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I have been employed at the store for 29yrs. The company is closing the store. They have offered me 44wks paid bi weekly however if I get another job they will cut my severance by 50% are they legally allowed to do this if I get another job. I am the store director.

I work for a cleaning company in a Hospital in Ontario. I am unionized. The Hospital has the " in house " environment services and the us, " core housekeeping" . It seems the hospital will take over the core housekeeping department and terminate the contrat with Aramark. I have worked 2 years as part time and full timer since 2019. Do the hospital have to hire me as a full timer?

I am currently employed by a federally regulated company and am on short-term disability (STD) leave. During my STD leave, I submitted a workplace harassment and violence complaint to the company’s HR department. However, HR informed me that based on an assessment report from the insurance company, proceeding with my complaint would negatively impact my health. As a result, they have decided to hold off on processing my complaint. Unless I submit a doctor’s note confirming that handling the complaint will not affect my health, then they will proceed my complaint I am concerned about the legality of this requirement and whether the company is obligated to continue handling my harassment complaint regardless of my medical leave status. Could you please advise: Whether HR’s actions in delaying the complaint until a medical note is provided constitute a serious violation of the law? Whether this situation amounts to disability discrimination? Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

When purchasing a business, if there is a clause that the new ownership is not liable for severance pay, who would be liable for the severance amount if an employee is terminated?

I am working as Admin Coordinator for 10 years and suddenly two weeks ago they terminated me for no reason stated in the termination letter. When I asked the manager why they terminate me effective immediately she said she doesn't know the reason. Suddenly , I found out the reason of termination is because we employees are contracted and they want to eliminate my position and bring it back to the house...my question is , is it right or valid that they just can terminate people just like that ? They never give me a chance to find another job..so depressing, stressful specially I just got a condo and still some expenses to pay.