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Last week I was brought in front of my management team at my workplace, they told me that they had evidence of me completing another employees online education training i.e.WHMIS etc. they told me that it is a fraudulent act and police could be involved. At this time they said that if I was scheduled to work the weekend I would be susended for the weekend, but I was not scheduled so they told me to come and work Friday and then come in Monday to discuss what further actions would be taken. Today (Monday) I went to work and at the end of my shift they called me in and told me I was fired. My issue is that it is common practice for employees to help and or do other coworkers training, I was never told this was a fireable offence. I feel that I should have been given at least a warning, maybe a suspension. Further to this issue, I was being sexually harassed by one of the managers, and was afraid to tell anyone for fear of #1, losing my job, #2 the manager who was harassing me was my friends father and I didn't want to hurt her, and #3 I knew it would be my word against his and no one would believe me. Now if I bring this up people will think I am doing this because I have been fired. Also On my dismissal letter, It states that my vacation pay will be paid out and any time worked will be paid out to me on my last pay cheque There has been no mention of severance pay. Thank you Krystal O"Donnell

Hi Krystal,

Given that you have been terminated on a just cause basis, you should definitely contact our office to schedule a consult with one of our lawyers to review and discuss your matter further.
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