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Because of workload I have been asking for extra help for months now and one day the assignment was unbearable and I walked out . I was told that it's an immediate termination so I have accepted this but my boss called me and said I'm not terminated if I will come and work on the weekends so I agreed.its a long story but my boss came on Saturday we argued about I hour length and later he said he will kill me if I don't show up on Sunday. I showed up and then I got a call during the week and told not to come for my 2 days scheduled shift but with pay I agreed but I was called for a meeting and right there right then they gave me a termination letter.

I have a real problem. I am a self employed professional in the financial services industry.my licence is supported by a major firm. I work in an office where my staff have been harassed. my daughter and wife work for me. I want to leave ang go to another firm but that means breaking my contract and a potential lawsuit. I feel stuck.

Under the employment standards act you are treated as a new employee if your layoff is longer than 6 months. I have worked for the prevous 25 years as a seasonal Lift Operations Manager at a Ski Resort. I was called in August and told that my position no longer exsisted due to corporate streamlining. I found out this week that the employee I was mentoring to eventually take my place at retirement (5 years away) is now the lift operations manager. I ussually work 20 to 22 weeks during the winter. My salary was around the $1000.00 per week. Is there any legal basis to pursue some sort of action?

I was terminated for safey infractions. My employer has a demerit system setup. 10 points is the max you can have before terminated. I dropped a skid as a forklift operator and was given 3 points for that infraction. I was retrained and given the ok to go back to work. A couple weeks later for no cause I was terminated. This loss is devastating to my finances I was not given severance as my employer said they had cause. What are my legal options?

I was asked to sign a receipt, release and discharge form at work without any warning. Along with this I was given a letter of termination. I was being let go due to an internal restructuring. Prior to this I had spoken to my manager re an employee, we had been having some issues. I was not the last hired but am the first fired. There is no union so I have no recourse. In the termination letter they offer to pay another 3 weeks pay, my due vacation pay and only part of my benefits til December 2014. It also states if I am in agreement to sign the release and discharge letter. Do I have any choice? My last day was the same day they gave me the letter, last week, Friday. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.