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Can an employer give a student no hours with no explanation after 3 weeks ?

I am writing on behalf of my husband. He was terminated from Canadian Tire yesterday he was working as a temp from July 2014-March 2015 when he was hired Permanent fulltime, He was let go yesterday, with 2 weeks pay. And the reason being, he wasn't a "fit with the company". His previous reviews have been positive, and he was being crossed trained. IT was a shock to him.

I've worked for my entrepreneur employer for 2.5 years as an administrative clerk and since starting, whenever I've asked her to put me on payroll she gets angry, refuses to address the issue and storms out of the room. Every time. I have no written contract with her but do work a 40 hour workweek and fulfill all criteria as a full-time employee. One of her businesses has been failing and since April/May she's been taking out her frustrations on me, with relentless bullying. Then on Aug 23rd she told me she will be selling her clinic and by the end of the year/2016 I won't have a job. She added she'll "do me the favour" of putting me on payroll so I can recoup EI for Sept-Dec. Blind- sided I nodded in agreement. I then took that opportunity to tell her that her regular harassment of me and her staff is inappropriate and she should keep her temper in check. I was fired without severance the next day (Aug 24th). My question: in the eyes of employment law am I considered a full-time employee who was fired due to reprisal? I don't know! Help!

My son was hired by a company that has a booth at the CNE food building , he was there from 1to 10pm but he felt dizzy and had headache , he was told to sit down and relax a bit but then he got up and went back to work and finished his shift. Monday he was not well called in to let them know was told to go to doctor . Today Tuesday August 24, 2016 he got a text message stating he is not required to go in on his next shift which should have been tomorrow he was told not the CNE might not be suitable for him due to high volume and hot conditions /noisy environment. Can anything be done? Thank you

My daughter works for a childcare company. They change her shifts randomly, have been changing her place of works and giving her split shifts at different sites. The supervisor has favourites and give hours to those people and cuts my daughter's hours even though she has seniority. The supervisor is best buddies with the owners of the organisation. Is there anything she can do?