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I have been employed 7 years with a large Canadian company. I went through on-boarding requirements in 2018. I believe my personal credit was checked at this time. I changed jobs internally in January 2025 but but had already signed the offer letter in Dec 2024. HR followed up with a new background check in Jan 2025. I did a consumer proposal in 2020. Prior to the proposal, I had never missed any payments or went to collections, so my credit score was decent at this time. But I had a business that did poorly and I new I had too much debt to carry at the time. My proposal has been always paid on time. It was 5 years, finishing Jan 28, 2026, however, I may pay it off this month in full. When HR followed up with m in Jan 2025 with a new background check, this came up on my file and they said since I had signed the offer already in Dec 2024, it would pass now but it could be checked again. Our dept deals with some gov’t accounts and I was just advised an RCMP check is coming our way. I am very nervous that my consumer proposal will give me a negative score via the RCMP check and result in termination. Is this possible? How can I combat this before I do the RCMP check to prevent this from happening. Thank you.

If a company lays off both full and part time employees can they bring back a part time employee and give them a full time position instead of the full time employee they laid off

Can my employer refuse to give me back my senior position in my field of work after maternity leave? Also, could he refuse me a promotion on the basis that I was pregnant? I am reduced to a legal assistant position in a different field, and that’s a huge hit to my dignity and career. Can you help me sue my employer on contingency basis covering all three aspects - severance pay for constructive dismissal, human rights violation on the basis of sex and family status, and harm to dignity and career growth?

My company just announced layoffs, middle management reduction, “flattening” the organization, and removing layers where it accelerates progress. Problem is the hammer hasn’t dropped and individual notifications have not gone out. Is there any benefit to consulting an employment lawyer at this time, or is it too early?

Hi, I worked at a company for close to 4 years. I then went on ltd. I am still on ltd. The company let me go and only paid me 2 weeks severance. Am I entitled to more. I live in Ontario and my annual salary was 80000 per year and my age is 56. I was a health and safety professional. Thanks