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As an employee with a unionized company, do I have rights under the labor code of Ontario or am I limited to only what is agreed to by my union contract. I have concerns about ineffective representation from the union and find that if my concerns don't effect a committees representatives job, they have no interest in helping me but, want everyone to be on board or supportive of any grievance they may have. I have been listening to your radio and t.v programs lately and found them to be very informative.

Hello, I've been dismissed during my probationary 90 days period, after 72 working days just cause termination. I have never been advised of my shortcomings, my performance, attendance etc. until the last meeting when the manager terminated my employment presented wrong information. What do I have to do to reinstate my position?

My workplace closed the doors dec 3- 2018, I signed the papper work form my realese, after I signed the release form I was offed a position within the company, I declined the position, will this affect my severance?

Hi, I'm not sure if this topic is in your area of expertise, however, here goes. The company I work for is closing our local office and employees will be required to work from home. If this topic relates to your expertise I would like to know what the company should be providing employees in terms of compensation for using their homes. In my case and a few others, we are service technicians and as such will be keeping about $40,000 of test equipment at home when not in our vehicles. We are required to do at least 16 hours per week of administration work (reports) and attend online (via Skype) meetings as well as online training courses.

Can an employer tell an employee (January 1 evening) not to come in to work the following morning? Normally work Mon-Fri 5+ hours/day. I do not get paid if I don't work but get 6% vacation (only this year - 4% for the last 12 years), stat holiday, etc. Do I wait to see if I get compensated for for the day on my next paycheque or can I approach my employer tomorrow, thanks