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Company says cant use cellphone for phone calls and texts Buti use it to listen podcast and YouTube while I work as a mechanic can they fire me for this also sometimes use earbuds

You have been suspended, demoted, and your pay has decreased for harassment, but you feel that you were the one being harassed. The other party made a complaint before you. You feel like there is not enough evidence to prove your case and it comes down to a he said she said situation. You've applied to other jobs with little luck. Requests to move someone where you won't see this person were brushed aside. How do you know if you have a case to defend yourself?

I have been employed by a company in Ontario for 3 years and my contract states I receive 3 weeks of vacation per year but is silent on the % amount. If I quit am I entitled to the ESA stat min of 4% or because my contract has 3 weeks of vacation I am entitled to 6 % of the total wages earned in each vacation year? In Ontario, if an employee with less than five years of service quits, are entitled to 4% of their gross wages as vacation pay, regardless of whether they received 3 weeks of vacation time annually?

I work for a company ( non union)....as a truck driver. Does the company have the right to demand overtime ?? Or can l refuse overtime

I have a full time position which relies on a weekly or sometimes daily scheduling email to assign employees to sites/projects. Recently, I had one day where I did not receive this scheduling email, and stayed home as a result, assuming there was no work for me to do that day. Upon inquiry, I was told there was work, that “accidents happen” and that an error caused the email to not go out (for me specifically). I’m now told because I didn’t inquire about the missing scheduling email, I can take this day as unpaid leave or pull from my vacation balance. Is it reasonable for me to be left without pay if I wasn’t the cause for the scheduling error?