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I was handed a letter today stating for the past 2 years I have been over paid for unpaid & vacation pay. I don't check my pay stubs as I would assume if I have approved time off it would be deducted from my pay stubs as per usual. They said they had a system glitch that didn't catch my time off that didn't reflect on my pay stubs. Now they want to deduct the pay from my pay stubs for the next 24 months. This is a huge hardship for me and looking for advice on what to do

If my employer sent me home in the morning after raising concerns and then removed me from all company communications, does that indicate that they terminated my employment? Because now I am hearing from clients that they were told through an email that I quit. I did not quit, but how do I dispute this? Does this become a he said, she said thing or is this a constructive dismissal? Would I I be entitled to EI or severance?

I am on LTD and my employer decided to cut off my health, dental and medical benefits stating “when I return to work they will be reinstated. I now have to use the money from mt LTD to pay for all my medications and they are very expensive . Is this legal in Canada to cut off benefits and employee is on LTD from car accident

my dentist just sold his practice and they keep saying it’s just a transfer of ownership. What happens in six months if the new owner decides to fire us.

As a group, we want to know if our employer can reduce our hours of work (so they don't have to pay for our 30 minute break which they have been paying for years). Will they be able to take away any other long time "benefits" such as 3 paid sick days, 2 bereavement days and extended health benefits?