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I was told December 31st 2017 that I was getting a warning for a certain social media post with a comment towards the company. Therefore managers told me I was off on warning and I was okay. Then January 3rd I called my manager to confirm my scheduale because my online one wasn’t working and she confirmed me for working January 4th and 6th. No issues she didn’t say anything, I go in the next day ready for work with no ride home until 7 pm and they call me upstairs to tell me I’m being terminated on probation but didn’t state any reason. Considering my employer/owner didn’t sign my incident report where it clesrly states “ employer signature” my manager signed it when the paper isn’t asking for a manager signature? Are they allowed to give someone false hope about their job? And lead them on the night before and then randomly call them up and just fire them? Without stating reason? And without being signed infront of me by my employer? Also I find it very unprofessional how I was a hard worker being dismissed and my employer/ store owner couldn’t even make himself present in the room.

Thank you for your question. My name is Jon Pinkus and I am an employment lawyer with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP.

An employer can give you false hope about a job and fire you without a reason.
However - and this is very important - they must pay you your proper severance. The compensation that you are owed for severance could be very significant and could be in the tens or thousands of dollars. Do not rely on what is posted on government websites as that is not a complete picture of your full entitlements (in fact that is only a fraction of what you would be owed).

To find out how much you're owed, please email me at jon.pinkus@stlawyers.ca and I would be pleased to assess your entitlements free of charge.
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