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Is an employer entitled to end severance payments should a terminated employee find a new job before the end of the severance period

8 year employee with a medium size manufacturing company. I require 4 days off but I don't want to tell my employer why. Do I have to, and is there anything they can do about it other than putting it on my absenteeism record? Thank you.

We schedule our staff from Sunday to Saturday with scheduling done online. What is the advance notice for this scheduled to be published for staff to view? Once published what is the criteria for changes to staff schedules? For example if the schedule is published on Thursday for the next Sunday but then is adjusted and republished late Friday can an employee be reprimanded for missing their sunday shift that was not on the original schedule

Can my employer give me termination while on sick leave

My company is small- 5 employees total and all employees must be physically capable of performing physical outdoor activities as part of their core duties in job description. A few employees are getting older which we don't care about but their age is making them less able to perform their core job functions, especially with some health issues...often that accompany getting older. There is some but limited ability to provide some accommodation which so ltmd not likely an option. At what point is severance not required if a staff person can no longer do their job an the environment of no mandatory retirement age? Note 61-65 yrs and 20 yrs with company in technical position. Ie they can hang on as long as they want...until 90 years old until company pays them severance??? Note not union but company contributes to their response. Or put another way, if an employee refuses to retire they must be paid a couple f years of severance even though they can't do job? Thanks