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Can you get fired for being sick for 4 days and having a doctor's note

my employer fired me without any notice but instead when i showed up after a weeks vacation i was notified that i’d been taken off the schedule. the excuse used was that my availability wasn’t working out for them, but they kept the another employee with the same availability. i’m a white girl and my managers brown and so was the employee that was kept. what legal action can i take

What to do if employer is screaming at me in front of everybody and gives you written notice for going that I was going on my lunch break in appropriate way..I work there for 3 years and not specific rules was given how to go on break we were asked to monitor our own breaks and work as a team to make sure that my station is covered.and that's what I did that day..I think she is going for constructive dissmysal..and give job to her son because since I came back from my vacation my hours has been reduced drasticly ..I need advice how can I protect myself

I have been employed as a manager of a resort with my wife the past 14 years and we work 97 per cent of hours from April till Nov 1 each year and they make the pay go all year round. My wife left and took another job at the competition this past spring and the company made the both of us resign in writing and they took me back on as manager and they hired me an office person. In the summer the competition tried to lure me away and my supervisor begged me to stay and I agreed but insisted that if anything happened in the fall that i would be paid right up till next spring and she agreed. My supervisor came into my office on Aug 28 and said I was finished as of Oct 30 2017 and the company was not going to pay me till May 2018 as pay but would pay me till that time and call it severance pay. There has been no contract signed in the 14 years I have worked for them. Should they not pay me for all the hours I have worked which i live in a little trailer at the resort from April till Nov 1 and I work 7 days a week and 100 plus hours per week and am on call 24 hours a day. I have had concussions at work and eye damage and continue to work and I have been assaulted at work because they also make me do security. My supervisors best friend was in charge of HR at the competition and called her to complain that they were taking me away from them and I have proof on that also. thank you

Employed with a law firm for a couple of years as law clerk/legal assistant. Was on sick leave for 7 months for chemotherapy. Returned and was assigned position of court runner. I expressed my concern for my physical abilities at this point and was asked to try it anyway. I'm pretty sure this is constructive dismissal. My question is how long can I "try it" before I can't claim constructive dismissal anymore?