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I am wondering in my circumstances if I could go after my former employer for more severance? There were rumours that they were going to get rid of older employees. My 89 year old mother had been murdered , stabbed 154 times and thrown around and hit over the head with a lampstead and had glass imbedded in her skin. The trial was coming up. I was being treated for stress. Then I got a text one night telling me to call the human resource and when I did she told me not to return to work the next day and I would be receiving papers I needed to look over. Thru pure panic I signed the papers. I was an excellent Personal Support Worker there and I was shocked and still not thinking properly from the trauma of my Moms murder. They also fixed the papers to show that I worked less years than I did but I didn't find that till too late. A former employee they let go said they did that to her too but she caught it in time. Can u help me?

Can they terminate my employment if I do not agree with new contract

I was asking for a copy of wk site permits , I had suspicion that company was doing things improperly. 3 days after I asked I was let go , have yet to receive my paycheck, vacation pay , and t4 for both years . was told he was to have my separation papers along with pays almost a month ago.he's refusing to give me record of employment. what can I do

I was wrongfully dismissed for the he said she said for having an opinion 21 years clean r record also I was on a workhardening from a work related injury on modified and comments made felt they were not going to accomadate me I am not the only one one other girl also was terminated I want to take it to arbitration I want my job back what are my chances thank you

I received an 'expectations' letter at my workplace (large multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees in Ontario). The letter basically says I will get fired if I continue to call in sick. The problem I have is that I've only had 4 sick calls in the last 9 months I've been employed there, according to the standards employment act, I should get 10 at least per calendar year. I went to human resource about it and they (our department representative and our HR manager) told me that it was justified because the company paid me for my sick days and the 10 day law doesn't apply. The human resource manager even went as far as to tell me that the next time I'm sick, irrespective of what medical proof I have, my supervisor can demand I come into work to see the plant nurse to validate if I am too sick to work, and that if the nurse doesn't detect anything I could get terminated. Please help, I really worry about the next time something happens and I have to choose between my job and my health.