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I have been fired just for cause. I have been working with this company for 4 years. Iwent home to get married and had to extend our stay for another 3wks because of a family matter but only to realized i got fired 3 wks earlier. Does this forfeit my chance of gettin a severance entitlement????? Thanks

I worked for a company for 3years and quit and left for two months, because they were begging me to come back. I was now there for six months and they abruptly fired me for performance issues. Even though I was told repeatedly I was doing a good job and was never written up in regards to performance or any other isues. What can I do?

I have been working at my job for 28 years, just this week I made the decision to quit due to stress related issues caused by my job and coworkers. I brought this up to my employers and my issues were looked into. I was told that my issues were not severe enough and that if I would not return to my position I would have to find work else were. There was no offer to find me a job at another position which I feel was wrong. Am I entitled to any severance or pay out or even legal action?

I have been working for the same employer full time, day shift for the last 8 years. If they ask me to work night shift instead of day shift trying to get rid of me, can I say "No" and still get severance pay if they fired me?

I was recently hired and fired within an hour of starting my job. My first question is, is that legal to fire an employee within an hour of their first day? I noticed that going into my interview, that the one store manager of this retail store did not like me but her husband and son who also own the retail business did. I was hired by her son and on my first day, walking in, the one store manager made me feel very uncomfortable and very unwelcomed. Now, I suffer from anxiety and found that her rudeness, unwelcomeness and expectations of me were unattainable and exceedingly high. I have never worked with cash before and never worked in retail which she knew during my interview but i was willing to learn. An hour in, she was verbally attacking me, insulting me on personal levels, being very unprofessional with me especially in front of customers and did not train me properly, especially when it came to cash transactions. Essentially it came to the point of based of off the ESA a constructive dismissal, even though I really needed this job. This brings me to my second question, would this be considered a wrongful dismissal on the terms of lack of proper training (as the store manager did not train me) and disability (anxiety)? Finally, I had sent a letter to the other store manager (her husband) essentially discussing the wrongful and degree of unprofessional behaviour and have not heard back from the retail store manager to resolve this issue. I am at the point now where I wish to speak with Human Resources to discuss this store manager's behaviour. My third question, how can I go about this?