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i was working for a company as an IT Security contractor when they told me that they were not going to renew my contract however they wanted me to join them as a permanent employee. after a long consideration i took it but was unsure due to the attitude of the manager of the IT department and his lack of knowledgement, lack of employee management skills and his outright bull headedness, However the people I was working with in the department were fantastic, and we got along great. After i started the in the permanent position our company was infected with a crypto virus. Immediately the manager blamed a fellow employee for the infection before we even logged into the system and that he was going to fire him immediately. This employee was on vacation during this time and was not able to access the systems so i explained to him that I was not going to let this happen until i found the evidence to support this claim. The more and more i looked into the issue the more and more things were not adding up, I was finding evidence of things being covered up, deleted and it just was adding up. Eventually i found what i needed and was able to prove that it was the manger who was the actual cause of the issue. I took my findings to HR and explained to them what I had found and that if i brought this to my manager he would fire me. THEY advised me to confront him and maybe it would build trust between us. I took their advice and sure enough 3 days later I was let go for "not being a good fit for the team" and that i was still on probation. This was in fact not true as in fact 4 months later and were still meeting on fridays for a beer and laughs. This company is a large medical center all over canada and i expected that the advice I received, and the fact that it was HR that gave it to me that they would have been there to protect me from this happening. My question is do i have a case?

Thank you for your question. While we would want to review the terms of any employment contract or agreement you signed, you do likely have a case for severance based on your total years with the company, including those as a contractor. Give us a call at the number below. We'd be happy to discuss this with you further and assist as best we can.
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