Former staff of CHCH, a Hamilton broadcast institution for more than six decades, are desperate for answers after the company that owns the TV station threw it’s news content provider into bankruptcy on Friday.

CHCH reported Wednesday that employees were separated into two groups and 71 people were offered a new job under a new company and 96 were laid off.

Employees are crying foul over the fact that they will not be receiving severance pay.

Was this a tactic designed to bust the union that represented many of the broadcaster's employees? How does severance pay work when a company closes its doors. Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru drilled down on employment law with host John Oakley on Global News Radio 640 Toronto.

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