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I was just terminated from my job after I went on sick leave with a doctor's note due to stress, anxiety and depression

Working in a greenhouse for a month and suffered heat stress on the job and had to go to ER. I was given a doctors note for three days to recover and was laid off on my second day under the ruse of cutting down worker force because of slow business. I suffered knee issues leading to me having to wear tension braces and needed accomodation and was verbally told it had only happened to me and that "maybe you should have chosen a job where you didn't need to lean over tables". They gave me less then a weeks notice. None of my injuries were prior to the job.

Been working for 25 yrs for same company, I went way above and beyond what was expected and never had any issues. Than near 3 weeks ago people from head office come and I'm told to leave that they would be in touch. Near 3 weeks later still haven't received final 2 weeks pay, any pay for the 2 days of following week, no vacation pay or roe. Its clear I was let go for cost reasons and they picked only reason they could....I purchased items on my own time with own credit card....there reason was by doing so I received air miles. We were encouraged to shop at store, and if I'd purchased from another store in chain id still get same air miles. My question do I get any severance, etc after 25 yrs, do benefits continue, or should I just walk away and go on with life.

I work in accounting. I offered to work at the front sales desk one Saturday a month for nine Saturdays a year. For one and a half to two hours most week days I was to go from my accounting desk to the front sales desk to train. For approx six weeks now I have been doing this and I have worked one Saturday. Recently a series of events transpired with the end result of the owner of the company stating "if you don't know the product then don't sit at the desk". I was scheduled to work the following Saturday and told the Sales Manager that with that statement being made by the owner it was best that I did not work on the front desk any longer as I do not know the product and that I don't feel it will work out so I will work only the accounting position I was hired to do. He scheduled someone else to cover my Saturday shift. I am concerned that when I go back to work on Monday I could be terminated from my accounting position and the company all together due to my discontinuing my assistance to the front desk in sales. What are my rights?

I have been at this company for 7 months and was recently promoted to a higher position. I have a unique situation where I had two family emergencies back to back on the same day. I had let my employers know about my situation prior to them happening, and letting them know that it is not something I could control, but I will definitely do my best to accommodate if need be. They let me know that it is ok to have family emergencies, but when I couldn't go in, they reacted as if I was lying, and it was "coincidental" it happened two weekends in a row. My question is, what steps or advice could you give me if they try to fire me, or push me to quit because of my situation.