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My daughter who was employed by a restaurant for 4 years was fired due to theft and fraud. She was put in a position of a supervisor for said restaurant, and did not know the tip payout for 18% on tables of 8 or more was before taxes. She did put the gratuity on the after tax amount. There was no policy written or had she ever been told to put the 18% on before taxes. She was terminated without having the opportunity to give the explanation as to why it had happened, and never was trying to hide the mistake. Her termination letter was for theft and fraud, however no police were called and she received severance pay in a cheque which she has not yet cashed. She is devastated as she did not know. She was an exemplary employee prior to this with no writes ups or reprimands. She would like this not to be on her record, what are her options.

Can my employer force me to take a lower paying job in another department? Is that considered termination?

I was laid off Dec 13/16 for shortage of work. I have called back a couple of times to see what is going on. Everytime the manager says. "Be patient there is just not enough work" I checked my bank balance and noticed I had an extra thousand dollars, I called my work and he told me that he had to terminate me because I had been collecting E.I benefits for ( I forget how many weeks he a had said) and that he had no choice but to let me go.I called E.I and she has no idea of what he is talking about. They kept a girl that was hired only a few months ago and I am able to do her job, He would not listen to me just said it is to late and he had no choice. E.I is reviewing my case but has put a stop to my benefits. Please help me.

i am a truck diver that is covered under the federal labor code because the company that i work for does international boarder crossing, although the company owner does not himself realize this. Our normal work week is Monday to Friday and is usually between 58-65 hours worked. 99.9% of the time home every day , normal work day hours start between 4:00 am and 6:00 am and finish 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm but can be as late as 8:30 pm. i am the most senior driver 7 years and I myself get paid salary because of a verbal deal with the owner made over two years ago.Getting to the problem, normally if there would be Saturday work a phone call would come just after lunch and the request " could you work Saturday?" . I would reply by say no i cant i have something that has to be done or plans or i would reply yes i can . This past year since May 2016 i was asked 4 or five times and said no only once . Until this Saturday past i got the call at 4:00 pm and what he said was that one of our outside carriers and my self was working Saturday he never asked just said i was working . I told him that I couldn't because i had arrangements made to get exhaust work done on my personal vehicle so i could get an E-test and then had to go get an E-test so i could get my sticker for my renewal. he argued with me and I told him i was sorry but i couldn't then he hung up on me. I did not work. I haven't heard anything yet . I am just trying to get my ducks in a row here just in case he tries to terminate me . Is this just cause for dismissal ?

I just noticed after working two years for the company they started me on basic salary even though I had 4 years work related experiences. Upon my hiring I called HR to clarify if I need to bring any additional form they said nothing just sign the offer letter. I was not familiar what is the base salary so I assumed they acknoledged that from my resume I had 4 years of experince. However I saw recently when i was looking ne jobs they started me at lowest rate. Do I have the right to claim to retropayback me for 2 years.?