1) Employment is employment at will unless you had a written employment contract to the contrary. (If you did, you can enforce whatever rights or job protections the contract gave you, such as in court by a "breach of contract" lawsuit.) That means that they could discontinue your employment at any time, for any reason, without notice or warning--even if you moved for the job. In the future, unless you are moving someplace you want to move anyway, never move for a job without a contract guarantying you the job, at least for some reasonable time (e.g. a one-year contract).2) Because they are asking you to work so far away--further than is reasonable to commute--you could likely consider this "constructive" or effective termination (that is, a change in your job so unreasonable that it is like having the job eliminated) and be eligible for unemployment insurance. This is based on having to take a job 50 miles or more away, which is what your question seems to indicate. Be advised that "constructive termination" is not a black-line or objective test--it's about whether the travel distance is "unreasonable"--so it is not guaranteed you'd be eligible for unemployment for being constructively evicted; the unemployment examiner could feel that your commuting distance was still within the bounds of reasonable travel, for example. So you have appear to have a good case for getting unemployment based on "constructive termination," but we can't assure you that you are certain to get it.3) Severance is never required (unless you a written contract guarantying it) but is voluntary on the part of the employer. You can ask for or negotiate for it, but it's up to the employer to offer it or not.