Has anyone been forced in to early retirement with no notice?

I have to say that I am so shocked and mad as for as the news I got from my mom, who has worked for Sears for over 20 years, never was late to work, never had any wright ups, and never had any problems. This past Christmas the store got a new manger and just about everyday someone is leave there job. Not to make a long deal of this but my mom went in to work and was home two hours later being told she was forced to retire and her job in the store in no longer there, come to find out some of her co-works have called her today and told her her job was was still there just replace by someone who is half her age. Now my mom is only 59 and in great health. I use to work there myself and I have to say I will never shop there again. I just have to say that Sears is not the same that it use to be. To anyone who thinks about working there should really read up as much as they can..

Maybe she should see an attorney. My sister worked at either Sears or JC Penny for twenty years. Later it was part time. A manager was working on getting rid of her. Then they cut her hours to like ten a month. Then one summer my sister had poison ivy, and she was scheduled to work while she had it. She called other employees and switched her hours with someone. Then that someone called her later and told her she couldn't switch her hours because she was old my sister didn't work there any more.

That was probably the purpose of putting in a new manager -to replace employees.