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After 59.5 years of being one of the business owners on the payroll, am I entitled to severence pay?

Can a corporation discontinue defined benefits DB pension after 30 years an introduce a defined contribution DC pension ? The company is financially stable

I recently heard about a "retiring" allowance. I retired on Dec 19, 2024 and I am wondering if I qualify for this allowance. I was a full time salary employee from Dec 2001 until I transitioned to part time hourly on Jan 4 2021 on a contract basis working 3 days a week. Do I qualify for this allowance?

On Friday, (Jan. 3rd.) I discovered that my job was posted online. I confronted my manager about it, and asked if I was terminated; she claimed to know nothing about it. I texted her later that day to see if I should be at work Monday morning, she responded with yes. When I arrived this morning, they terminated me based on my performance. I have been spoken to about this, but there has never been written documentation regarding the issues. Would this be considered a wrongful termination?

I need legal advice regarding severance calculation. I was a college professor for 12 years working 40-60 hours weekly. In the last 12 weeks, my employer reduced my hours to 9 hours per week, then terminated me. They calculated my severance based on these reduced hours rather than my standard 12-year work pattern. The severance letter didn't specify this calculation method. Looking to challenge this calculation as it significantly reduces my entitled severance amount. They laid off a few other employees and did the same and we are all unhappy. We were given 7 days to review the severance letter with a lawyer, which was not enough and made us sign a release. The employee acted in bad faith and felt like it was a shady tactic to skim us from a proper severance pay.