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i just got my employment terminated from wolf steel Barrie Ontario Canada. i was told briefly that it had to do with lack if performance but have yet to receive any documentation specifying there reasons of termination. i have never been written up for any incidents or infractions and have never had a meeting to discuss any issue that may have involved myself. the company has a detailed handbook which they say they fallow strictly which details 7 steps of discipline that ultimately lead to termination. please advise

if im off work with an illness ( Vertigo ) can my employer force me to resign or fire me ?

I was fired via a text stating the company was sold and I was no longer required as an employee. No warning. It was effective immediately. Do I have a case of wrongful dissmissal. Not only that but the furnace was broken, I had to work in 40 deg wearing a parka and hat and mitts for 8-9 hours at a time. Working in these conditions caused my immune system to go down and I got severely sick so I had to take 2 days off work for being sick. This text message came directly after the two days off. Do I have a case and if so how do I proceed

Can you legally be fired for not going into an on call shift

I am a salary employee with an employment contract that reads : “regular hours of work are ... (they are listed) . If the employee is away from work due to unforeseen reason that the hours will be made up at a different time that is mutually agreed to by the employee and employer”. As the employee I have been recording my hours and keeping track of “owed” hours. My employer has asked me to start docking my pay a few hours per pay cheque to make up for the hours I owe due to being off a few days due to illness (I do not have paid sick days listed on my contract). Do I have to do this in lue if working those hours owed or can my employer only ask my to “repay” those hours by working the hours off at a “mutually agreed upon time” as per the contract.