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my employer has announced to customers and staff that I am moving into a new position but has yet to notify me of the change. I am not sure the details of the new position or how that will affect my family life, so I am afraid of what might happen if I am forced to turn it down.

i was dismissed for drinking [not on the job] and i was not able to get the reason they used for the gov...gov says i cannot see. After an arbitration and an offer of 3500 to go away, that was it. i then drank quite heavily, and ended up having 2 strokes and a heart attack. I was a firefighter for over 13yrs then transferred to inspection for over 6 years, being promoted by performance reviews and my work, which was well over the 70% bar. Now that i have recovered from the strokes, is there anything that i can do?

I was called in the office and shown a screen shot taken off facebook from an unknown source of a picture that I took of myself in the company warehouse. I was terminated on the spot. I was given a severance package since I've been with the company for over 4 years. Phones are prohibited in the warehouse and the policy states heavily disciplined. Once week prior to this I was given a 2nd notice for my attendance. I was very ill recently and missed some days of work. I was already on the attendance program and I had to bring in medical notes for my illness each time which I did. I am receiving injections for an auto immune disorder that I never disclosed to the company. These injections suppress my immune system and the side effects make me ill. I dropped off a letter to the operations manager disclosing my medical situation which explains why I am often ill. I was asking for reconsidering to re-instate my position since I felt sick time played a factor in terminating me. Phones are not prohibited in the warehouse but most employees carry them in. He said he read the letter and has forwarded it to HR and to expect a call from them on Friday and if I haven't heard from them to call HR. HR didn't call back so I've been calling them. I have left a message and no response. I just need to know the status of my employment. I received a payment today which is on schedule with the severance pay out. Why did the manager say to expect a call from HR on Friday? Why haven't they called or why are they not returning my calls? I just need to know so that I can apply for unemployment benefits.

I was dismissed, and I quote, "because you seem unhappy" can I fight this?

i was told that there were too many mistakes. I was working alone of the time and received NO feedback ever.