law who is a Pharmacist (her first language is Arabic so I am assisting her).

She has worked for a small Pharmacy at the same location for the last four years. She has never had a written contract for this position and she is the Pharmacy Manager (her Manager status is registered at that location with the Ontario College of Pharmacists) . She submits an invoice every two weeks and is paid as an independent contractor. She has worked at the Pharmacy the following hours:
Year 1 -57 hours per week
Year 2 +3 -33 hours per week
Year 4 -69 hours per week

She has been advised (verbally only) that she is going to be let go this November and be replaced by another Pharmacist who worked there part time a year ago.
She currently earns approximately $161,000 per year and she is nearly sixty years old. She was further advised that she would receive no severance pay upon her contract termination.

She was wondering if she would be entitled to any severance pay upon her termination.