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I work for a major retail chain part-time. I have been with the company for over 6 years. My primary role has been facilities, which is basically cleaning. I started working at one location and transferred to another location about 3 years ago. Up until recently my part-time schedule was consistent. Since January 2016 I was the primary employee responsible for facilities and on almost a weekly basis inquired when someone else would be hired to assist with facilities, for over a year was advised that it was being worked on. Finally at the end of March of this year (2017) someone was hired. I then was on vacation for the first two weeks of April & while on vacation was receiving my work schedule with no shifts. I reached out from Belgium to inquire & a junior manager advised they would look into it. Upon my return from vacation I received another schedule and once again I had no shifts. I then called and spoke to our store manager & he seemed to be sympatic & stated he would let the management team know that if they needed extra help to reach out to me first. I should note that I'm trained in various duties at the store and can take on many positions. As a result of our conversation I finally hit one shift. Again I called into the store & spoke to a senior manager, one that I should state has been there since I started. The manager was very sympathetic & tried to be fair and suggest that new management was most likely not aware of my role and capabilities. The following week I actually got scheduled for 2 days & the manager I just mentioned did call to ask if I got my 3 days & advised that I did not, but I was asked to come in to help for an extra shift. The next weeks schedule came out and again I only got one shift. At this point my frustration level had risen, I have been dedicated employee for 6 years and have had outstanding reviews in that time. I reached out to our general manager trequesting a face to face, three days ago & received a response that I was free to call to discuss the following day. I called and after our conversation was left having serious ethical and legal concerns. I was told that the role of facilities would no longer be performed in the evenings and that he was unware that I was capable of other duties until earlier this week. What concerns me is that I was not informed that my role was being eliminated in the evenings until I reached out for the 5th time to management, I was never afforded the opportunity to discuss my future as the role I had was being eliminated. I was also advised that now that he was aware of all my skill sets moving forward I may get others shifts and after that based on my performance I may get more. I just had a review at the end of March and received an above target review & was told how valuable I was, I questioned that and asked how can one go from being praised to not getting any shifts. The GM tried to explain things from the perspective that he has only had his position for 3 months, and that there are many employees that only get one shift, that tells me that there are too many people on the payroll & that the company is not retaining a loyal workforce. Furthermore there have been several new employees hired. I question if the issue is my hourly salery, are junior staff more cost effective. On a morale & ethical level do I not have a right to be informed that my job has been eliminated? There is so much more to what has happened, however this is a solid foundation. What do I do? Is this constructive dismissal, I'm trying to mitigate the situation and have not yet resigned. What are my options?
I started at a company 30 years ago in an entry level position and worked my way up to the executive level. I was recently restructured and offered severance well below entitlement and now plan to sue for wrongful dismissal. Problem...I may have fudged my education on my resume 30 years ago. Would it hinder my ability to win a wrongful dismissal suit?
Hello, My wife works/worked for a franchise for about 2 years. Their franchise was put on the market for a sale. I was looking for franchise business opportunities for the last couple of years and I have requested more information about the listing as it seem to match the place where my wife has worked -with the intent to purchase the Franchise. I only told my after the fact and did not think of it much as I was simply interested in potentially purchasing this business since she already worked there - it would make it simpler for transition. After my request for additional information (through a business broker) I was told that the business was already sold conditionally - however the very next day they have Terminated my wife with a cause. I feel really bad as this was not her fault and the reason they provided was Conflict of Interest and trying to purchase a competitive franchise. My wife has not requested any information and was only aware after the fact about my inquiry. I did not sign any agreements with the franchise to forbid me from inquiring about potential purchases. In this case I was interested in the same franchise were my wife already worked as the description of the location matched perfectly. Can they terminate her with Cause as she did nothing wrong. As her husband I did not realize that I am forbidden to even inquire about potential purchases - seems/sounds very restrictive and hard to believe. I feel like she should not be terminated without a warning because I was unwittingly somehow "violating "her franchise agreement where employees cannot purchase franchise. I am not even sure if she can collect EI and feel very bad about it. Does she have any recourse ? Thank you
After agreeing to a strictly daytime schedule because of having to watch a small child at home, my boss said he changed his mind and told me I had to be available in the evenings, and when I said I couldn't because it would mean leaving a child unattended, I was fired for not being flexible. Is this o.k. ?
Hello, my full time job was terminated and I will have a " K821 - termination after 3 months performance unsetisfaction " reason in employment letter. I was employed for 2 years and I had excellent quality of job, but the situation changed as soon as a new manager came. During this 3 months I was badly treated by her and tried to stand for myself. Finally I was terminated. I called to HR and she told that if somebody will call her from Service Canada, she will tell that termination will be with NO CAUSE. During this 3 months I did not get any warning or letters, saying that I have a poor performance or behavior problems and it was unexpected to me that my job was terminated. I have 2 questions: 1. Will I be eligible for unemployment benefits; 2. Should I sign release papers for the employer (due date May, 11, 2017) if I think that accusations are not correct. I am a single 60 years old person, with no support and no savings. It is a time sensitive matter for me. Thanks a lot Tatiana
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