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If im working at a temp agency and i get fired from my placement for an unlawful reason. Is there anything i can do? Or does it not matter because im a temp?

can i be fired, if i do not get along with someone in the company which i work?

I was dismissed today just two weeks before the end of my probation period. The manager said that I was not a right 'fit' for the company due to communication issues. Other employees would neglect to communicate vital information prior to leavbing for the day that I often needed to do the job that evening. I am diagnosed with a mild hearing disability and at many times rtequested repitition of things people said or clarification and was met with co-workers expressing extreme annoyance and irritation for this (customers even complained they were extremely rude to me). I had, after several requests, not received any kind of feedback or evaluation from anyone at the company on my performance during my employment whatsoever. I had specifically asked two different mamagers for a meeting on feedback and performance and was told on the first request they did not have time to give me one. On the second request I was told I would be retrained in areas I had requested clarification in (as I still had not been trained on most things after two months). During the dismissal the manager had replied (when I asked what I could do differently in future positions) with I should request more feedback. The manager said I was not a good fit with the company because there were communication issues between me and my coworkers. I am feeling like this is not right. At first I thought maybe I was being sensitive until a customer said to me the manager was extremely rude when I asked her how to do something. I really needed this job because I am a single mother in university and cannot afford to be unemployed. I thought I would have had to do something wrong for them to let me go and was willing to put up with the other employees being rude to me in front of customers or laughing at me when I did unothodox things to deal with my hearing impairment to make it easier for me because I needed the job. I am just wanting some clarification on what I should do or if there is anything I can do.

In Nov of 2014 I started a new job. The owner (my boss) swears, yells, slams his fist on the desk, calls people f'n idiots, told me to defacate on someones desk. I go to work shaking and sick to my stomach. If I quit would I be able to obtain Employment insuranceÉ

I have worked for thee same company for twenty years as a full time sub contractor. Ian I entitled to severance.