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Based in Ontario. A general manager started working at a golf course, a lot of the old employees were rehired and are working. Some only gave availability to start two months after the golf course opened. GM hired two individuals that were recommended by the owners.

One person from last year who only said can work two months later now wants shifts immediately. She wants exactly her own shifts, which is specific days and times. Two new girls have full 7 day availability. There is no room for her and now she’s threatening the GM. He will not be hiring her. He’s pretty sure the owners will be on his side.

Because the GM won’t put her on shift, she emailed threatening to go to higher ups if GM does not give her shifts with her exact time and days she can work.

She is not aware that the owners recommended two other girls, since she couldn’t even work and current GM was told she was not even allowed to choose her own shift last year and says she’s trying to take advantage of him being new.

She also put in her email the GM has two days to put her on the schedule “or else”

Question, is there anything legal or illegal regarding this matter? We are waiting on the owners response but we believe he’s on vacation.

So this started a couple days ago. I sent a photo of me under the influence of cannabis to a person I thought I could trust and they asked me what I took and I admitted to it and they took a screenshot of the chat and are now threatening me. Will I get in trouble is I go to the authorities? Please help!

I am still waiting for them to give me some “forms” to fill out. It’s been a week now. They took my SIN number and my ID.
I actually do not know if there is a form for me to do .
Now I am so anxious about when I will receive the “forms” and how long this gonna take.

6 months ago I had a parking ticket on my car for unauthorized parking on private property but the plate on the ticket had one letter wrong from my actual plate. But the make of the car on the ticket is correct. So I took a photo of the ticket and threw it in the trash. This happened in Ontario and my plate is Quebec so I thought this ticket can't do anything to me because my plate is not an Ontario plate.

I just looked up my ticket on the city website and there have been fees to increase my fine to $165.

What should I do, should I just ignore it because of the amount of time that has passed?

Former realtor suing me for commission after I switched agents

I signed a Buyer Representation Agreement in 2024 with a realtor but later stopped working with him due to poor service and emailed him saying I no longer needed his help. I then used another realtor and bought a property the original realtor never introduced or showed me.

Now the former brokerage is suing me and the new realtor for ~$39k claiming commission entitlement under the buyer agreement/holdover clause.

A few things:
- original realtor already earned commission from selling my aunt’s house separately
- he verbally told us he’d only charge 1%, but the written agreement says 2.5%
- new realtor told me the old agreement was no longer enforceable
- lawsuit only names me and the new realtor, not my brother who also signed the original agreement

Does this sound like the former realtor actually has a strong case? Also, would I potentially have grounds for a counterclaim or RECO complaint?

I have a question similar. I found a envelope in the hallway outside my door with a bank logo on it and inside was a form E eviction notice saying that I should that I have to be out by the 30th and it had a bunch of stuff that I breached in my Lease but was never notified or at least given a chance to rectify any issues???

My place has changed ownership many times as well. They’ve been trying to evict me All the time so they can jack up the rent to market value like which is double what I’m paying and even if I had the money, there’s nowhere to go in my town anyway the actual eviction letter form it was never signed by the person or date so this form could’ve been out in the hallway for a week. I really don’t know

The things that it states are not accurate and sound like something from several years ago just mentioned that things from Tenants complaining about certain things about my place possible smells I know I couldn’t get my garbage to the dumpster because they never ploughed or salted any of the driveway or move the dumpster And I attempted it a dozen times and I had to turn back because I’m not gonna break my neck or my leg or my hip so if the garbage did accumulated, that’s their fault because they didn’t plough all winter. Like that’s absolutely horrendous and you can’t smell anything anyway And yes,

I was taken by ambulance once and was unconscious in the hallway once like a year ago and now I’m glad someone called 911 and I’m thankful for that. I have a medical condition and they came and got me. I guess this is a bad thing or anyway tenants are apparently or have complained But here’s the thing I haven’t had any notice of any complaints no notes no contact with management no emails no phone calls no text nothing for three years so if I’m not aware of any of these problems, how am I supposed to fix anything like anything at all like if I don’t know if there’s anything wrong Like like I don’t even know what company is currently property management or who is the owner of the building exactly and who is the landlord or superintendent or property manager, etc. like I said no contact with nobody and

I went to buy ambulance several times in a short period of time this past month or two I was diagnosed with another serious disease finally got to the bottom of it I came back from the hospital and I lost my keys to my apartment door a little long time ago and the door was locked so management obviously was notified by the ambulance people by something now they’re not allowed to enter my apartment without my permission and the outer doors are always locked

even when I have my keys I didn’t lock my apartment door because the key was so cheap. I knew it was gonna break off in the lock so I didn’t bother and plus my dad drops things off and comes and goes and there was no point

There’s nothing that would smell. They said I was smoking. I don’t know how they know that without actually photographing it or seeing me doing it. How can they prove that I’m smoking they didn’t see me smoking when I walk in my building. I smell smoke all the time it’s constant I do go outside. I take an ashtray in and out with me and put it out so I don’t have butts everywhere. All evidence points toward somebody from management was in my apartment I guess

The place was a little bit messy. I guess not dirty but as I said, I was unwell for quite some time and my mobility was very bad so for several days the place got a little bit cluttered yeah just like if somebody got the flu or whatever it was promptly and quickly cleaned up I actually even hired a professional cleaner which I do several times a year And he costs several hundred dollars so any claims that I really don’t know what the issue is I have never paid rent late always early always never ever late and like I said never have gotten any complaints or written complaints or verbal complaints or anything

I paid my rent as usual place is immaculate. I don’t know if they’re just gonna let this go and the other question will be is this Legal in the way that it was served because it was not served like it wasn’t by registered mail it wasn’t handed to me. It was just in the hallway in a random envelope and as I said, no date and no name signed so I don’t really know who to call. I know the former Property manager, Landlord or whatever they call themselves. He’s off on maternity leave and somebody else is in charge and I don’t know if that person is back or if this other person is in charge now or not like I’m a very good tenant. I don’t have guests. I don’t smoke dope. I don’t have lab music. I don’t party. I am super quiet, but as I said, it seems that it’s not fair that they can serve this eviction without even doing a walk-through of my premises to see that it’s fine absolutely fine and clean and also any kind of contact to let me know that there was an issue of any kind cause the tenants in my building have switched Hands like half a dozen times for each unit. It seems every day a lot of turnover but like I said, I find my door locked at that time.

That means management was contacted and somebody with a key to my door locked it. I am guessing they are assuming I had a key or else that’s considered in a legal lockout cause there was no communication or anything as I said three years I haven’t had any issues or anything Nobody seen anything. I walked out to the ambulance like there was no light or anything it was in the middle of the night. Nobody seen anything.

Is this considered like an official being served with a letter in the hallway like without it signed or dated?

Have there been any Tenant complaints that you would think that I would be let known of such things and at least given some kind of a chance to correct them or something, I’ve been here very long time and I know they want me out and because they want to double the rent like every other unit is and every other rental in my town, but I can’t afford it.

I tried and I’m doing the legal thing by doing the 5% increase every year and I’ve been nothing but cooperative.

I + 2 passengers am leaving a condo; there is a roundabout as I exit. I see an unmarked Ford Explorer with what looks like two men inside pulling in and looking me dead in the eyes. My passenger says it’s police and they’re going to pull us over for sure. I haven’t done anything illegal and there is nothing in the car. We are all Black (I know this about to be some good ole boys Shenanigans, but for argument’s sake let’s set that aside).

I turn right and then right again onto the main road, and in my peripheral vision I see them do a U-turn instead of going through the roundabout. I immediately get the feeling they’re coming for us. They speed up… heavy on the pedal lol catch us, and pull us over.

They say I didn’t signal (I know I did) and that my tints are too dark (they are dark but not illegal). I respond that I did signal and if the tint is an issue they can check it with a meter. They say that’s not how it works “there is no tint meter checker “ and it’s up to officer discretion. ( Red flag 3 for me atp but hey lets play ball)

While I’m getting my ID, one officer takes a more aggressive “bad cop” approach and says the car smells like weed, so everyone has to step out and the vehicle will be searched. I push back because I know there is no weed in the car but i see how horny this guy is to drag us out by force, so we comply and step out. They ask for my passengers’ IDs as well and search the car.

They justify the search by saying there are reasonable grounds based on smell and point to laws about impairment and cannabis in vehicles.

During the search they find a sealed bottle of alcohol I forgot to put in the trunk. They try to use that as justification in their narrative, but eventually they let us go.

In my mind I’m questioning how any of this makes sense — especially how they claim to smell weed and whether that actually provides reasonable grounds for a search or passenger ID requests. When the statues they shown me say if weed is easily accessible or in reach or something along those lines cant remember atm , and the other was impairment which neither was the case . So my questions are does smell alone give grounds for search. Can they search and id passangers ? And do these statues actually give that much powers?

Edit : i believe this was just sauga police and not OPP

iI AM NOT LOOKING FOR SUPPORT OR PITY this is the world i live in regardless , I AM ASKING ABOUT THE REASONABLE GROUNDS OF THE STOP AND WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY HAD ANY SORT OF JUICE THERE.

It was in the day super sunny .

I know it was racism they saw 3 black dudes and were itching to pull us over regardless how anyone may feel about my situation thats the vibe i got.

This all happened in Mississauga. I know this was probably drugs and guns task force so i wasn’t worth the hassle . but all around this def some bs and another day of DWB for me .

location: alberta

I’m in Alberta and looking for advice on whether I may have any kind of employment law case or if this situation is legal.

I work for a nonprofit. I worked reception for a while, became assistant manager, and then I was promoted into a “Director of Impact & Innovation” role and signed a document stating I would be making $50,000/year.

About two months later, my boss suddenly decided I was now the “Director of Operations.” She sent me a document saying I would be making $75,000/year and that my legal roles/duties would be outlined in a separate job description document. However: I never received the job description document, I never signed the new Director of Operations agreement, and I never received any real training for this role

For context, before this I was literally a barista. I had no operations management background, but because it’s a nonprofit, and the entire upper management quit, I tried my best to take on the role anyways. I repeatedly told my boss throughout this time that I did not want to be Director of Operations and was overwhelmed by the responsibilities. Other staff members witnessed these conversations.

Over the last couple months, the job became extremely stressful and seriously impacted my mental health. I lost around 10 pounds in two weeks from stress and eventually sat my boss down and told her I could not continue in this role. I told her I needed responsibilities removed and that I could not handle operations anymore.

She asked what kind of role I did want, and I explained the duties I felt comfortable continuing with. She responded that it sounded more like my old “Director of Impact & Innovation” role and said she could prepare a new contract for me. During this conversation, I also told her that if my responsibilities were reduced, she could lower my pay. However, we never discussed or agreed on any specific wage amount.

After that conversation, she stopped making me do some of the operations tasks I had been struggling with, but she also kept making comments like “you still need to keep your director role” and telling other staff that I was still her Director of Operations.

Yesterday, coworkers told me they were in an interview with her for a new employee and she referred to me as “as much as she doesn't want to be, she's my Director of Operations.”

The only reason I discovered my pay had changed was because I received my paycheck yesterday and it was about $1,000 less than usual. I texted my boss asking why my pay was different, and she replied saying: “well yeah you took a pay cut remember lol” and stated that my wage had gone from approximately $39/hour ($75k/year equivalent) to $23/hour.

This was the first time any specific new wage had ever been communicated to me. I was never told an effective date, never signed any updated agreement, and never received any written confirmation of my new role or compensation.

I’m wondering:

1. Is this legal in Alberta?
2. Could this be considered constructive dismissal or an improper pay reduction?
3. Does the fact that I never signed the Director of Operations contract or any updated pay agreement matter?
4. Does it matter that she continued referring to me as Director of Operations while lowering my wage?
5. Should I speak to an employment lawyer?

There have also been ongoing workplace issues at this nonprofit generally (including repeated OHS involvement and other extremely extremely questionable practices), which is part of why I’m concerned this may not have been handled properly.

We have 3 kids together, aged 5, 21 months and one due early july. Dad has worked out of town for over a year, has made trips in each weekend, but is not helpful in the slightest. He has not changed his address from his mother's ever. I have been allowing visits in my home, as he has no place in the city myself and kids are living, our oldest is special needs and is in a prek program to accommodate that. Recent events have made me reconsider this accommodation, im wondering what exactly i should do moving forward, hes extremely power, and control hungry. Both his mom and dad are horrible influences and never make the effort to see the kids, however if im not allowing him visits within my home, he would likely take the kids to either of their homes. How much say do I have in this, and is it smart to move forward without any written, notarized document with specifics written in? He uses the kids as pawns to get under my skin, im pretty confident he would struggle to ensure the kids are brought back home at a specified time, as he knows thats a boundary I hold close, as the oldest struggles without a consistent schedule.

I called one of the Indian punjabi owned trucking company in Brampton on seeing their ad hiring truck drivers.

The hiring person with an Indian punjabi accent asked all the questions and soon realised that I am not Indian punjabi.He finally asked me what's your age? When I told him my age he without hesitation said we dont hire drivers over age 50.when I expressed shock,he quickly said its company policy and when he realised I was not buying that he changed it to its insurance policy.Insyrance company does not cover driversbover age 50.

I inquired around and found out that no insurance company in North America has any such policy.This would be human rights violation and age discrimination.

Its clear the discrimination is based on not being an Indian and punjabi.

My question is,should I take this to Human rights commission myself or hire a lawyer? How much compensation will be awarded to me for my suffering.In public interest I want this company penalised for their practise.

A little more context - they are not divorced yet and have a very minimal separation agreement but have been separated for 20 years (they are both 79 years old).

They were married for just over 20 years when he left her for another woman. I've been encouraging her to actually get a divorce but now we're concerned that if she tries he will go after her for spousal support. .

Is establishing an entitlement 20 years later something that could happen?

*AI WAS SOLELY USED TO SUMMARIZE*

My father passed away recently and this entire situation has turned into the most confusing and frustrating thing I’ve ever dealt with.

My brother and I were the named beneficiaries on BOTH of his RRSPs. Not just mentioned in the will actually listed directly on the accounts. We have paperwork proving it.

From everything I understand, RRSP beneficiary designations in Canada are supposed to bypass the estate entirely. Meaning they shouldn’t be controlled by the executor or distributed according to the will. (Nothing in the will mentions RRSP’s)

Here’s where things get messy.

I was originally listed as a co-executor of the estate alongside my father’s wife. Shortly after his passing, I felt heavily pressured to step down because I was moving provinces and was told it would “complicate things.” At the time, I was grieving, overwhelmed, and trying to avoid conflict, so I removed myself.

Now I’m seriously regretting that decision.
Since then, trying to get answers from the bank has been a complete nightmare. Calls not returned. Different answers from different employees. Constantly being bounced around between departments.

Then I finally receive this email directly from the bank:
“Please contact the executor of the will, as this has been discussed and finalized with her. Due to privacy reasons, I am unable to provide you with any further information.”

That completely blew my mind.

So let me get this straight:
• My brother and I are the sole named beneficiaries
• The bank already “discussed and finalized” everything with someone else
• The executor was apparently allowed to handle discussions about accounts that should bypass the estate and do not have there name on them 
• The actual beneficiaries are now being denied information for “privacy reasons”
• And the bank refuses to explain what exactly was finalized

How does that make any sense?

If beneficiary designations override the will, why are the beneficiaries being treated like random third parties while the executor gets all the information?

At this point I genuinely don’t know whether this is incompetence, negligence, or a serious misunderstanding of beneficiary procedures, but the entire thing feels deeply wrong.

The most infuriating part is the lack of transparency. We’re not asking for gossip or estate details, we’re literally the named beneficiaries on the accounts. Yet somehow the bank has shut us out while privately resolving things with the one person whose interests may directly conflict with ours.

Has anyone in Canada dealt with something remotely like this? Because I honestly feel like I’m losing my mind trying to understand how this is legal.

Hello,

I have 50/50 custody of my 5 year old child with his father. His father got a new job, asked me to keep the child longer and randomly messaged me today (Friday) requesting to have the child for 1 day out of his week on Sunday. Am I obligated to accommodate him? We already made plans for that day and spending only a day with his father will upset and destabilize the child.

Thank you for your advice!

Just got terminated from a part-time job for timecard falsification. Want to know how cooked I am for future job opportunities, even if I don't mention this job on my resume.

Hi All!

Me and my partner are getting married in November and I have a question around international prenups.

I'm originally from Germany and have dual citizenship while my partner is a US citizen and has PR here in Canada. We're planning to do a prenup since I'm self-employed and own part of a family business in Germany that requires asset separation as a stipulation of me owning shares.

My parents are willing to pay for a lawyer to draw up the prenup in Germany. It would be in German (obviously) and I don't think any of the lawyers in my small hometown has the knowledge in the English language or Canadian law to make sure it alines completely with rules over here or would be able to translate it to a professional degree. But I'd love to avoid having to pay for a separate lawyer here if possible.

Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of situation? Is there anything we should particularly be aware of? Would it make sense to have my parents' lawyer in Germany draw up the prenup and then potentially run it by a lawyer who is familiar with German and Canadian family law (if someone like that exists, not even sure how to find that to be honest)?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Specifically Pest tech but could apply to many field texhnicians

I can't find anything regarding labour laws covering Field Service technicians.

Specifically 2 things

1 - I get paid by revenue generated (or jobs completed) per hour. An arbitrary # set by management. However - We also have go to businesses when emergency issue arrise. We do not get paid for this.

2 - once every 2 months, we are on call from 5 PM Friday to 9 am Monday. Have to answer emails for emergencies, go to business if necessary. Again - zero compensation.

I literally can't find anything anywhere about legality of this, nor anything in BC Employment Standards

Would appreciate any guidance or directiom

We closed on our home about three months ago and recently got a letter from the buyer’s lawyer asking for money for three things. Prior to this we had heard nothing from them and thought the transaction was cut and dry.

1. Garbage removal and a list of what we left. Some miscellaneous things we forgot (it was a hectic crazy cross-provincial move) including recycling/garbage on the porch (in bags), some wood in the shed, and some miscellaneous small things like a mop we forgot. They claim there was over 1 tonne of garbage left which honestly baffles me. We did have a cleaning service clean the inside but forgot some food in the cupboards and the fridge wasn’t fully cleaned. There was a clause about leaving the house in reasonable condition with all garbage and chattel out. While I personally think the buyers are being petty here (the previous owners left way more to cleanup when we bought), I can see the annoyance and it’s in the contract and we’re willing to pay that portion to make it go away. It wasn’t intentional or malicious on our end, but we did leave some things and we can deal with that.

2. This is the big one. They claim they found several large, living mice and dead mice around the property signalling a mice infestation and had to pay for pest removal, which is the bulk of the bill. We lived at the property for several years (with two cats who would have absolutely noticed mice) and never had an issue with mice in the house. No signs of infestation, no droppings, no noises, etc. I don’t think this is reasonable at all. They also waived the inspection in their offer.

3. They are asking us to cover a portion of their legal fees. As they made no prior attempts to contact us before going to their lawyers (e.g. through our realtors) I don’t think this is reasonable either.

The letter says the number asked is a one time “take-it-or-leave-it” offer and that their client understands that they may incur additional fees to go after us for this, despite “their inclination to do so”.

We have until a certain date to respond or else the lawyer says their client has instruction to proceed with action against us, including associated interest and legal fees.

I’ll be speaking to our lawyer and realtor soon, but wanted to get a sense of how valid their claims are here and some other perspectives.

Hi everyone,

I’m in Ontario. My landlord gave me an N5 because they said I refused pest control treatment for cockroaches.

I do not agree with this. I have asthma, and my concern was about spray pesticide and its impact on my health. I asked about alternative methods, but no alternative was provided. I have also not seen cockroaches in my unit.

They have scheduled another treatment next week and said I need to correct the issue. The N5 termination date is June 11, 2026.

At this point, the situation has caused me a lot of stress, and I would rather move out by the termination date.

Do I still need to give 60 days’ notice, or can I move out by the N5 termination date? If I move out by June 11, can the landlord still file an L2 or ask me to pay pest control costs?

Thanks.

Hi.

I'm currently working at a fast food restaurant, and have been for a month. I've come to a realization. The mandatory online training I've been doing, I have been doing on my own time. I looked into it and realized the law says any mandatory training must be paid - whether I do it on site or at home. I've looked into my pay stub and realized I indeed wasn't paid for this training time.

I'm unsure if I should go to one of my managers and somehow approach this, since I'm in the probation period and I'm worried if I bring it up, I may be fired. I remember one manager telling me I specifically had to do the online courses at home.

So what should I approximately do? Drop it, leave it until I leave probation, go for it, or was I mistaken on how I interpreted the law?

We were all better off when my common law husband was smoking weed, or, throwing up blood in the bathroom (suffered the cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome occasionally). He stopped smoking weed, since Easter, and now he just yells at us, fights with me. Even when I yell at him to just smoke and be calm, or just smoke and risk it, and least then he won't be a complete and utter AH to me, our 4 y.o. son, and our 15 month old daughter.

This is the first time with him being sober and all I want is for him to pick up another habit if it would have him calm the fuck down. This past Saturday morning is but one example:

I was in our basement filling some paperwork out, he was getting up with our kids until I was done as he was still asleep when I went downstairs. Our 15 month old wakes up, it is 8am. He does get her up but she needs a bottle (I always have the bottle ready, he didn't) and as she began to cry, he got frustrated and she kept crying amd he yells at her to "Shut The Fuck Up!!!!!!" This all took place in around 5 minutes. He couldn't keep self control of anger for 5 minutes before blowing up. When I got to tell him to go in another room, he yelled at me he's not a morning person. Nobody is. Nobody wants to jump into work the second they wake up, it is what parents do though.

I already feel I am doing this alone, and, I am losing nothing when I walk away from him. I anticipate the day with happiness. We are in constant "walk on eggshells" mode since Easter in particular, it is just worse since Easter.

We haven't been physically abused. But, we are yelled at all the time. I do have some recorded. Is full custody possible with that? I was told no physical abuse and yelling but not name calling isn't enough for full custody, especially since he told me he will fight me.

He refuses therapy. What are my options to leave?

EDIT: Thank you to everyone for your comments, I am reading all of them, but only may respond to a few.