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I worked for 4 months at a company. from the the beginning one of the supervisors treated me very badly because of my accent- I am the only newcomer in this company. the manager had sent me to get specific curses to become a supervisor in this company and because of my quality of work, but this other supervisor tried to get me short on cash and lottery tickets so I can get in trouble. when I complained to the manager, nothing was done and the supervisor gave me final notice without any other ppriors. when I questioned why, they tried to make up stuff I did wrong. Ehen I asked them to check the camera to prove I was innocent, they disregarded my comments. then a week later she told me I am fired. The supervisor did not like me because I am Arabic. Always said it makes her nervous around me. this is only a touch up of the harassment on the job. What lawyer can I get for this type of discrimination and what are the next steps?-RA

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I have worked as a PSW for five years. Got a lot of hours the first two years, then the supervisor gradually hired four additional employees. My hours over time have been reduced by up to 75%. I'm wondering where nepotism fits in as constructive dismissal. She hired a neighbour, family friend, girl (waitress/prep cook) at Crabby Joes and a student-all with no experience. I have 20 years experience and they are all much younger than me. I just keeps getting worse. Can you point me in a direction. Financial strain has progressively worsened and had to put my home up for sale. Any advice for me? Thank you for a quick response (she just hired another one). Oh, although we are union, there has never been a posting for any of the positions., Thank you, sincerely- Laurette

I work in a Retirement Home alone on night shift. A 56 year old male who is there because of a past injury to his hand who is from Barbados constantly harassed me sexually. He would pin me in areas away from cameras. I kept telling him to stop and hoped it would end. I kept quiet and never told anyone being it was his word against mine if I complained. It got worse. I was dismissed because my employer said I was having a relationship with a resident, which was not at all true. I tried to explain there was nothing going on in regards to a relationship and they refused to let me explain any further. They said their job is to protect the residents not me. I feel I have been treated unfairly by my employer and from the first day I was hired told them I was not comfortable working alone for safety reasons. They said too bad you'll get use to it.

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