Know this: A non-unionized employer may fire its employees if it wishes. It is not the act of terminating the employment which makes the dismissal ‘wrongful’ but rather the absence of fair compensation.
If you lose your job, you are entitled to termination pay. There are exceptions (where one is fired for “just cause” such as dishonesty), but they are rare. Under the
Employment Standards Act, you are entitled to a floor of one week for every year worked, up to 8 weeks. If you worked for a very large corporation, this is expanded to another week’s pay for every year served with no upper limit.
But this is only a floor. In fact you will be entitled to more, depending on your position, your years of service, your age, your health and whether you were lured away from a good job. The rule of thumb is 3 to 4 weeks pay for every year you worked. If you were let go in a particularly nasty way, you will be entitled to additional compensation on top of that (named “Wallace” compensation, for a Mr. Wallace in Saskatchewan who took his employer all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to win this one).
You are also entitled to a continuation of benefits for the notice period, compensation for missed bonuses and other damages best discussed on a case by case basis.
