Demand Letters when Fired - necessary, but all too often ineffective

Employee Termination Tips: Why is it necessary that when you get fired from your job that your are required to send a demand letter to your former boss and seek out increased termination and severance pay, only to know its going to be rejected. We look at why this is all too often the case and why you should not have great expectations when you submit your demand letter to your former employer, especially where it was a larger company, who has fired or otherwise terminated many of its employees and plays it hard with respect to increasing any payouts, at least until a lawsuit is filed and court litigation is commenced. One should also consider other actions in addition to the demand letter, for example in Alberta, one key aspect that is all too often not pursued is seeking the statutory earnings information that an employer is obligated to provide an employee pursuant to section 14(5) of the Alberta Employment Standards Code.
For information as to our review procedures for terminations, firing, permanent lay-offs and other related employment law matters, please feel free to phone us at 403-400-4092 or email us at [email protected], and we will advise you as to the process that we undertake with respect to any such review and the obligations that we require from yourself should we agree to perform such a review. For Alberta employees, visit our website http://www.CalgaryEmploymentLawyer.ca.
As an honest and hard-working employee, you should not be underpaid when you are terminated, fired or laid off, nevertheless, the world that we live in does not necessarily play fairly or pay you all that you should be entitled to. Protecting the financial well being of you and your family is extremely important. As such, knowing what action to take and when to take it can be incredibly difficult and frustrating. What is important in these particular situations is that proper consideration of all the facts and circumstances are taken into account, as is the specifics of the law, and than getting knowledgeable professional advice, which often will include but not necessarily be limited to, the advice of an experienced lawyer who has been apprised of all the facts and circumstances, not only in the workplace but in the broader perspective of your life and future, given the difficult and unexpected negative turns that might arise when you proceed down a certain path. The reality is that every path forward is fraught with danger and uncertainty, although potentially the most dangerous path is not exploring with knowledgeable professional counsel your potential paths forward such that you leave significant money on the negotiating table that you would be rightly entitled to.
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