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I was dismissed today after 1 year of employment and they told me they were not required by law to tell me why and I could pick up my final cheque and severance pay on Monday. Is this lawful?

I am 52 and was recently hired at a local retail outlet. After 1 week of "training" on cash I was then trained for customer service. Almost immediately I started to receive write ups under the name of "cash com's" and being told by my immediated manager that I MUST sign them. I signed several while on my probationary period...about 9-10 to be exact because I feared losing my job.After my prob period had ended I felt that I shouldn't sign anymore in fear of them building a file on me. These write ups were for things like cash shortages and missing receipts. Even though I wasn't the only one handling the cash...sometimes several shifts were on a cash register in a day. I was told in a forceful manner that I have to sign the write-ups. I recently had a job evaluation done and scored 90%!!!! Today I was told again to sign a writeup for accepting a coupon on a product and not entering the amount on the coupon $2.47. I asked the manager to please produce the coupon so we can go over it. She said..too late,the coupon is gone to head office and you accepted it last month!! Needless to say I didn't sign and she went to the owner(works in the store). He called me to the office and said "I'll make this easy for you,I'm terminating you because you are not a good fit"....90 on a job evaluation and I'm not a good fit??. Do I have any hope of getting anything from this man for this treatment. He is paying me for this weeks work and next weeks hours (he said he's paying me because he's a good guy like that!!!)

I am 60 years old. I was dismissed without warning (on the spot) and was "walked out" for "not liking my attitude" after 1.5 years in a company which I started as a casual labor and end up as a trainer and my pay gone up from $12/ hour to $15/hour. I Shattered my wrist on the company property when I staid after working hours to completed my work to find out that i was not covered by WSID . As long as they had no replacement for me I was pressured to work immediately after my injury but the on the morning of the 3rd day after they found a replacement I was fired. Do I have to go through a lawyer or can I file with Human Right Commission directly

I have worked for a private sector company in Scarborough for over 36 years. since May of 2004 they acquired new equipment and I was handed a cell phone/and laptop and told I am on call 24/7/365 this includes vacation’s in and out of the country as well. I am thinking of retiring in the next 3 years or so. But for the last while I have been going over in my head that being on call 24/7/365 for a company and doing it for free doesn’t appear right . This has meant that when i do anything socially I have to be ready to take my wife home first/Take two cars or arrange transportation for her. Of course I cannot have alcohol in my system. I must be ready at any time to leave where i am and return to work (I am compensated when I do go in) and trouble shoot this equipment how ever long it takes. My question is do i have a right to demand compensation for my contributions to this company if they decide to get rid of me first (I have heard talk that makes me believe my career may be cut short.

i worked in canadian tire for 2 1/2 months and i was dismissed because i was texting, evan those someone was texting earlier that day and he was told to put it away, i was on probation but Im wondering if there's anyway around that. i was also yelled at by a manager while he made several very unprofessional remarks.