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VF Layoffs: Your Rights and Severance Pay Explained
Lost your job at VF? Learn more about your rights to severance and next steps after termination.
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Achievers Severance Pay: Your Rights Explained
Laid off from Achievers? Discover your rights in Canada, how severance pay is calculated, and steps to take after job loss.
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Mobia Technology Innovations Severance Pay: Your Rights Explained
Laid off at Mobia? Discover your rights in Canada, how severance pay is calculated, and steps to take after job loss.
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Pedestrian dead, struck by vehicle on Hwy. 401 near Kingston Mills
Ontario Provincial Police are asking anyone with information on the incident, including dashcam footage, to contact them.
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32-year-old dead after head-on Hwy. 7 crash west of Peterborough
Ontario Provincial Police are asking anyone with information on the incident, including dashcam footage, to contact them.
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Microsoft trims several teams, separate from performance-based cuts
The latest round of job cuts reportedly affects the tech giant's security, experiences and devices, sales, and gaming teams.
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Microsoft Layoffs: Your Rights and Severance Pay Explained
Lost your job at Microsoft? Learn more about your rights to severance in Canada and next steps after termination.
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Carmeuse Severance Pay: Your Rights Explained
Laid off at Carmeuse? Discover your rights in Canada, how severance pay is calculated, and steps to take after job loss.
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How Old Do You Have to Be to Work in Ontario? Minimum Legal Working Age Explained
Discover the minimum working age in Ontario by industry and key rights for young workers under labour laws.