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I worked for a company for 6 1/2 months. I was told the owner was very pleased. The owner asked me to continue employment and offered me more money and benefits to stay. They showed me graphs that showed I had brought there store within the top 10 percentile out if 55 corporate stores . A new GM was hired and openly admitted to anybody who would listen that he and the owner were butting heads on my position. He didn’t agree that I should be solely working on this job and should be back up cashier answering phones sales and waiting on customers which I was told not to do. I never left in time as the owner and the inventory manager was aware of and was never paid overtime. My dismissal letter was given to me with inaccurate reasons listed ( coffee cups on floor etc.) by the new GM. That I was incapable of doing a good job as I didn’t read internal memos fast enough. I received 5 hours of training - and the only online training was WHIMIS etc. As they stated Corp computer system was down and I could do procedure and policy training and work related at a later date. This never happened. I was never told I was ineffective in my job - on the contrary - keep doing what your doing owner could not be happier. They did safety ladder training last month and I was told I was exempt as I am listed under office and admin. They had me work from 6 am - 9pm at times to satisfy inventory needs. Then gave days off as they refuse to pay OT. I use a ladder every day. The new GM called my job clearance crap on multiple occasions . My ROE states poor work performance . Please advise, with thanks.
Thank you for your question. Although you have only been employed for a short period of time, you could be entitled to potentially a couple months of your pay as severance (depending on any contracts you signed). What you described would likely not constitute just cause for dismissal, meaning that they would have to pay you your severance. You could also claim for the unpaid overtime.
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