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I've worked as a server in this restuarant for almost 2 years now. I left the building and forgot to pay for a cheesecake. They called me back and fired me on the spot. Can I collect unemployment? Should they have given me more notice ?

Company laid me off to avoid firing me without cause to avoid severance pay after 13 years How do I recover my severance pay after being denied several requests

I've worked for a major retailer in Ontario for 25 yrs. In the 25 yrs I have worked all across the province with many overnight stays, some for 1 week at a time, this was part of the employment terms. They are now telling me that I must travel and work out of province. Is this considered a constructive dismissal? Thanks

I worked for a company for 6 1/2 months. I was told the owner was very pleased. The owner asked me to continue employment and offered me more money and benefits to stay. They showed me graphs that showed I had brought there store within the top 10 percentile out if 55 corporate stores . A new GM was hired and openly admitted to anybody who would listen that he and the owner were butting heads on my position. He didn’t agree that I should be solely working on this job and should be back up cashier answering phones sales and waiting on customers which I was told not to do. I never left in time as the owner and the inventory manager was aware of and was never paid overtime. My dismissal letter was given to me with inaccurate reasons listed ( coffee cups on floor etc.) by the new GM. That I was incapable of doing a good job as I didn’t read internal memos fast enough. I received 5 hours of training - and the only online training was WHIMIS etc. As they stated Corp computer system was down and I could do procedure and policy training and work related at a later date. This never happened. I was never told I was ineffective in my job - on the contrary - keep doing what your doing owner could not be happier. They did safety ladder training last month and I was told I was exempt as I am listed under office and admin. They had me work from 6 am - 9pm at times to satisfy inventory needs. Then gave days off as they refuse to pay OT. I use a ladder every day. The new GM called my job clearance crap on multiple occasions . My ROE states poor work performance . Please advise, with thanks.

I'm a self employed therapeutic foster parent that was let go while on sick leave with breast cancer...is there anything I can do to make a claim