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Does an employer have the right to terminate you during your Probation period for their lack of providing proper training for the position the employee was hired for? Fresh out of school, completed practicum without someone to shadow and guide for proper on the job experience. Practicum host conducted interview and decided to hire. Employment contract was provided to employee with only one hour to review and was signed by the end of the day. Employee was unaware that they should have been provided with enough time to obtain ILA prior to signing contract with the employer. There is a Clause in the contract about employees right to obtain ILA and not obtaining ILA waiver. No time frame for obtaining ILA in the clause. Termination clause has some questionable human rights violations. 12 c vi) Any mental or physical disability or illness which results in the Employee being unable to substantially preform her duties for a continuous period of 60 days, except for other provisions contained in this agreement.

Can a current employee who works at this organization let me about what type of medical information and what is the maximum amount of medical information that can be requested about an individual with a permanent physical disability (that was born this way) from a third party helping an employer when it comes to an accommodation request for employment in the province of Ontario?

I've worked for HBC for 30+ hrs in an administrative position. As you know we are in the bankruptcy process and we are basically in limbo. We are waiting to see if we will be given any severance or compensated for unused vacation days. Is there anything we can do if we don't receive a severance & what are our chances?

How much severance pay for 5.7 years of service? Employer just offered 4 months with benefits.

I was hired full time by a Canadian Company at an Ottawa Office in 2008 and they closed the office during covid. I never received a document specifying the new arrangements of Working from home as a virtual employee. My statutory holidays always followed the Ontario Statutory holidays. I have always lived in the Province of Quebec within the Ottawa area during Employment with this company. Quebec taxes have never deducted from my paycheck. This year they have placed me on the Quebec Statutory holiday schedule without any communication. I discovered it when entering my time sheet electronically and as a result was forced to take a vacation for family day on February 17th. Can they just make this change without communication? What are my rights and how can I rectify this with my employer.