Legal Problem at Work

[explorerzip]

Do NOT follow this ^ advice!

You can only make things worse. Talk to a lawyer. Do not try to handle it yourself.

Have to agree with SC above. The employer already term'd the OP for suspicion of fraud so they clearly don't trust him. Asking for the old job back is counter-productive and there already was some animosity between him and the employer, which was evidence by the fact that they've been stalling on getting him the ROE. If there was animosity while the OP was working at the company, it will be even worse if somehow (again unlikely) he gets the old job back.

I wouldn't worry about 'burning bridges' with the past employer either because the damage has already been done and they won't be giving you a good reference any ways. As long as he keeps in contact with people in the firm that will give a good reference, he should be fine. There are enough ways to keep in touch with old colleagues and managers so this should not be hard.

 

[hungry]

I heard and ad on 640AM yesterday, a law firm I believe, phone, 416 or 905 LOST JOB. free consultation and this is what they specialize in, I am sure if you google them you will get more info.

 

[Iluvsc's]

OP hasn't posted for a few days so either he got his job back (unlikely) or still gathering facts about his employer. Hope he gets the issue resolved and gets some money. It's sad that companies treat their employees so poorly these days. On the other hand, if there is even a tiny bit of wrongdoing by the OP, that's a huge lesson learned for every employee out there: you have to be absolutely squeaky clean and keep meticulous records when working for someone else.

Haha no I haven't gotten my job back, at least not yet anyways. There is absolutely no wrong doing on my part. I've been a model employee since I've started working.

BTW thanks for the great advice everyone. I got a free consultation next week with an Employment lawyer. Guess I will have to wait until then to see how good of a case I have. I think I would take the three months pay+lawyer costs if I could get it. I may also have to consider going back to work if it was offered. There is a bit of animosity but possible things may be able to be worked out.

My buddy was telling me today that there was a closed door meeting in Human Resources and both of my bosses were present. I can only assume they were talking about my situation. By now I'm sure Service Canada has contacted them regarding my ROE and this was the only reason why they had a quick meeting. Probably not sure what to put on the ROE. I hear this meeting went on most of the afternoon and my buddy even left work late today and said the meeting was still going on when he left. Not sure if this is good or bad. Even if I received a call from them tomorrow or Friday I don't think I would go back until I have that consultation to get a professional opinion if I was treated fairly in this incident and to see what my options might be. But we shall what the next couple of days shall bring if anything.