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My work fired me without a reason. They are offering me a settlement but I feel like they're discriminating against my mental health issues and want me gone. I don't want to sign the settlement if they are wrong for firing me. Please help. I have until the 10th to make a decision.
My husband has been employed with this organization for 9 months. During this time he has consistently worked overtime. During probation he was told this makes him competitive to stay on full-time. Since then, he has been working 80 he weeks including evenings weekends and holidays. He is an analyst at a big bank, not a manager. His manager thinks he is covered because he sends him a list of tasks by email and make a him agree to complete them by a short unrealistic timeframe by email, so he has a paper trail. If he is sick or needs time off to take care of sick kids and his sick pregnant wife, he is threatened to be laid off. Even when he calls in sick or has a vacation day, he works through it at home for fear of being fired. Our life has become hell. If and when he gets laid off, will there be a case for wrongful dismissal and backpay for Overtime?
After working for this company for over a year, I was terminated without cause 1 week after I brought in a doctor's note taking me off phone duty and negative client communication until I could make his next available appointment (3 weeks away). At first they tried to have me answering phones but passing on if needed even though the note specifically said no phones after 3 days the HR woman came and said no more phones (no clear reason) 2 days later I was let go. I went to HR before even getting the doctors note letting her know my issues, she and another team member agreed to help by taking over phones. Unfortunately my superior said I had to answer phones so I then got the doctors note to protect me. The day I was let go they let me work till 3:30pm (5:30 is end of day) One of the partners ran in and said he needed to speak with me, and HR came too. He said they were letting me go, and I was going to be given 2 weeks in lieu of notice but if I signed a contract stating I wouldn't sue them, I would get 12 weeks. He then left the building, I was visible disraught throughout the whole thing crying uncontrollably. I signed the document feeling hopeless, and a failure taking what I could get...I didn't have it in me at the time to take any action. I did ask for a few things from the HR woman left with me (later finding she had no authority to okay it) I asked for feedback on my performance, positives and negatives and to have my ROE sent to me for my personal files and to send in to Service Canada ASAP. They never did give me feedback, I tried contacting them 4 different times via email, trying to obtain it, with no response. I also have found because the partner locked himself out of the electronic submission site they never sent it in. when the last day of payroll came around I asked for it to be submitted as I still hadn't seen it on my account. They said they would try again and mail it just in case. They just started it that day saying they were submitting it now and would mail me a copy. Later upon finding out because they didn't send electronically my EI was being held until it was in hand. Checking up they said they couldn't send it electronically because they were still locked out but there accountants had access and would call them to submit. That was a little over 3 weeks ago, many excuses and no ROE submitted. I I have depression, anxiety and fibromyalgia to which they are aware of and after getting off the phone they are saying it is my problem and I need to go into service Canada to submit my only copy. I have been increasingly unwell since my dismissal and my doctor has suggested CPP I can't financially survive on that so although I am unwell I have been trying to find suitable with each interview and failure I loose more energy and feel worse. To tired to take action against the former employer I let everything go hoping EI would tide me over till I was well enough to get gainful employment again. Now with them making things increasingly difficult I need to find out my options. (I am hoping that because I was in a state of distress and mentally unable to be making such a decision the contract may become void - as they also knew I was unwell) - sorry if this was rambly and not fluid my mind is not at it's best.
Can you be fired for being pregnant in your probationary period
I have been working from home four days per week for almost four years. This is not a formally documented work plan, it's just always been in place. My boss recently resigned and someone new is starting. My worry is that this person will try to change my arrangement. As I said it's not formally documented, but working from home was one of the major reasons I took the job (it was the first question I asked the recruiter four years ago and would have ended the conversation had he said it wasn't an option.) Can this new person change this arrangement?
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