r/legaladvicecanada

For reference, I am in Ontario. I need advice about whether I should file a claim/complaint with the Labour Board about this employer. I worked for this employer for 6 weeks in November and December of 2025, was paid 20$/hr for 3pm-8pm Monday to Friday (5hrs a day), but was required to arrive at noon (12pm) every day. If we didn't show up on time, pay was withheld. IMO requiring that employees show up a few minutes early is totally reasonable, but this doesn't feel right. I don't know what to do, it was a very abusive environment and I have no desire to return to this job, I just want to know if I have a right to be paid for all those hours. Do I have a basis on which to file a claim/complaint with the Labour Board, and if so, does anyone have any advice for going about that? Is there another entity (government, lawyer, police, etc) I should be reaching out to? All help is sincerely appreciated.

We live blocks from the stadium that is hosting FIFA World Cup and our landlord is claiming his brother or something is moving in May 1st. We’ve lived here 12 months and moved in under the impression we would be there long term.

What steps can we take to see if this is actually true? Is there someone we can contact in a few months to see if the brother is actually living there?

We are located in Ontario, Canada, but her children all reside in Pennsylvania. My cleaning client is getting to the point where she is too elderly to drive. We live out in the middle of nowhere, so she can't use transit. I have always been just a cleaning lady I don't really feel comfortable driving people or running errands for people.

However, I do believe if I was paid to drive her somewhere, that insurance might see the vehicle being used for commercial purposes, and I might not be covered if something happens. I worked for a company that required me to drive clients places, and I had to put extra insurance on my car to do so. I explained this to my client, and her family and her family said they'd lie to the cops if that was the case. I explained that was a terrible idea and told them to look closer at her insurance to see if that was covered but I told them I felt uncomfortable driving her and I found a few different services that specifically drove seniors to appointments that covered our area.

Last night, the one clients daughter sent me a screenshot from chatgpt saying it explained everything, and I was fine to drive her mom's car. But once again, she didn't include that I was being paid to drive the car. According to my research, that makes a huge difference. However, when I brought this up to that daughter before I was told, "You're not an Uber driver, you're just a neighbor driving another neighbor to an appointment!". So now I'm asking reddit because I don't trust AI for legal advice and especially not ChatGPT since its well known for making up information.

As for attacking my character for not wanting to help its because the clients children have been known to sue people. They are currently trying to sue the contractor that fixed up her house. They've also told me if I damage any furniture or fixtures I'd have to pay to fix it so despite their reassurances that if the car gets damaged they won't care I'm pretty sure they'd sue me. The car is already damaged badly from my elderly client driving by braille so to speak.

Can a job not “allow” you to call in sick? It’s a one person kitchen at a daycare. Because they have no one to cover, they won’t allow sick days. Which I think is unreasonable, working with kids means getting sick is inevitable. Also it’s technically breaking food safety standards to handle food when sick. I just wanna know my rights before going into this job. Thanks!

December 2025 my partner (two males) was arrested (past mistakes) in our small town on Vancouver Island. I was arrested two weeks later (past mistakes).

We were both incarcerated at the same correctional facility. After about 5 days I got caught giving him a kiss. The prison guards pulled me into a room, told me I wasn't allowed to display my gayness essentially and I broke a rule by kissing him. I was told to pack my things and they sent me to a different jail. I was released 2 weeks ago. Although I can see my partner is still incarcerated by doing a CSO search, he's not at the jail we were in together and I can't find him. I'm distraught. lost our home, our cars and everything else while I was in jail. I need to talk to him. I've had to get a new phone so he has no way of calling me. help :(

he found a post on Facebook of me asking a mechanic to come look at it and the post i had put up said that the vehicle had no oil in it when I bought it and sent it ti my boyfriend with a cocky remark saying "you might wanna read this before i do take legal action" is that evidence he can use against me? still the mechanic who came and looked at it didn't say anything to me about catastrophic engine failure and I informed him of that aswell.

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I put some shit into chatgpt so I could continue the ai conversation and i want to see if you guys think its smart to send or not.

I have received your letter regarding the 2010 Hyundai Accent.

I respectfully disagree with your claims. The vehicle was sold privately on an “as is” basis, and no guarantees or warranties were provided at the time of sale. You had the opportunity to inspect the vehicle prior to purchase and chose to proceed with the transaction.

Prior to the sale, the vehicle had been safetied, insured, and examined by a mechanic. Based on that assessment, I was informed that the vehicle required a starter and thermostat in order to be running. This is the information that was communicated to you at the time, and it reflected my understanding of the vehicle’s condition.

Additionally, the final purchase price reflected negotiations that took place after you viewed the vehicle in person. The agreed price of $1,800 represented a reduction of $700 from the original asking price, based on your own assessment of the vehicle’s condition at that time.

I did not knowingly misrepresent the condition of the vehicle, nor was I aware of any catastrophic engine failure as you have described.

As this was a private sale conducted on an “as is” basis, I am not in a position to accept a return or provide a refund.

That said, I remain willing to discuss the matter further in good faith.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

is that bad to send him? I kind of want to

and am i going to go to jail for this? im 19 and not smart with all this, im just scared.

In Ontario. Was walking to work and a random person attacked me. I got injured and sent to hospital. Cops found him after he attacked others and arrested him using a photo I took of him.

I have to take time off work and need paramedical help to get better.

Cops said it may be a while for court. Haven't talked to me since it happened a week ago.

What happens next ?

I've worked for this company 17 years and things have gotten hostile, to the point they demanded I quit today. I said no, offer me a separation package which they countered with telling me to submit a separation package request for them to consider. they have dealt treacherously with long time employees, so when they demanded I quit, I knew exactly why.... trying to avoid their legal responsibilities as best as possible.

BC employment law states I am entitled to 8 weeks' pay while employment law firm tools say from 14 to 17 months. 17 months sounds good, but since this is a mom-and-pop company who are struggling right now (the shop is, they're very wealthy) and I'm sure anything like that would be rejected immediately. on the flip side, I want to be gone and done with this and the stress it's causing.

this is basically my first and only job I've ever had...so I've got no idea on how to put something like this together. any advice would be appreciated.

They stated that I "signed an Application and Summary of your New Products and Services, which acknowledges agreement to the terms and conditions contained in the Day-to-Day Banking Companion Booklet. We refer you to 'Account Closure/Terminating a Service' found in the 'Deposit Account Agreement' section of the Booklet, where it states that the bank may without notice, “Close your account(s) and/or terminate any of the services we provide to you, in any circumstance in which we consider it reasonable to do so including, without limitation, if we have reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary to terminate our relationship with you in order to protect our customers or employees from physical harm, harassment or other abuse"

I did nothing of this nature. What can I do? How can I find out which incident that they are referring to?

I work based on a minimum billable hours system. The company has recently implemented changes where they are saying that a task is billable for some clients but not others, depending on the contract with the client.

To me, this sounds like a company contract problem and the task should still be billable and I should be paid for my work. Is it legal for my company to count a billable task as both billable and non-billable dependent on the client?

Thanks

Looking for some advice to pass along to a parent with no will who is hesitant to complete one.

My mom has been with her partner for approximately 20 years. They have never been married but have lived common law the entire time.

He has 2 children from a previous marriage who he has no contact with and who he has stated does not want to inherit anything. They are estranged and have been for quite some time.

I am the oldest of 4 children that my mom has from her previous marriage.

I recently learned that my mom has no will and neither does her spouse. I’ve tried to direct her to some references to do a free will and she had said she will maybe do it but that her partner is hesitant as he thinks everything will just go to her.

They own a home together that I do not believe is paid off, unsure of other debts.

I’m terrified of the mess my siblings and I will be left with, especially given his dynamic with his. estranged children.

If he passes before her will she be forced to sell the house or re-mortgage in order to pay them out? I’ve done some reading and my understanding is that when someone passes with no will their estate, including home will not automatically pass to the spouse and that she could be left with a huge mess. I’m terrified she will be left homeless.

I’ve witnessed the stress that comes with dealing with an estate when there is a will, I’m absolutely terrified of what we will be left to pick up if either of them pass with no will.

She lives in British Columbia.

For context, I'm 19 years old and I didn't even get a credit card until 8 months ago. I've been getting calls and emails for a while now but I genuinely have never used any of Bells' services ever. They have my full name, my phone number and my email address but the wrong address (my old one) and the wrong age so when I pick up the phone (I don't know if this is a mistake or not) and they verify my age all the debt collecting agents usually hang up. They gave me an "offer" to pay only 100$ and the whole thing will be dropped. I don't know how any of this works and I'm feeling a bit scared that this will ruin my credit. I don't have 150$ that I can just throw at the problem to make it go away.

9 months ago, my husband kicked me out our apartment, cancelled my Permanent residence process (I'm from the States), drained our joint bank account, cancelled my phone plan, and withheld our marriage certificate so that I was unable to get my drivers license. I was a stay at home wife which is what we agreed upon when we got engaged and I was glad to do so. I went back home (NY) with nothing but the clothes on my back and later on received my dog. I was wondering if anyone can give me any idea of how legally this can play out. I am 3 months out till he can serve me divorce papers. I don't know how to prepare myself at all.

My brother’s ex is extremely manipulative and her only goal is to hurt him in any way she can. Back in November she withheld their teenage daughter from him on his parenting time. She claimed that the child was old enough to decide which parent she wanted to live with. Since then it’s been back and forth with lawyers about the situation. My brother wanted to child Monday to Friday to insure she attends school (as last year she missed over 60 days of school under her mother’s care). Her lawyer has insisted that even with the school absences that the child is allowed to live where she pleases. My brother finally gave in to this and said fine, if she wants to stay with her mother then that’s what we’ll do (by the time it gets through court the child will be nearly 17). Well today his ex messaged saying that she can’t handle the child and that it’s supposed to be “his week with her” (when she’s been the one insisting on keeping the child), and that the child’s wishes shouldn’t be considered.

I’ve told my brother to reach back out to his lawyer about all of this because it’s just straight manipulation and abuse at this point. Is it in his best interest to actually take this to court so the back and forth mind games may come to an end?

My mother (63) has been abusing my father (73) for a while now. She emotionally abuses him (screaming and degradation), controls where he is allowed to go and who he is allowed to speak to, has stripped away any financial control he has for himself, and may also be suffering physical abuse (I've seen him with a black eye on His right side of his face, which would indicate a left-handed blow, and my mother is exclusively left-handed). Wen I tell him that's he's being abused, he replies with "I've been dong this for 40 years".

I have talked t numerous elder abuse hotlines, most of which just told me to call the non-emergency line. I called once, had an officer come by and give me a list of resources. called on them, no results, just back to the non-emergency line. The second officer? I explain the situation to him same as the first one, he comes back to me after he visited my parents (I explicitly told him that no one was in imminent danger and that no visitations were required). He comes back a few hours later with criminal harassment warning papers saying that neither my mother nor father wanted communication with me. I've been in regular contact with my father since and in response to the police warning, he said quote "fuck them".

He still wants to maintain contact with me, but my mother won't allow it, and the police ae on her side. I'm still worried about him and his future, but don't know where to go to. I've tried every hotline I can go to. Where else do I go?

I’m a first-time homebuyer in Ontario and encountered a clause in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale that I hadn’t seen before.

My offer included two standard conditions: financing and home inspection for 5 business days. The seller accepted the price but added the following clause:

>Provided further that the Seller may continue to offer the property for sale and, in the event the Seller receives another Offer satisfactory to the Seller, the Seller may so notify the Buyer in writing by delivery to the Buyer personally or in accordance with any other provisions for the delivery of notice in this Agreement of Purchase and Sale or any Schedule thereto. The Buyer shall have 48 hours from the giving of such notice to waive or remove this condition by notice in writing delivered to the Seller personally or in accordance with any other provisions for the delivery of notice in this Agreement of Purchase and Sale or any Schedule thereto, failing which this Offer shall be null and void, and the Buyer’s deposit shall be returned in full without deduction.

From what I’ve read, this appears to be a 48-hour escape clause used when a seller accepts a conditional offer.

My questions are mainly about how this clause functions legally:

1. Is it generally interpreted as only applying during the conditional period (until the buyer waives financing/inspection conditions)?
2. Once the buyer waives those conditions and the deal becomes firm, does this clause effectively become irrelevant?
3. Is there any scenario where the seller could attempt to rely on this clause later in the transaction (e.g., close to closing)?

Just trying to understand how this clause is typically interpreted in Ontario APS contracts.

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In the staff setup guide it mentions when a client pays for a service they can leave a tip using the phorestpay terminal. If they decide to tip for example $10 a 50cent transaction fee is automatically covered by the client. If the client doesn't pay the fee, the staff member gets 9.50 instead of 10 due to the unpaid fee.

Is that legal in BC for a third party service to take transaction fee out of the stylist tip? It's not my employer that be doing it's the new Phorest third party program they are enrolling in that is taking the fee?

Just curious so I can bring it up in the meeting about the new program?

so im self represented in a family law motion to change. trial set for next year. 2 kids under 10yrs old. she has primary.

there has been a development that im not sure hiw to deal with.

she has recently split from her 5 year partner and moved with the children to another residence.

her ex partner, whom I have never met or spoken with, has reached out to me wanting to meet and inform me of all her wrongdoings during their relationship.

wondering if I should meet with this guy or not.

My tenant signed a one year lease, ending on October 1, 2026. She requested (near end March) to move out early, within 30 days. After much discussion, we (both the tenant and I, landlord) agreed on a move out date of April 26, 2026. (I allowed them to move in 4 days earlier than the move in date without charging any extra rent, hence 4 days short of the 30 she requested). I reminded her that if the unit is not rented by May she will be liable for rent for the month of May (or until I rent the unit). I am making a serious effort to rent, have advertised the apartment, same rent amount and same conditions as in previous lease. She believes that because the lease was "broken" she is free of any further obligation or rent? What is my recourse here please?

My dad passed away recently in a Calgary hospital after a sudden decline. I’m trying to understand what happened and would really appreciate any advice on how to review his care or request medical records.

This has been incredibly overwhelming. From my perspective, there was a significant amount of waiting and too little intervention while he was clearly getting worse. I raised concerns as his condition declined, but I felt they were dismissed or not taken seriously. At one point, I had to ask multiple times before someone came to assess him, which has been especially difficult to process.

I’m struggling to make sense of how things were handled and whether more could or should have been done.

I may share more details later, but for now I want to approach this carefully and understand what steps I can take to review what happened.

PS—I did use AI to help me write the post. But it is real.