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I was fired from my position as a General Labor on August 8, 2011(started on November 10, 2010) and the reason I was given was "for not saying more than hi to the assistant supervisor who was attracted to me. Prior to my dismissal about four weeks the assistant supervisor invited to come to her house telling she wanted to slept with me. I did not go and did not respond to her. After that she started giving less shifts, harassing me and complaining to the general supervisor stating I was giving her hard time. The week before the dismissal I took two days off for religious reasons( Ramadan) and when I returned I was fired. I recently found I cannot work for any companies that the company I worked for including the ones acquired by large corporations. When I tried to file a claim against through small claims court, they refused to give information I requested. There's more to the story.

I was just terminated by my employer, and I'm still owed 2 years' worth of travel expenses, due to my own procrastination, about $25,000. I was an Ontario-based employee working for a British-based company. The company's policy is to only pay expenses from the past 30 days, although this policy is rarely adhered to. They are now invoking that policy, and denying the majority of my expenses. Do I have any legal ground to stand on, to recover the money?

My wife works part time in an office in a hotel in Ontario. We believe she may have a good case for constructive dismissal. Her HR department told her that because they are in the hospitality sector they are immune to constructive dismissal cases and they do these things all the time. Is this correct?

On February 10th of this year I gave a doctors note to my employer stating I needed time off work for medical reasons and my return back to work date was unknown. I then proceeded to apply for E.I sickness benefits and discovered that I needed my ROE to proceed. So I contacted my employer and I requested it. Four days later she finally got back to me and left a voicemail stating that my paperwork that I was requesting would be in by the afternoon of February 19th. She also requested that I bring in my keys so that in my absense someone else could open and close the store. So on the 19th I went in to pick up the paperwork and not only was it not there, it actually wasn't suppose to arrive until Friday (today) on the truck shipment from head office. She then informed me that I don't have to come in for the paperwork they could mail it, or go online to get it.. and that's when I said that in the mean time till I'm back at work I need the paperwork to get an income so I'd rather pick them up. And that's when she stated that my position was being terminated because I am "unreliable". I said so you're firing me because I'm sick? And she said no because you're unreliable. I stated that I was not unreliable and that I'm sick! I find this curiously frustrating considering in all my time there, I only missed 2 of my scheduled shifts and found a replacement for myself on each occasion. So my question is this- I requested my ROE for sick benefits and instead I get terminated - can she legally do this? What are my recourses? Thanks so much for any advice you can offer! Jenna Plouffe

Hello, I am currently in a probation period, almost at the end of it now. I have over 20 years experience in other organizations. My current employer is going to let me go, without just cause. No training, harassement from co workers, incivility at work, refusal to train me. I am working for a huge hospital.