Fired after challenging a workplace suspension? 4 things employees in Ontario must do [Video]

A recent case that horrified my team and I involved a customer service representative in Toronto who was fired just three hours after objecting to a workplace suspension.

The individual received a phone call from his manager—informing him that he was being let go without severance pay.

Almost too stunned to speak, the customer service representative managed to politely ask his boss why this was happening. His manager told him that he shouldn’t have challenged the suspension before abruptly ending the call.

Confident he had just experienced a workplace reprisal, the customer service representative cleared his desk and contacted Samfiru Tumarkin LLP as soon as he got home.

Given the strength of his case, we were able to secure a comprehensive severance package for our client through a wrongful dismissal claim.

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A workplace suspension puts Ontarians in an extremely difficult …