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*'''Union members:''' If you belong to a union, your union representatives can file a grievance on your behalf. The arbitrator can <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with back pay. | *'''Union members:''' If you belong to a union, your union representatives can file a grievance on your behalf. The arbitrator can <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with back pay. | ||
*'''Human rights violations:''' If you believe that you've been fired because of your race, political belief, religion, marital or family status, physical or mental <span class="noglossary">disability</span>, sex, sexual orientation, age or a criminal conviction, you can file a human rights complaint, and the BC or federal human rights tribunal could <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with lost pay. See "[[I am being discriminated against or sexually harassed]]" in this Guide. | *'''Human rights violations:''' If you believe that you've been fired because of your race, political belief, religion, marital or family status, physical or mental <span class="noglossary">disability</span>, sex, sexual orientation, age or a criminal conviction, you can file a human rights complaint, and the BC or federal human rights tribunal could <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with lost pay. See "[[I am being discriminated against or sexually harassed]]" in this Guide. | ||
*'''Health or safety complaints:''' If you believe that you've been fired because you complained about a health or safety matter (relating to yourself or anyone else), you can file a | *'''Health or safety complaints:''' If you believe that you've been fired because you complained about a health or safety matter (relating to yourself or anyone else), you can file a ''discrimination complaint'' with workers' compensation (WorkSafeBC). WorkSafeBC can <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated and receive back pay unless the employer can prove that your health and safety actions had nothing to do with your dismissal. | ||
*'''Federally regulated employees:''' If you have been fired after being employed in a federally regulated industry for 12 months or more, you can ask an adjudicator to <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with lost pay. | *'''Federally regulated employees:''' If you have been fired after being employed in a federally regulated industry for 12 months or more, you can ask an adjudicator to <span class="noglossary">order</span> that you be reinstated, along with lost pay. | ||
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