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I worked for a company for several years and never had performance issues. I changed departments and during the first nine months had no performance issues. I had a problem with my supervisor changing my schedule to accommodate one individual and had to call HR to rectify problem. Two or three days after this call my supervisor pulled me into her office with a list of performance issues. These meetings would be frequent for the next several months. The supervisor called me a liar and said she did not believe anything that came out of my mouth. Her boss threatened to have my nursing license revoked. I have made some minor errors and was trying to correct without support from managers. I was written up twice for mistakes that all staff make. I was the only one having performance scrutinized even after providing proof that other staff have similar issues. There were meetings involving HR and finally I was suspended and then terminated. I believe this was all a retaliation against me after the supervisor was forced to correct her wrong doing. I believe I was bullied and terminated for unjust cause. Do you agree?

Do I have and rights? I was temp laid off July 29th(lack of work). I will be 65 next May. Impossible to find work at my age,though this company lays off 1 group for about 6 months,calls them back then lays off another group. Before the 35 wks EI runs out ( they avoid paying termination pay ). This is 2nd time for me as was laid off Sept 2013 for 6 months (lack of work) BUT, and here is where it is very interesting. My company ( MTC in Whitby ) had a deal back then with Durham College. That has a deal (am told with Govmt of Ontario and India) To hire Durham College grad students and keep them employed for a full 2 years. That way those Grad students can get PR status in Canada. I do the same job as what they were hired for. They were all hired between Apr-Jun of 2013 to do same job as me. When I was called back after 6 months of temp layoff in March 2014. All of those Durham College Grad students from India were still there.. Doing my job.. In this case repair of Sony playstations. I do not know if I stand a chance to go after them. In a perfect world...Just let the EI of 35 wks run out and MTC then give me 10 wks of termination. I never complained to the company back then 3 yrs ago about the grads. But this time am totally frustrated. BTW in the almost 10 years (Nov 14/06) that I have been there have never gotten a raise. They don't give raises to anyone. I had to go thru 14 months of adult retraining and 3 years of Durham College after a back injury to do modified duty (bench work) . The head of Durham College Tech dept that sent those Grads students to my work place was one of my Professors...Small World.

I have been employed with the same company for 31 years. My hours have suddenly been reduced from 40 to 30. Is this a case of constructive dismissal

How to write a constructive dismissal letter. Already have a federal case for back pay. Was threatend with no work if I did not sign a lease contract. Which they have followed through with. Decreased part of my pay. Lied on the contract values. Refuse to respond to me. Employed just over 4 years. Waiting on a response from Federal ESA

I have been terminated from a IT company. 15 years of service, 63 yrs old, highly technical work. Was on short-terminal disability (STD) from Dec 2015 to Feb 2016, but am on full-time duty since. Have been given notice and severance totaling 30 weeks. I believe I have been targeted due to age and due to my brief STD. Opinion?