Can an employee be effectivley fired by making their work really bad?
<p>To my understanding </p>

<ol>
<li>An employer is allowed to reduce an employees wage without reason</li>
<li>An employer can cancel or reschedule shifts without reason or send an employee home without pay</li>
<li>Canada is not employment at will</li>
</ol>

<p>Despite not being employment at will, can't an employer effectively fire an employee by cancelling all their shifts (or reducing them to something really short)? Can't employer reduce pay to minimum wage?</p>

<p>If it's that easy what's the point of having laws regarding termination? </p>

<h2>Can they?</h2>

<p><strong>Yes</strong></p>

<h2>Is it legal?</h2>

<p><strong>No</strong></p>

<p>This is called <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">constructive dismissal</a> and it is as illegal as any other dismissal without legal cause.</p>

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