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I have been suspended for 5 days without pay for a forklift accident that envloved property damage of the load I was carrying. I've never been suspended before and only received a writing warning for a previous accident. Are they allowed to just give me the highest form of punishment and skip all the other warnings?

I understand it is a requirement to give 2 weeks notice prior to taking a parental leave. If there is an urgent / emergency need to be off immediately is there away to circumvent the notice period and be home to assist immediately? If yes how?

If I had no issues at work ever and was hired as a vacation summer relief ( and I am a student) and I was told I could have a second job can I be fired without notice, without a reason given and without ever having received any warning of anything I was doing wrong?

Good morning, I was offered a three month contract, which was signed by both me and my employer. A few weeks later she changed the working hours taking me off schedule completely because a foster dog ran out of the foster home (I run a dog rescue in my spare time which has nothing to do with the employment) and I was organizing a search etc. I did not take the employers advice when she offered telling her I’d rather keep that separate from work. She told me she changed the hours because my efforts should be spent on looking for the dog, even though I told her a few times that I didn’t need any time off for that, and I would handle that in my spare time. She did give my hours to the foster mother of the dog, whose house the dog ran out of. Not only she discriminated against me for looking for a lost dog, thus taking me off schedule, but at the end, she took away all the hours I was supposed to work and the last email she sent ended in ‘Good Luck in your future’. I had worked there for only 2 months or so, first on a 30 day contract, and was offered a 90 day contract, out of which only about a month was fulfilled. I was told what days and hours to come to work for and was being paid hourly rate. I would appreaciate your thoughts on the matter. Thank you in advance

If I give 2 weeks notice for parental leave then the company fires me is that wrongful dismissal? Do I have to give two weeks notice for parental leave?