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I have worked at my present job for 10 years at Elringklinger, and have done ap/ar and payroll for 8 of those years. Last fall our company which is owned by a german company, brought in a person from head office who wanted to work in Canada with the conditions that Elring gave his wife a job. She came in as an HR assistant and was going to be my back-up for payroll. In the past couple of months the HR manager has been giving me a hard time because of this girl asking her questions about stuff like EI and CPP. HR got mad at me because I did not tell her, but she did not come to me to ask the question. Now HR is accusing me of paying my friends more money and giving out confidential information about an employee who was fired but took a package. I found out that the employee fired texted his friends on the floor to tell them whet he got. I have never breeched confidentiality nor paid my friends more. They have 8 years of books they can look through for proof. My best friend is an hourly employee who works on the floor, and I know they are basing their accusations on that. Now yesterday, they took away my key to the payroll office, my admin swipe cards to the hand punches, and removed all access to they files I have had regarding payroll. My work load is now about 2 - 3 hrs a day, which means I end up sitting here trying to look like I am doing something for the 8 hours I am here. I am having anxiety issues coming to work now. I feel like my morals and work ethics have been tarnished and that everyone here is looking at me like that. I talked to my past boss and she said that that is constructive dismissal. Is this correct and is there something I can do about this?

Indeed, you are describing a constructive dismissal. Do not make any final decisions before you contact us for legal advice. We may be able to help you recover your termination entitlements but we need further particulars about your situation so we look forward to hearing from you.
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