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I believed I was wrongfully dismissed from my job because I asked my employer to classify me as an employee and not a contractor. I told him he needed to start paying Cpp and ei for me. One month later... I show up to work after my one week vacation and he replaced me? No warning, just I found someone else! I open a case with the Ministry of Labour... They classed my job as and employee and not contractor .. I was eliabale for ei and they made him pay any outstanding money and vacation time.. But they could go after him for reprisal because... The Ministry or the CRA doesn't have a law that protects someone for asking for CPP AND EI and getting fired for standing up for the rights as an employee?? Can I sue my former employer for this in small claims court.. Or regular court? It seem odd to me that you can fire someone because he or she is asking for the right to receive employment insurance and CPP contributions!
Fired for giving poor customer service without any previous warning can they do that?
i worked in an establishment for 8 years and was terminated for no reson giving me 8weeks notice pay and 8 weeks severence pay. what is leagally iam entitled
i was dismissed after 13 years of full-time employment in a director role with exceptional performance - reason is said to be restructuring - i am tuning 50 this yyear and i was given 30 weeks of severance including notice pay. What is considered a fair number of weeks of severance?
I bought a coat on my retail discount form my store, and decided I wanted to return it. I lost the recipe for it, so I figured it was considered a "no receipt" return, because I didn't have a recipe for it. That was it. I got my mother to return the coat, because it is highly frowned upon that employees do returns because "we know better." The procedure for a no-receipt return is receiving a merchandise card for the lowest price the item has ever been sold at, plus tax. I thought it was simply a flaw in the system, and that there was nothing more that could be done about it. I thought nothing more of it. I didn't have a recipe, and that was the most logical thing that came to mind. I did not have an "intent to de-fraud the company" as my employer and others seem to think. I walked into work yesterday, and was ambushed by my manager making me sit in her office to be interviewed by a Loss Prevention Specialist. I had no warning or formal sit-down previous to this, and so I reacted like anyone would; startled and a little disoriented. I did not deny the transaction, but I was very professional the entire time and offered to pay the difference, even though I was unaware that there were different return policies for customer "no-receipt returns" and "employee no-reciept returns." My employer laughed and was very unprofessional, saying that I did know and essentially taking my story and saying it was all a lie, making me defenceless and have no possible way of telling my story the way I experienced it. I tried to tell them that this was not my intent, and I offered to pay right away (72.00), but they told me I was terminated for "fraud" and could no longer be trusted. Seeing as it was that little amount, and it was, unintentional (they continued to call me a liar and make me sound stupid for arguing this--but it was the truth) they told me that I was being fired and that they felt they couldn't' believe me. Ironically, however, I have always had problems with my employer from the start and she hasn't given me a full chance. It always felt like I wasn't a part of the community there and that she didn't really like me, which makes me think that the way the procedure went down is extremely fishy and was misconducted. I have been researching and before this I have always been a very good, and efficient employee. I believe that the "fraud" aloneis not enough grounds to fire me, especially because as soon as I found out about the money I offered to pay it back, and also provided a written statement for my apologies explaining that it really was an unconscious effort. Please get back to me ASAP.
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