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Hello I was recently terminated from my job as patient transfer. My partner wrote an incident report on me that stated I went around a bus with the stop sign deployed and my emergency lights activated. 1) it is illegal to have the emergency lights on because we are not an emergency vehicle. 2) it is illegal to go around a bus with its stop sign deployed. I am studing to become an law enforcement officer so I am well aware of laws of the road and the rules of my employers. My partner wasn't even off probation and I being a year into this job had higher seniority. They took my partners side and terminated me. I filled a grevince with my Union for wrongful dismissal. The only problem is that they have no evidence that I did or didn't do it. Which also means they had no evidence to back up the report and for terminating me. What really happened was I was behind a bus that was making several stops so I decided to go around it. I signalled and pulled out but as I was just starting to pass the bus I noticed its lights go on ,but as I was already committed and I didn't fancy stopping and backing up behind it in a ambulance. I continued to pass it and I even noticed the bus driver looking in the mirror at me. The stop sign wasn't deployed and no emergency lights used. I don't know why they lied and did this. I really enjoy my job and want it back. Was this wrongful dismissal? How should they have approached this? If they won't give me my job back should I take it to court?

Thank you.

I understand from your question/message that you are unionized. If that is the case we cannot help you and you need to go through the union's grievance process in accordance with the terms of your collective agreement.
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