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I work in fast food, ontario. They started an instagram and have been taking photos and videos of us. Sometimes its so busy we don’t notice.
Workers are minors and adults.
I do not want my ex to know where i work, if he comes across a photo of me, he will remember to harass me till the police are regulars at his house.

I did not sign anything to have my photo taken while working.

Is there anything i can do?
The fast food place lists it location in ontario, so i am weirded out

I am working through an agency (Randstad) at a major manufacturing plant in Collingwood, ON (Pilkington Glass). I’m in a weird situation and need advice on whether this is a "Bad Faith" termination or an Unfair Labour Practice.
The Timeline:
• May 7th: I received a formal email from the agency stating: "Great News! Pilkington is looking to hire you permanently."
• May 10th-11th: Worked my regular shifts with zero issues or warnings.
• May 12th (Day Shift): The company invested in training me for a new, higher-level position.
• May 12th (Night): I received a text message stating I was being terminated effective immediately for "performance issues."
The Real Context:
I hit my 480-hour milestone this week, which is the contract threshold where the company is required to hire agency workers as permanent Union employees USW LOCAL 252G.
My SIN was recently updated, and there was a 5-day administrative delay in getting the new document, though I provided a Service Canada Finder Number. I am legally cleared to work under Maintained Status. Interestingly, the agency offered me a new job in a different city (Barrie) immediately, which proves the "SIN issue" isn't a legal barrier to me working.
My Questions:

1. How can a company justify a "performance" termination on the same day they invested in training me for a new role?
2. I feel targeted as an young adult because they assume I don't know the Ontario Labour Relations Act or the Union contract. What are my next steps if the Union is slow to respond?
3. Thanks in advance for any insight. This has been a massive blow to my stability as I moved my whole life for this job.

Hi, as a permanent resident in Ontario, who should I approach with questions related to receiving inheritance money from abroad? Should that be a lawyer or an accountant?

It would be a sum that I would like to bring in and possibly invest in real or business, but I'm not sure what the rules are or if its considered taxable income.

I live in Ontario. My dad passed away and he did not have a will. He had no assets, no property, no vehicles, and no debts. Funeral arrangements and everything related to that has already been fully taken care of. The only thing left is a bank account with less than $2,000 in it.

I honestly do not care about accessing the money, I just want to close the account and move on. I really do not want to hire an estate trustee, lawyer, or spend money on legal fees if it can be avoided.

Is there anything I can do where I do not have to pay money out of pocket? Has anyone dealt with a situation like this before? What steps do I actually need to take for such a small estate?

Any guidance would really help. Thank you.

I am a bit of a privacy freak to be frank and I hate all bodies from having information about me. I was wondering how long do police agencies keep audio records and notes for these calls within their internal system until they are legally required to delete them. Moreover, is there any legal way to make it delete it before the end of a retention period.

Long story short myself and fellow employees are expected to service a chronically abusive customer. She is nasty, rude, unprofessional, and seems to enjoy abusing the people servicing her.

I have had the misfortune of serving her several times, but I have finally drawn the line and I’m now refusing to deliver to their premises due to her behavior.

Can my employer fire me for refusing to take her abuse anymore? I am not the only person that has had multiple runs with this crazy woman and quite literally we play rock paper scissors, to determine who’s going to endure her shitty behavior.

Ontario

A friend had a TBI and is now in an LTC for the rest of his life. It got the rest of us in the friend group pondering futures and what our best routes might be. Someone's parents told us that in Florida, it's better to get divorced as then the spouse in LTC qualifies for government funding. But that's there.

Our friend was a mechanic, so no pension, and receives ODSP until he turns 65. ODSP cofunds his semi-private LTC room.

1 assuming spouse is still working, what financial hit are they going to take (other than having to single handedly now pay bills, mortgage, etc). What is their obligation to LTC?

2 assuming long marriage. If the outside spouse has a pension and benefits, does this change anything? Is the spouse in ltc with no pension still entitled to odsp or gis? Does pensioned able spouse have to give part of income to pay for ltc spouse?

3 assuming short marriage and ltc spouse is not entitled to part of that pension and has no pension ? They still get odsp or gis? What is able-bodied spouse's financial obligation?

4 ltc person meets person (working or with pension) after injury and they marry? Do they now have legal obligations to finance the LTC care?

Does divorce help in situations 1-3?

Hello people,

A while back I made a post about libel and harassment. The libel in question was me being accused of being sexual towards minors; which I have evidence that is not true with me being more than willing for anyone to go through all of my devices. The people who where spreading this libel and continously harassing me on discord found my linkedin. At this point thinking out of irrationality I called the general inquiry line/ non-emergency of my local police department to see if this is consdiered criminal harassment. I was posed the question why they where harassing me, and I told them about the libel which they said; and they are correct that is something that is under civil code. Moreover, my thing does not meet the thresehold of criminal harassment; with the comments these people are making ebing under their freedom of expression (which is also likely certainly true).

I am wondering if I made a mistake to tell the police what libel I was facing and if this in itself will back fire on me such as launch an investigation against me etc... I am aware there is likely no other ave's to deal with this harassment. I may lawyer up to go against these people when it comes to the libel. I do face severe anxiety and this whole saga has defently taken a toll on my mental well-being. I just need some closer to move on with my already deleting all my socials.

I belive an important note during this call is that my address or my name was not taken.

hello, i was wondering for law is there any field of law that deals with equity (such as social determinants) or equity in healthy care (helping people access services, navigate financial constraints, etc) ? If so what does your work look like?

I'm a plumber & got a call for a simple job to replace hot water valve that was dripping under sink, so I get there and cut the old valve out and install a new one, job was done ✔️ but hild on, then he asks me to replace another (needle) valve on the cold line also inside kitchen cabinet, which he said was for his fridge line, & is piped in a way that goes under his cabinet and into basement ceiling and outta of sight, soo I agree to change valve for extra charge, so I install it & then head down to basement to turn the house water on, as im coming back up the stairs & head into the kitchen i see the home owner bent down inside the kitchen cabinet turning all the valves on, am like in my head what the f#@% are you doing, anyways I done, get paid. I leave to the next job, but the later that night he calls me saying his basement flooded, turns out the needle valve i replaced wasn't for the fridge but for an old reverse osmosis filter system, someone previous disconnected it but left an open water line inside ceiling without capping it, you can guess the rest

I recently filed a complaint with my bank, which they dismissed. I then sent it to their complaint appeal office. This was just an email that I sent to them; I didn't have to go to their website and fill out a form or click any checkboxes or anything. I just sent a plain-old email.

Their response contains the following:

>By requesting a review of your concerns and/or acceptance of this resolution, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of service that govern our review which can be found at [link]. Among other things, these terms provide that our response is confidential and intended solely to provide our views on your complaint. It is not for broader use, circulation or publication except that you may disclose it to the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments.

There's no way that's legally enforceable, right? If I wanted to put them on blast for how they've treated me, I should be completely within my rights to do so. Can one party legally claim that I've agreed to keep their response confidential, even when the first time they've said so is after I've read that response?

We back onto a schoolyard. We understand undesirable things are going to happen because kids are kids (i.e. throwing anything and everything over the fence including rocks at our windows). It wasn’t until the pandemic that we started having issues with the school blaring music during gym period loud enough that we can hear it in our home, and it causes much disruption to our daily lives. We’ve chatted with the school several times, and they stop blaring the music for only a few days and then they are back at it. We call by-law repeatedly and unfortunately by-law is stretched and is barely ever able to respond. We are not sure what next steps to take as this can’t continue. Do we have any legal rights in this case? Is there some sort of letter we can send? We are really needing help here. TIA.

I am an internationally trained lawyer done with NCA exams and am planning to write Barrister and Solicitor exam in Ontario next.

The Visa office is asking for an invitation letter to confirm the purpose of my travel to Canada, which is to write the Barrister and Solicitor Licensing Examinations. (I am currently outside canada and come under others category so I need invitation letter first to be able to go to Canada)

Do you know how I can get invitation letter? What all documents do I need? Do I have to email LSO for it? I am unsure about the procedure and any guidance on this matter would be much appreciated

I am also unsure about what category I fall under since I am currently not employed and not studying but my goal is to come to Canada and write the exams and eventually article and find work in Canada in a law firm.

My exams are on November and I am stressing since I have absolutely no idea what to do. (Paid application fee, exam materials fee and registered for November exam but haven’t paid exam registration fee yet till I can be sure I am able to get visa to go to Canada by November to write the exams)

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone would know or be able to provide any legal advice in this situation. I am looking to leave my partner and we own a house together. He says he would take me to court and prove I didn’t put any of the down payment on the house and that I don’t pay exactly half the bills (I make significantly lower salary than him - I pay approx 35-40% and this was always our agreement because I make way less). The house ownership was split 45% to me and 55% to him during the purchase. Is it possible for him to make it so I receive nothing from the house / not allow the sale of the house? I am looking to speak to a paralegal soon but just wanted to see if anyone had some insight.

Province: Ontario

Hi all,

I work for a mid-sized company in North Bay, Ontario.

I'm wondering about something. My company has a four-day work week policy, and our manual says our work week is Monday-Thursday. However, on stat holiday weeks where the stat doesn't fall on a Friday, we're asked to work on the Friday to make up the 'fourth day'. Ex. For family day, we had the Monday off (stat) but then had to work Friday even though for us our office is technically closed to make up the time.

It's a dream to work for a four-day work week so don't come at me for wanting more, but I'm curious if it is legal to do that?