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My boss is selling his law practice to another lawyer. I've worked for my boss for 30+ years as a law clerk, I'm 52. My boss hasn't given me notice. If he sells his business, and the other lawyer wants to hire me on with the same pay & hrs worked, but I choose not to accept, for whatever reason, does my boss still owe me severance?

Can an employee refuse termination in th form of working termination severance. I have worked for company for 11 years / I am 60 yeas old. My passion with company is Plant and office manager. I do not have an employment contract with the company. I had shared with the company that I was thing of sopping work approx April 2026. They now gave my a termination letter with end date of April 30 2026. But as a working severance. Am I entitled to more time than what they are offering?

Good afternoon and thank you for your time. My problem I'm having with my employer is over the past year. I feel they've been trying to get me to quit in various ways and I had brought this up to my management which my direct manager confirmed and now I have a meeting tomorrow morning I'm assuming to discuss because I believe I brought this up. I'm just curious where I stand legally if I'm fired or laid off

When I began working at this company my benefits were 100% employer paid. My employer is now requiring employees to pay for a portion of the benefits, or switch to a less comprehensive package. Are they allowed to decrease my compensation with no change to my duties/responsibilities?

I work at a company that pays base salary + commissions. These commissions are based off of the number of hours billed by the resources we have working under our name (this is a recruitment company who hires contractors). These contracts are months long. If I go on maternity leave, when I come back, do they have to pay me the sum of the commission they did not pay me while I was away?