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Hi there. I was fired last week and am wondering if I can file against my employer for constructive dismissal. I was hired to be an Office administrator and sales position. Within weeks I was being asked to write proposals, interview people/fire people, write Policies and Procedure manuals for Health and Safety and Quality Assurance, build a website, all of which I was never trained to do. I was also given the Title of Account manager within days of working there and later made a supervisor and manager where I was signing contracts and authorizing time off. I was basically winging everything as my boss was never in the office to show me how to do these things. I was not only running the buisness but building it from the ground up. I didn't agree to any of these things upon my hiring. Last week tuesday He called me into a meeting because he didn't think that the quality assurance policy made sense and said my work was inadequate. I explained that I was never trained to do these things and that I was doing my best. He had me in a meeting for 3 hours where he was yelling at me, telling me I'm stupid, slamming hist fist on the table, triggering my anxiety disorder and PTSD, all I could do was cry everything was so loud that other people from other businesses on the floor went into the office and asked the payroll girl if I was ok in the other room because it was getting really intense. The HR lady then joined the meeting and he calmed down a bit, they decided to give me a 2 week period to see if my work would improve. I explained that there had never been an issue with my work before and that if I would have had the proper training and support that I would have been able to have completed it better. The next morning he came into the office and looked over a proposal I had created that needed to be delivered by 1pm. He said everything was fine with it and to get it ready to go out. I did. This was at 11:30 am, he was still in the office, drinking alcohol, by 12:15 pm, at 12:30 he raced into the office and said one thing needed to be changed on the proposal, i rushed to change it and he left. 15 minutes later he calls the office yelling and cursing at me that he wasn't going to make it on time and that "I'm a fuck up and I fucked the whole thing up" I began to cry and ask him to stop yelling at me becuase he was verbally attacking me and I wasn't ok with that. I said I would talk to him when he calmed down. He returned to the office and promptly fired me. Please help in this situation if you can
Thank you for your question. As you have been terminated, it is not necessary to claim for constructive dismissal. As a result of your termination, you are owed severance. I would encourage you to visit the severance pay calculator our firm has developed to see what you are owed (www.SeverancePayCalculator.com). I would also encourage you to call us and set up a consultation with one of our employment lawyers.