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Do part time employees have the same termination rights as a fulltime employees? I have been told that I will be laid off by the end of October. I have been employed for six years, and work 24HRS per week

i have worked for a company for 18 years as a sub contractor, at this point i have not been told that i have been let go,but i have not worked since the end of jan of this year, am i intled to any severnce pay , i am 72 years old ?

I just got handed a letter of employment termination "without cause". I have been with this company for 3years. The letter states that I will get 2 extra weeks paid, plus mandatory vacation pay, plus $500. The employer wants this signed by July 5th, 2016. Is this right? I used your online calculator, it said that my payout should be between 14K-21K, is this accurate? I need your help but I am afraid that your lawyer fees will be to high? Could you please let me know how much will it cost me to be represented by you so I can get the right severn package. Thanks Carlos

I am submitting a question I sent last night but was not sure it would be recieved after hours. I am providing additional information. I am terminating someone who has been with me for 2 years and 10 months. They are entitled to 2 weeks vacation per year. Their last vacation was 2 weeks in August of 2015. Since then they have taken 2 vacation days. How many weeks of termination pay and how many weeks of vacation pay would they be owed. We are a small company and we are not required to pay severance. I am meeting with this individual this morning and I have already consulted with our company accountant but I saw your web site and was interested in a second opinion.

I have an employee who I have not been happy with. I own a small hair salon and my staff rents their chairs from me. The staff including the old owner had worked there before I came in and I just kept them on. But for 3 years now one of the staff members is just not performing the way I've been asking her to and she's just not pleasant to work with. As of now she's been off of work from surgery for approx. a month and I really don't want her to come back to work for me. I just don't know if it's illegal to let her go though. Is it legal for me to let her go if I'm not happy with her working for me? And if so, what steps do I need to take to terminate her?