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I was employed by an Agency and was converted to a permanent staff after 9 months by my current employer. I am now facing a mass layoff and my employer did not include the period before the direct employment. My contract states that the period before my employment will not be considered for any reason including termination and I understand that, however, the company had been including periods from that time in disciplinary correspondence but not the severance package and I want to know if this is a cause to review the package. I also recently had been on a medical leave and currently have an accomodation as there are still some issues medically, can this be considered for extension of benefits as well?

I am an employee of 32 years and needed a spinal stenosis operation to avoid paralysis. If I cannot return to my duties after a year on short term disability. Am I just screwed?

Is severance paid by the way of "salary continuance" covered by the Pilot Project #24? Is it possible to get EI benefits during the severance period?

I was employed as a supervisor of an organics plant for 23 years. I was laid off in the 23rd year due to lack of work. The company I worked for was in a legal battle with the other company in charge of facilitating production. I collected unemployment to the maximum but haven't been paid or received any severance for 6 months. They recently offered me 6 weeks severance. They claim that is what they are entitled to offer me since their payroll for the company is under 2.5 million dollars total. Is this a true statement? How many weeks severance am I entitled to?

I’m a long term senior management, non-union, full-time. On a mental health medical leave. Declined by short term disability, stating that it’s a WCB issue. Can I present a termination proposal in place of the WCB claim and what does that look like?