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My company is going through a sale and I will accept employment with the new company. My question is, does the new company have to pay me for signing? I am Non Union and all my previous benefits such as rate of pay, vacation and insurance, etc. will remain the same.

Can I fire my employees for comments made through a Facebook chat. Some comments were uttering death threats to towards management, admitting to theft to their coworker and former coworkers (we checked inventory and see it's true), saying they were going to fabricate stories and get their boss thrown in jail with their falsified information, sharing confidential company information with former employees. This chat was done through Facebook (messenger), on a company computer (mostly during company time). One employee did not log out of their account. We also have a keylogger running in the background on all company computers. We have screenshots of everything. Besides civil litigation and possible criminal charges, can we legitimately fire this/these employees for partaking?

Can an employee claim payment in lieu of notification and also claim wrongful dismissal? He forged my signature among other things and abuse me verbally twice.

Employee Handbook/orientation Manual. Does the employer have to right to make changes/additions without notifying the employees. This manual is signed once a year by employees acknowledging that they have read it. Do they also have to acknowledge that they have understood it.

If i use code A ( shortage of work) for the employment record. Can i hire someone new for the same position that i am laying off someone?