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Laid off and not returning hourly employee with just under 2 years experience. Not replacing her. What is she entitled to in severance pay?

Found out one of my employees did time in prison for murder. He did his time but I’m just not comfortable with the nature of his crime. No contract, only employed for less than 2 months. There was no work application filled out (that would have asked about any criminal past) Am I asking for trouble letting him go?

I`m work for the company 25 years and now I`m on retayment how I can find out if employer should he haweto pay me dismissal or not ( if I work I pay fed.tax , prow.tax and Ei)

Can I let an employee go that is planning on opening same store concept as mine within 15km radius in eastern ontario? And her common law spouse is speaking negatively about me and my business at his place of employment? Is that breach of trust?

Hi, I was a VP and was acquired by another company. They provided me with a letter saying that my new title will be Manager and that I would be reporting to a VP in another country. There was no discussion prior to receiving a letter in my inbox. When the discussion finally happened, I was advised I would have a direct report and be managing a group regionally. A month and a half past and now am told that there are further discussions happening internally but they were vague about it. The person that is supposed to report to me is Certified and I am not. They only recently asked me for my certification (when they provided me with the new title and role, they never asked me what my work history/background or education was). They also recently asked for my resume. Now I am wondering if they can rescind the offer based on me not having the educational requirement? OR can they change the structure to have me report into the person that was supposed to report to me? thanks,