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Is it wrongful dismissal to terminate a worker because he or she leaves too far? Keep note that he or she is never late for work

I work for a company who in the winter contracts us out to another company for snowplowing. We still do our regular job on warmer days because we work with water. Snowplowing requires us to be available 24hrs but not our regular job. We are paid standby pay from snowplowing but it goes to our regular jobs boss to be paid out. I recieved a notice for being absent 6x in 2 months not for snowplowing but my regular job I agree that it is alot but his consequence I do not agree with, he states that i have to be available 24hrs and if I miss one more day with him he will hold my standby pay which I stated earlier is given to him by the other company. So my question would be does he have that right to hold it from me even tho the other company said he does not and if he does to contact them?

I am in Inside Sales booking appointment for reps, sending Outlook invitations to rep and prospect. I have been written up and told that I will be put on PIP in 2 months if this happens again. Here are examples: prospect calls in, I book meeting, prospect gives me telephone #, which happens to be home telephone #. My manager says that this is incomplete, as it is a home # (funny thing is, we are a virtual company and all work from home) Another example, I made the Outlook invite for 10:00 PM instead of AM EST. Is this enough leverage to fire someone who books 450 spots a year

Short version, I requested a transfer from one location because of a personal conflict with a new manager. I was transferred and enjoyed my new location. I am there the the majority of the time but once or twice a week need to go to a very inconvenient location. When I requested to stay at the one location, because of convenience and the impending arrival of my baby, I was told that I would now be required to work at the location that does not work for me. Can I assume constructive dismissal? Also, I just started receiving benefits. Phil ralph

Does being fired qualify for severance? I've been with the company for 15 years and I'm not on any performance right now but my boss is threatening to let me go by April 15th if I don't find a job by then (internally or externally). It's not a layoff but he's not saying that I don't qualify for a package but he says he doesn't know for sure. Is he just playing with my mind or is there really no severance if you get fired say due to performance? Please advise.