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I worked at milestones last summer and again this summer. I was hired as a re-hire, same number, same position, same salary. I was pulled into the office after work for 2 months. My boss told me I have been messing up a lot lately and they don't see the point in investing time in me. I have never been written up, talked to about messing up, or forewarned. I drove to work for my 5pm shift and was dismissed upon arrival. I have passed my 3-month probation. I have never had a complaint. Is this right ?

Working as a retail store manager for close to six years for a jewellery chain. Received a warning letter explaining they are not happy with my and the stores performance over the last 2 years. The end paragraph states I have 30 days to get the store sales back to benchmark standard or termination could result. This is not going to happen in our market. I am 52 years old with 25 years experience. Will I still be able to collect E.I. if they give me 3 of these and if so do I have a case?

I have been working for this Security company since July 2012. I was promoted to a supervisor position in February 2014 with an increase in pay to $14/hr. The Security contract for our site is up and another company is coming in. They have offered every other Security Guard at my site employment through e-mail except for the 2 supervisors. They were at our site for an orientation and were reluctant to speak with me. When I finally got to talk to them they informed me that the supervisor position has been taken out of their contract and the only position that they can offer me is another Security Guard position(not supervisory) at $11.75/hr. I have requested that they send the offer through e-mail and I sent them an e-mail to confirm but I have not received a response. What are their obligations to me? Are they allowed to discontinue my position as supervisor and offer me a much lower pay rate?

I worked for a bank for almost 5 years (Aug 2010 - June 2015). I was in a Sales role. I met my sales target at times but not all the time, as is the case with all other sales team members. I was terminated this week, because of not meeting sales expectations. I was not given any benefits, not even 2 weeks in lieu, the letter says due to the circumstances of my termination, I am not entitled to any thing. I did receive warning letters about not meeting sales targets. I was not promoted at all throughout the time I worked with the company and had a fixed salary. When my sales volumes started dropping, I begged to be allowed to move into Non-Sales role but was refused all the time. I got several interview calls from other managers at other branches to attend interview, even for Non-Sales role but was refused. I saw people that I trained moved into managerial roles but I was not allowed. Kindly advise if I can make any case. thanks.