Hi. I don't know the answer without a little further information. When you say your partner was "fired", was he dismissed immediately e.g. for a breach of contract or disciplinary matter? If not, was he allowed to work out his notice (for how long?), given what is called "garden leave" that is, technically still employed by the company but not required to go to work during his notice period or was he made redundant? If you prefer to answer those questions privately, you will need to make 5 posts and then (after a short wait) you will be able to send me a Private Message.