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1)Does the verbal notice from employer regarding the closure of the business count toward my common law severance? 2) What are my rights regarding severance pay in this situation? With 26 year of service. In June I will be 53 year old. My roll is production and customer service Manager. Please respond me directly

I have been working for this company for 31 years and in 2019 I went off work for disability. I am now on Permanent long term. I received a letter that the company wants to cut my medical (medication, therapy, dental, vision, etc.) come this July. We have received notice saying something along the lines that since we have went with a new company starting from this date on ALL employees going forward on Longterm disability will only be able to collect 2 years of medical benefits (medication, therapy, dental, etc). They said they are allowed to do this because they are with a new company and since they switched over I fall under new rules. Longterm was always paid by company as long as your off till you return. Is this legal for them to do? I need my benefits for medication, therapy, dental, etc... And they also said they can cut their part of the pension that they contribute. But I am not allow to contribute because I am not on payroll I am on PLTD.

My employer was supposed to pay me yesterday(2/12/26) for my work period from Jan25-Feb7th 2026. He exclaims since I was let go on Monday (2/9/26) that an "accountant" needs to review my ROE for me to receive this payment. Is this right?

Can I work straight my 8 hours shift without taking my break?

Working for Shaw for 23 years transitioned to Rogers during the acquisition not by choice and working for rogers about a year. Basic minimum at home virtual training. Issues learning the new programs systems etc. Asked for help extra training. Nothing. No performance review for a year. After 11 months i finally got the extra training. 1 week. Again basic didn't help much and right after that, the next month was Put on 90 day pip for underperforming. Vastly improved by the 90th day 2 of 3 targets exceeded. They wanted to extend it another 30 days to see if i can maintain it.I ended up working extra hours for free just to hit targets that's why I met the 2/3 target. I offered to fly to Calgary out of my own pocket to train in office. Among the consistent family stress this work related issue was the one thing that pushed me over the top. I then took stress leave and currently still on it. What are my rights coming back to work? A co worker has gone through the same thing and was fired for just cause (underperforming) and was let go with no severance. I have documented everything from asking for help, my schedules, etc to prepare for the worst. What are my options ?