Bethesda Montreal layoffs spark legal challenge over minimal severance and cut benefits
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Following Fallout 5 and other announcements, Bethesda Montreal employees were told they’d receive the smallest severance legally possible without bargaining with the union and would immediately lose their group health insurance; dozens of US and Canadian staff were laid off, with Canadian workers receiving termination letters by July 17, prompting OneBGS to file a complaint alleging Canadian labor-law violations.
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