Antiwork

Hello! Worked as a bartender in an upscale restaurant north of Toronto. Found out a few weeks ago my employer has been pocketing a percentage of my tips rather than giving it to kitchen staff. No tip policy was in place / documented. This is illegal, I started asking cooks if they've gotten anything over the year I've been there, they all said no, and I got fired. I did the math and he took between $5500-7000 from my tips. Everything was documented on my end of shift reports which he kept in his office. I went to the MOL and reported him for firing me without notice in lieu, severance, and tip theft. They got back to me very quickly and let me know I'm not owed severance due to only working there for a year but I am owed notice in lieu and if it's true he's been…

I work at a place where the menfolk laugh about making female servers cry and quit. One of them made a joke about me being molested as a kid in front of one of my tables. I make more money here than any other restaurant, and these guys aren't going anywhere. They're horrible but their artisanal chef skills are pretty niche so they frequently get drunk and aggressive at work, knowing they're not going to be fired. Two of my female coworkers want to transfer to a different store because one of the guys they brought back is so mean and ugly they fear he's going to hurt them. He's 6'3 and gets his kicks belittling girls that are a foot shorter than him. Multiple cases of assault have happened at my work throughout its' history, so the girls fears aren't ridiculous. All the chefs are alcoholics and on child…