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I was terminated from my job on July 16 due to a fender bender while backing up in a company vehicle while backing up, there were 2 other coworkers in the vehicle. Nobody was injured. The other vehicle involved had minor damage. There was an incident report made at work, this accident occurred on July 9, 2015 one week prior to being dismissed. 10 months prior to this on July 30, 2014 I had an injury at work and my front tooth was knocked out while pulling on a strap that was that was holding down a cage to a truck. A wsib claim was made my tooth was capped along with two other teeth were chipped as well and fixed. Due to these incidents I was fired. I received 2 weeks severanc. I have two children to support and I am still waiting to find out if EI will even approve a claim. I feel that I was dismissed at no fault of my own and would like to know if my dismissal was legal?
The Company can terminate you for any reason whatsoever as long as they pay you proper severance. The one exception is if the Company acquires cause for your termination. Cause is very difficult to establish and based on your description above, it does not appear that the Company had cause to terminate you. Please give us a call to discuss your matter further as you are likely owed much more in terms of sevverance than what you have received.