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How Much Are You Supposed To Be Paid For Working Overtime?
You should always be properly compensated for the time that you work. And if your employer fails to do so, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

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12 minutes ago


What Can You Do If You Are Unjustly Denied Employment Benefits?
All benefits in a company should be given out fairly. You should not be unjustly denied any benefits, and if you are, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
20 minutes ago


What Can You Do If You Are Not Being Paid For Your Time?
Your employer has to compensate you for the time that you work. And if they fail to do so, you may b.e entitled to resign and seek compensation

Akiri Heath-Adams
29 minutes ago


Is It Possible To Demote Your Employee?
Demoting your employee to a lower position and/or a lower salary could amount to a constructive dismissal- which means that your employee might be entitled to resign and claim for compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Nov 27


What Can You Do If Your Employer Is Increasing Your Duties?
If your employer expands your job responsibilities, without your consent and without a proper increase in compensation, this may be unfair and it could amount to a constructive dismissal.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Nov 27


What can you do if you are suspended for no reason
Your employer does not have the right to suspend you for no reason, especially if the suspension is without pay and does not have an end date.

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Nov 17


What can you do if you are fired on probation?
If your employer fired you while you were on probation, and he failed to follow the proper steps during your probation, that dismissal may be unfair and you may be entitled to compensation.

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Nov 14


What to do if you work in an Unsafe/Unhealthy Environment.
If you are exposed to unsafe working conditions, you may be able to resign and claim constructive dismissal- and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 30


What to do if you manager is Victimizing You.
If your manager or employer is treating you in an unfair manner and making the workplace intolerable for you, that may amount to a constructive dismissal- and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 27


Can Your Employer Terminate You With One Month’s Notice?
If you are terminated without a legitimate reason and solely based on the termination clause in your contract, that may be an unfair dismissal and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 20


Can Your Employer Force You to Work Without PPE?
If your employer fails to provide the required PPE and still instructs you to perform the task, your employer may be breaching their duty to provide a safe place of work and you may be entitled to leave and claim constructive dismissal- and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 20


Can Your Employer Fire You Based On An Allegation?
If your employer dismissed you without conducting an investigation, conducting a disciplinary hearing or applying a fair sanction (using progressive discipline), your dismissal may have been unfair and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 20


Can Your Employer Fire You For “Not Meeting Targets”?
Unless your employer took certain steps during your employment, a dismissal for "not meeting targets" may be unfair and you may be entitled to compensation.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 20


Can Your Employer Reduce Your Working Hours?
Your employer cannot reduce your working hours and salary, without your consent.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 20


Forced to Resign? You May Have Been Dismissed.
A genuine resignation must be your own free decision, not one made under threat or pressure.

Akiri Heath-Adams
Oct 16


3 Options For Dealing with a Disruptive Employee
Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions for the greater good of the organization, but if you don’t follow the proper process, it could end up being very costly.

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Oct 13


Are you paying overtime correctly?
Overtime calculations can sometimes be tricky but if you get them wrong, the penalties can be serious…

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Oct 9


4 Steps To Address Lateness & Absenteeism
Lateness & Absenteeism can be frustrating, but if the proper process isn’t followed, you could end up paying for it..

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Oct 6


Job Abandonment or Unfair Dismissal?
For job abandonment to occur you must be absent, without authorization, and you must have an intention not to return.

Akiri Heath-Adams
May 21, 2024


Workers on Probation: Know Your Rights
Workers on probation have the rights not to have their probationary period unfairly extended, and not to be unfairly dismissed...

Akiri Heath-Adams
Apr 25, 2024
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