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My husband worked in a call centre for a major financial institution for over 8 years. Due to something he did that was against company policy and positively impacted his sales targets he was let go. He admitted that his superiors had known this had been happening for a long time but just recently they decided to do something about it. My concern is that before he was let go, he was never given any verbal or written warnings of suspensions or firing. Also he never had any meetings with his manager to talk about this. There was just the one meeting with the GM and HR and then he was sent home with pay for 1 week and then the following week had the in person meeting with HR where they terminated him with about 7 months serverance. Is he able to dispute the firing? Can he get more severance. He is in his mid-thirties and was a permanent employee with no contract.

My mother was fired due to an argument between her and another coworker. Ones word against the other. She was never brought into the office to discuss, no warning, and no suspension. She's trying to fight it with her union but it has been over 3 months and she has no money and I'm housing her. Please help me get her job back.

I was terminated from my job for absenteeism to which I acknowledged that I had a drinking problem but was still terminated

After 10 years at my job at the site office, the work contract was cancelled. I was given 90 days notice, 10 weeks severance and no option of a job at company head office. Is this wrongful dismissal?

Hi, I was working for a fence company as a sales agents as well as project manager for 2 years and 2 months. I was being payed salary and commission on my sales. The first year my salary and commission was payed to me personally and reflected on my T4. However the second year my salary was payed to me personally and my commissions were payed to my Ontario Limited company. When I resigned from my position with the company my last pay week and vacation pay was payed to me but my commissions were not. That company owes over $31,000 in commissions. What should i do in this situation or what are my rights as an employee?