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I just posted a question and went to the link with your response and tried to leave a comment but could not because there was no recaptcha to check. My original question was about my company being acquired and what severance I might be entitled to.

I’ve worked for a company for almost 25 years that has been acquired by another company and have been advised I will be terminated after a 3 month transition period. The new company said there will be some severance but I’d like to know how much I should expect. Is there a minimum in this situation.

I have been working at my job for close to 2 years , Monday to Friday. the company got bought out last month and now they are telling me it's mandatory to work on Saturday's. Can they do this and is there anything I can do?

Hi there; I returned from maternity leave in 2023 June. I worked for about a month or so doing return to work then got sick shortly after. At that time I had 4 weeks of paid vacation. I was on short term disability until this February where I got transferred to Long term disability. I am aware while on Long term disability I do not accumulate vacation. However I wanted to get paid out for my 2023 vacation so I contacted my HR department who basically advised me that I lost my entire 4 weeks of vacation as it has been exhausted. As per their policy I am only able to bring over 5 days from the previous year of my vacation up until March end which I have to use it by. Now since I was still sick at that time of course I was not able to use it. So apparently now I have exhausted all my vacation so it just vanished because I was sick....was not notified, nothing. If I did not contact them that would be it. Normally I should have been paid out for my vacation time. I know while on short term I still do accumulate vacation hours so I should have had my hours at least paid out. I'm just frustrated as a 15 year employee of this company that is just very deceiving on their part. Are you able to clarify what are my rights here please?

My employer extended my 6 months probation after completing our meeting on September 6. HR is aware that I have a good reputation in the firm due to my work ethics. However, they have still extended my probation for another 3 months (ending on December). There was no extension clause in the employment agreement when they offered me the position. HR advised that they are extending my probation for another 3 months due to my "interpersonal skill" and attendance. I am rarely late to work and even if I am late, I let my team know as I take the skytrain everyday to work. What is my right as an employee in this case? Should I be worried that they extended my probation despite getting good feedbacks about my work? What should I do in this case?