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17 years on Creative services team with HR consultancy. 48 years old. Let go after other company takes over. I Made 80,000 a year + benefits and 4 weeks holidays. Was treated very well. They are giving me a full year salary (80,000) with benefits, paid holidays I didn't take, a small bonus, plus basic Benefits for the year. Some benefits not included (RRS contributions?). This sound more than fair to me. Is it? Your calculator says 106 - 133 which seems high.
i feel i was pushed out of work end of january 2016 .after new owners took over the restaurant i had worked as a server..waitress.i worked here for nine years prior to them taking over .new owners took over in sept 2015 and kept me on my same shifts and schedule .i was kept under the understanding job description stays the same . at the end of jan 2016 i was working my scheduled shift and had alot of fridge fill up to do . new owers stored all beer and cases of pop downstairs now which is thru the restaurant down steep stairs behind a closed fridge door .thats three doors to open with my hands full of beer cases ...or pop cases .i have previous injuries that prevent me from heavy lifting and mitral valve prolapse which causes sever palpitations sometimes to the point of colllapse .i was tryin to the best of my ability to fulfill ALL my job description ..i genuinely cared about allll my customers and co staff .as i pride myself on this . this one nite imparticular i started to have chest pain after a few of the cases ,... realizing i still needed more beer ..i asked the owner for help and explained i wasnt physically capable to carry three more cases ... i was then told thats my job . i was in disbelief . i said i cant ...and was told he cant have people working there that cant do anything . i said i mite fall on the stairs and was told he cant come do my job for me. he used this moment of weakness to completely insult me . he accused me of things going missing at nite (i have never stolen in my life and take pride in my honesty ) he proceeded to complain that i wont work a fluctuating schedule and that i have a reaction to bleach in the kitchen ....which i do ..but anyone would its industrial bleach and should be used with moderation considering there are no gloves available to put my hands in the bleach repeatedly . but he had never discussed any of this prior .i was so offended .i had asked for a litttttle bit of help ,thats all. and because of that he had opened a floodgate of complaints and accusations .he offered no help regardless how many times i said i physically cannot tonite ...:-( accept to say maybe if i want to ask the busy cook to do my job he might but its between us and regardless how i feel its my job .i couldnt believe my ears .i had worked harddd here from my heart and this boss was being completely uncompassionate . i said if this constant lifting is the job description then ,the description changed without notice and i had to look for another job and was told thatll be better ....as he walked away from me .i went to work full of pride that day as always . intending to work the next two days as scheduled,... and left with no job accused of stealing and made to feel useless. ive had mitral valve prolapse all my life ..ive learned to live with it and tried to function with it ..well. no one even knows accept the rare day i need help . i was then mocked by many previous customers ... for not being able to lift alot ...which wouldve never even been known had he just helped the one time .i feel my incapablity that one time !! was turned into a joke on sight . i did record a good portion of the conversation we had and played it back the next day to see how i felt about trying to return .but he had made me feel inadequate to return and had insulted my pride unwarrentedly . there was no concern for my well being...no help .actually only sarcasm and hostility . i couldnt go back to someone who even implied i steal either !!! my old boss took pride in my work .my customers did as well. i was shafted because he wanted to give his family my job as far as im concerned and i feel if he hadve addressed me differently ....professionally !!! the outcome couldve been more positive .i dont kno if im entitled to help of any kind that is why im writing , afterwards he told my customers i quit .no reason just left ...that was another jab as i am a single mom with two children who went to work with stability and came home shafted !! i wouldnt just quit !!! he made me feel like he was an employer who was attacking my personal character and was willing to watch me get hurt on the job regardless the situation . i mean i honestly said im just not phyyysically capable tonite repeatedly .i did not return to work as i felt the hostility and ignorrance would only intensify ,.my roe says i quit .
I was on LTD,at 65 years old I was disabled and let go due to LTD ended . no termination letter received, no job accommodation,no light duty and now company refuse to pay severance because I was on disability meaning you cannot get LTD and then after 4years on LTD ask for severance pay.
I Have been off work on a sick leave for 9 and a 1/2 months. I recently approached my employer to inform him that I would be ready to return to work. I was greeted with a somewhat cold response follwed by a request for a doctors note. I work in a cafeteria and was responsible for the day to day operation with one additional part time worker. My regular work week consisted of 37 1/2 hours at an hourly rate of $14.00. I am 53 years old and have been employed for 2 years and 4 months. A record of employment was issued at the time indicating sick leave. A doctors note was never requested initially. If my employer fails to have me return to work, is this wrongful dismissal? Also, is my employer entitled to a doctors note indicating that I am fit to return to work?
I was terminated from a position in a group home 21 days short of the end of my probation period. The reason that I was given while she was letting me go was that she simply didn't have the hours for me - I was told I was being laid off. I wrote an e-mail to the director of the program saying my farewells over the layoffs and I was then told that there were no layoffs made and that I was terminated because I was "unsuitable" for the job. Prior to my termination I was never corrected on my behavior in any sort and was often told that I was doing a good job and to keep it up. I am now confused as to the reason why I was terminated or let go. Have I been wrongfully terminated?
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