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I am 52 and was recently hired at a local retail outlet. After 1 week of "training" on cash I was then trained for customer service. Almost immediately I started to receive write ups under the name of "cash com's" and being told by my immediated manager that I MUST sign them. I signed several while on my probationary period...about 9-10 to be exact because I feared losing my job.After my prob period had ended I felt that I shouldn't sign anymore in fear of them building a file on me. These write ups were for things like cash shortages and missing receipts. Even though I wasn't the only one handling the cash...sometimes several shifts were on a cash register in a day. I was told in a forceful manner that I have to sign the write-ups. I recently had a job evaluation done and scored 90%!!!! Today I was told again to sign a writeup for accepting a coupon on a product and not entering the amount on the coupon $2.47. I asked the manager to please produce the coupon so we can go over it. She said..too late,the coupon is gone to head office and you accepted it last month!! Needless to say I didn't sign and she went to the owner(works in the store). He called me to the office and said "I'll make this easy for you,I'm terminating you because you are not a good fit"....90 on a job evaluation and I'm not a good fit??. Do I have any hope of getting anything from this man for this treatment. He is paying me for this weeks work and next weeks hours (he said he's paying me because he's a good guy like that!!!)

The treatment was very wrong, but not illegal per se. You are owed a couple additional weeks of pay. For this, I would strongly suggest you contact a paralegal. If you call us, I can give you the name of a good one.
Lior Samfiru
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