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I’m a nanny doing nanny share, but both the 2 family only paying me $16 per hour, is that legal? They paid me through e transfer and I didn’t have any benefit . They recently told me to sign the child care receipt for them to claim from goverment with my sin number, I don’t feel right . That’s why I’m here to ask for the help.

Can an employer make changes to a vacation accruement policy that has been in place for at least 4 years? The old policy book had been established around 2008, and a new one was circulated to employees in august of 2024 with the same vacation accruement terms. when i question HR about available vacation days, I was told that that was a mistake.

Is it legal for an employer to request to see a copy of your consumer proposal document for details? Or is what is shown on your credit background check all that they are allowed to see?

I am a school bus driver who was to go back to work from maternity leave this week and bring baby to work with me. The route I had prior worked great for that and was 20 hrs a week, most days her father would have been home from work so she would only be on the morning run. The company lost the contract for that route but didnt inform me until 3 weeks from school start up. I wasn't given new route details until 12 days from start up. The new route was 30+ hrs a week, and baby would need to be with me for all those hours and Dad would never be home in time to take her in the afternoon. That's too much time for a baby to be strapped in a car seat, so I couldn't take the route. Company could not offer an alternative route and now I dont have a job. Nine of the other bus operators are hiring either. Does this situation qualify for severance pay? I also have exhausted EI pay as I had to share 3 months of my parental leave weeks with regular summer shut down of the school bus and have had no income since June.

I have been at a clinic for the last 8 years and the clinic will be closing down in Feb 2025. I have been under extreme stress and want to take a break - stress leave for about 2-3 months. This will allow me to stay on the books. Will this affect my severance pay and EI once the clinic closes?