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I had worked at this for a vet clinic for about 1 1/2 years. None of the bonuses/discounts that were memtioned at my interview were ever given and when asked about I was yelled at. I was hired by the owner knowing that I had a tattoo on my hand, after about 3 months of working I was told that I needed to cover it with band aids, I explained that my skin has reactions to certain types of band aids and was told that it doesn't matter and my tattoo MUST be covered. We were forced to RE-USE injectable drugs which I was NOT comfortable with, I brought it up with the owner and was told that it costs her too much money to waste the injectable drugs, because I brought this concern to her I was again yelled again and huffed at. We were not allowed to leave the building for lunches every other Tuesday because we had to have a staff meeting, no time was given off at all for any type of break on those days. I've had to view the owners sex acts on the work computer and when she was told about the pictures that were there she asked a fellow co-worker to put them on a USB so she could take th home. I had asked to speak with her privately as her actions towards me were becoming more and more abusive, probably due to my concerns that I had brought to her attention, during the conversation, after explaining how I feel like she's singleing me and being mean and abusive by yelling at me in fromt of other workers for things that did not do, she just yelled at me some more. This continued for quite some time I had a plan that after my vacation that was already booked and payed for I was going to find another job. Unfortunately 1 week before my scheduled vacation I was dismissed without notice and without termination pay. Her reason was that I did not give her my CVO statement (CVO is currently investigating this clinic for treatment of a client/pet and had requested all parties involved to write a statement answering their questions, as advise on the CVO letterhead the statement was to be sent directly to the investigating officer). The owner disagreed and requested/forces employees to give her the letters saying that she would send them all. There's so much more. What can I do??

Based on the information you have provided, it sounds like you have been wrongfully dismissed and are entitled to severance pay. To determine how much severance pay you may be entitled to, please visit the Free Severance Calculator (http://www.severancepaycalculator.com/) and contact our firm to discuss the matter in more detail.
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