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I was recently terminated from my company for using the word "gaaaaaaay" on a company website, which i didnt even know was a company website. It was said in the original meaning of the word which is light hearted and care free, but was taken completely out of context. On my termination letter it states that i am hateful and homophobic, even though i am not. I have gay friends and i am bisexual myself. Is there any steps to take to get my job back or should i look to find new employment?

Should I attempt to negotiate my dismissal offer prior to seeking legal advise?

I am a bus driver and had a restriction put on my license because I took a blow to the head and it caused me to suffer from a vestibular problem. I was modified for a year doing a portion of my work the clerical work I am also a driver trainer. I was told in June 2018 there was no more modified for me and I needed to go on medical leave I did but was cut off my 15 weeks EI because they stTed I should have still been on modified. I kept the company up to date of any changes to my drivers license. I advised the safety manager on Aug 20/ 19 the MTO have suspended my license for medical reasons. I received through regular mail a week ago a letter of termination stated I have not communicated with them since I left I. June 2018 and because I have a licence downgraded to a class G. I still hold a B licence however it is suspended. I feel I have been terminated unfarely. If I contact them and the offer me my job back on medical leave do I have to take it. The letter states my termination date is Jan 6/20

I have worked for a company for five years. I was fired because " I wasn't a good fit". I am a women and had women in my work place that did not like me. I had done a lot for my work place and brought in a lot of business. Every time they said I couldn't do something. I did it . They were jealous. I even made it on the national news. I work with one manager and he never did anything to resolve the issue. The girls went to another manager in the same city and he started the ball rolling with the Human Resource office in another city. He failed to inform the office that he had a sexual encounter with one of the girls and was still infatuated with her. Back to my manger. He never wrote me up for anything. I was nominated twice the past two years for employee of the year for a pretty big national company. I also have to add that my manager made sexual advancements towards me in the last couple of months. We do not have an HR manager in the city. The managers handle everything. There for I felt like I had no place to go for help.

I was fired on a leave of absence for “not effectively communicating” with the work place while on a medical leave of absence. That was stated in the letter. Is that allowed?