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I worked in a restaurant and had suffered an injury to one of my fingers while I was performing my duty as a server 6 weeks ago. I am now referred by my family physician to consult a surgeon's advice as my finger has been crooked ever since the injury. If it has been determined that a surgery will be required which will prevent me from working for a period of time, I like to understand what are my rights and if any compensation is available from either my employer or EI during the time I am unable to work after I receive the surgery. My company does not offer any insurance coverage such as short term disability and sick leave, but since my injury had occurred at work during the call of my duty, is my employer partially responsible for my injury?

I was terminated for not showing for company meeting, and the right person that I would either be late or not coming in for shift. I informed department manager but informed his so let me go, I worked for 23 years no written on my employee file can they terminate me for

Hello My days are numbered here and I can sense it. My question is the following. My boss is trying to build a case under Law 168 ( anti violence workplace law). He stated in my last Personal Assessment, that some of my co workers were intimidated by me, but he could not give me dates, examples, who complained etc... My questions is the following .. How hard is it to win a wrongful dismissal and get severance if let go for this reason ? I know he is trumping up untruth stories , and with fake documentation so he can have documentation . thanks

I was working for a media firm that was paying myself commission based salary. I would be paid monthly as per agreed upon however my former employer started to not pay on time. Over the course of the year I was unfairly treated and when I was forced to confront my employer on default payments VIA bounced cheques I was let go. My wife has also been pregnant during this time and it has put a major financial strain on out bills. I was made promises of payment in FULL by dates which came and went. I did not receive FULL compensation as to what I was owed for work. I strongly believe my former employer let me go without justification, cause or legitimate reasons other then not being able to pay on time, in full or in confidence. I am still owed for the months of July-September and have not received my full compensation. I have also noticed that my work has been profited on after my exit which I have not been compensated for either. I have also witnessed other employees who were hired be unfairly compensated or openly mislead and was told or forced to "play along". I am not sure what to do. I did not have any vacation pay, health benefits, health and safety access, HR access resources. I feel taken advantage of. What are my options?

Can I be fired for missing work because of my disability. I have clinical depression. Past few months I've been in the hospital for a week I've missed a day because I had a dr. appointment. I've missed days because I've gone to emerge. Recently I have also been changing my meds around so it messes with me a bit. Last Monday I was in the er changed my meds again and wanted me to take Tuesday off to recover. I went to work Wednesday and was doing my regular morning routine when I was going to pull a car into the garage to clean it, but I froze and had a panic attack sitting at the wheel. Boss called my mom to come pick me up and said he's trying to run a business and needs reliable employees, so he needed to let me go. On what basis could I be fired?