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I was assaulted at work by another employee. Nothing was done and nobody spoke to me about this matter. And after 3 weeks I was pulled in the office and fired. I was told that I can not do anything about this because I tried defending myself.
I received a check for severance and vacation pay. If I cash the check does that preclude me from legal action for unfair dismissal
I worked in a healthcare setting for 5 years. Previously in the beginning of my career I was absent frequently, in regards to the depression, my partner at the time, the loss of my license & my mother being diagnosed with cancer. My managers had given me warnings, & offered assistance which I appreciated but never took. Any absence I had, I always had documents for being ill. Almost 5 years later, with my life on track, & not calling in once in almost 6 months, my managers decided to give me a letter in November stating if my track record of absences did not improve by December 31st, the next meeting would be termination. During that time I never called in. I was sent home due to a flu virus I had caught, & which our facility had an outbreak. After December 31st, again another influenza outbreak and I was starting to experience symptoms because of my body’s low immune system. Again my employer sent me home. I never called in. I then went to a physician, & she confirmed and documented that I had the strain of flu, the same as my workplace. When I returned to work during the morning shift, I started to progress again with symptoms. I approached my manager and tried showing her the document, considering we were still on an outbreak. This manager did not look at my paper, & told me “well it’s not like your puking, you’ll be fine”, “you drove yourself here, didn’t you.. you can finish your shift then”. This manager has disliked & bullied me almost the whole time of employment. I then had the weekend off, & came back to work on the Monday. I came in for my shift as usual, & an hour before my shift ending.. that same manager found me & said we need to see you in the board room. They terminated me without any notice, & had me work almost my whole shift. They had me work for 6 clean months to tell me that because of my past record of absences, you have no future with us. My union reps are stating they could get my position back, but I do not want to work in that awful environment. I deserve justice for how I’ve been treated & how they went about terminating me.
My daughter signed a "casual contract" employment agreement on March 23rd, 2017 with a large well known insurance provider. As a student she worked approximately 20 hours per week. In October of 2017 she asked her then supervisor for time off during the Christmas holidays as the family was taking a ski vacation. It was approved. Between October and December she got a new supervisor who would not honor the vacation approved by the prior supervisor. My daughter took the vacation regardless as it was approved. Today she was walked out the door and told she was let go because she was not flexible with her work. She was a model employee and selected by the company to represent student employees on a committee. There appears to have been a personality issue with her manager. She had it out for my daughter. Teh contract my daughter signed indicated in the event of termination without cause, she would be paid 10 days. Is she entitled to more severance? Is there anything that can be done to ensure she is not considered for future positions with that company?
I worked for my husband's company for 27 years. We separated on that 27 year and my then husband terminated my employment for personal reasons but is lying and says I quit. He emptied my office, took the business computer (I was the bookeeper) emptied all drawers with the business files, ect. This was never returned. He hired a replacement a month after emptying the business office. He is saying I quit. He is lying. I would be laid off every fall and was recalled every spring for 27 years. He fired me for personal reasons but is lying and saying i quit. The fact that he removed all contents from my office which prevented me from working and the fact that he hired a bookeeper one month after the fact would that be proof enough that he termintated me? I never quit. I needed this job.
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