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I was dismissed from my job on June 24/16. The reason stated was "poor performance". However, I was never given a review but merely accused of "not following orders". My immediate manager has been indiscriminately changing the scope and responsibilities of my position since my return from compassionate care leave in Feb/March ( My Mom had ALS and passed away during this time). When I asked for explanations for the changes the response was always "this i how we are doing things now". My team was told not to communicate with me and I was "forbidden" to communicate with my assistants. I believe the company's intent was to dismiss me. Would this be considered a case of wrongful dismissal or constructive dismissal?

I was given a final warning for being late at work, and then one Friday morning I was scheduled to start work at 1245 and it's company policy to come in 15 mins before start time. I called in before my start time and spoke to a Manger who was working if I was to come in at 1230 or 1245 which she said no come in at 1245 and which I asked again to verify my start time and she replied no come in at 1245 so I did and then when I came in they sat me down and terminated me because I was late. You can see I was confused am I in the wrong here? Or was it wrongfully dismissed?

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I have been working at the same fast food restaurant for 4 years, part-time. This year I had taken a leave of absence for 8 months for University which was approved by my store manager. He and I knew I would be back in May. He asked that I call around Christmas time in case I wanted to work over Christmas break. Christmas break came and we had family come in from out of province, so I forgot to call. I went back in to work in April to hand in my availability and was terminated on the spot. I asked for a copy of my work contract and was denied. He said the reasoning was because he didn't know I would be coming back since I didn't call during Christmas, however we had an agreement that I would be back in May. He said he hired people assuming that I wasn't coming back. At the point of termination I was still technically on my leave of absence. I didn't have any notice, nor did I have any warnings to improve my behaviour or anything. I had no documentations in my file. During orientation for the job they said school comes first, family comes second and work comes third. They violated both the first and second terms of that. Do I have a case here? Note: I am part-time and only was scheduled about 16 hours per week.