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I have been on sick leave for 4 months in a non-union administrative position. I have been continuously harrassed for being off sick. My medical absence note was denied and now my work is saying if I do not show up for my next shift It will be seen as a serious misconduct and I will be terminated. How can they terminate me on sick leave?

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I worked for a company for 35yrs, I have medical issue and have taken time off. Our company has a 4 occasion policy and at the 4 level they can terminate you. I reached the level 4 months before I was terminated and they said not to worry , they knew I had medical issue. About 6 months after that I get called and they said there is nothing else they can do for me and gone. I was in total , I belong to a pension plan that the company matches my contribution , but if you are fired they do not. I was like great now I lose that, anyway our union is useless and they suggested for pension purposes they would say I quit. So I had 16 months left until retirement and the only I could do was take a lump sum payment which I did not want. They also said if I did not sign a form saying that I would not sue them that is the only way they would agree to the pension. this happened thurs and had to sign it by Monday. My hands were tied I did not want to lose that. So I figured that I could get EI until I found something, but they put fired on the ROE so not EI. So I took my lump sum pension. Anyway I telling this to someone the other day, and they said didn't my severance and lieu of notice cover the 16 months. I never received any. Am I entitled to severance and in lieu off.

Since I have proofs that actually the union is involved into my dismissal and they delay the Arbitration beyond the Collective agreement renewal on 31 April the chances maybe higher.Otherwise with them I will loose both my job and severance pay