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According to Lynn Taylor, a workplace expert interviewed in this Time.com article, if your boss or coworkers do not invite you to important meetings, fail to include you in key mails and don't ask for your advice on work matters, it may be a sign that something is amiss at work.

She also believes that if there is a significant decline in the number of projects assigned to you or you find your responsibilities are being offloaded to colleagues, these are signals that something is not quite right.

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Now is the time to decide whether you should hire someone to fill out your forms or do them yourself, says accounting professor Francois Brouard.

Michael Kerr, an international business speaker, told this Business Insider article, that while receiving negative feedback once is not an issue, such feedback in conjunction with other signs is cause for concern.

Both Taylor and Kerr concur that if there is a lot of stress at the workplace with an overbearing boss and organizational politics, it seems like you're being set up to fail.

Taylor explains that when your boss starts to constantly micro-monitor your work or it seems difficult to approach him/her via email, call or text without getting a cold shoulder, this could be a warning sign.

Apart from a verbal warning, if you have received a formal written warning from your boss more than once, it is a clear sign of trouble.

Everyone makes mistakes but some are alarming. Breaching your employer's trust or doing something that costs your company a lot of money or goodwill doesn't sit too well with management, as suggested in this Business Insider article.

Is Canada flirting with the dreaded ‘R-word’?

Is Bill Morneau whistling in the dark with his assertion that Canada is not in recession, nor is it heading into one? 

Robert Dilenschneider, author of a career self-help book, says, in this Time.com article, that if you get constantly passed over for promotions and your perks are being reduced, you might be in trouble.

Your colleagues start avoiding you and you are no longer invited to professional and/or social events.

Kerr says that a pay cut indicates your job isn't valuable to the organization and it's likely you'll either be demoted or asked to leave. The management could also ask you to take time off work.

A new management or merger creates an air of uncertainty and it's not uncommon for the company to lay off some of its employees, according to Amanda Abella, a career coach quoted in this Huffington Post article.

If management is watching how you spend time when you’re at work and keeping a closer than usual track of daily expenses, it isn’t a good sign, according to Dilenschneider.

It is important you fit into the company’s work culture and that you be good at working in teams. If you’re unable to do so, or unable to accommodate to a colleague’s style of working, it is sure to disappoint your boss.

Families of elderly are asked if they can take loved ones home

Family members of people staying at some of the province's not-for-profit nursing homes were asked whether they would be able to take their loved ones home or pay to hire private care. A strike has been avoided for at least two weeks, when a panel of three justices from New Brunswick's highest court will hear an appeal to essentially determine whether nursing home workers have the right to walk off the job. In the meantime though, nursing homes are preparing for the worst, putting families at the centre of the dispute.

According to Metro, your job may be in danger if you find a vacancy similar to your work profile advertised by your employer.

Management tends to restrict access to certain accounts, intranet or data if it has plans to let someone go. If your passwords suddenly don’t work or you’re locked out of systems you had access to earlier, it’s a warning sign.