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I was recently fired for posting something I made at work that wasn’t offensive to anyone it was never brought up till recently it happened 2 months ago but someone decided to get me in trouble for it now I have worked there for 2 years and never even got a warning for it. I over heard other people do something similar and they got a warning also but I didn’t just wondering what to do and if I should have gotten fired for it

I currently live in acton and work in Guelph on, it takes me approx 30min to get to work (2in consulting’s google maps. I was notified last week that I am being moved to Oakville which is an additional 20min each way (consulting google maps) not taking into consideration rush hour traffic. I’m am guessing it will take approx 1hr to get to work not factoring in potential accidents/weather. My current commute to work is approx 30min consistently. I work for a large corporation who has consistently been letting people go for approx 2.5yrs now. I have a young family and a husband who is currently off work because he had a stroke. I can not handle this commute and moving closer to Oakville is not an option. It is very expensive and we would have difficulty obtaining a mortgage and affording a bigger mortgage due to my husbands medical (not working) situation. I believe that I being constructively dismissed. What are my rights an an employee. I have worked for the company fir 12yrs and I am 39 years old.

Burned myself at the end of my shift on my way home realized I should go to the hospital. Went to the hospital. When I went back to work I was fired. The manager gave no clear reasons why I was fired accept for I’m still on probation

The employee works for a large company for 31 years, at 65 years of age Employee can not keep up with increased production requests do to the lack of staff from mass retirements. The Employee now faces stepped reprimands for non conformance. The Employee will face loss of pension if he is terminated.

Do you need to be given verbal or written warnings before dismissal?