MCS 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Fundamental Breach

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Andrew Mac Dougall

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Acting in such a manner that the employment relationship becomes untenable. Employee conduct that amounts to a fundamental breach of the employment contract. An employee may be terminated without any notice if there is "just cause," subject to an agreement to the contrary. An employee may also be terminated by the employer giving reasonable notice of termination, or pay in lieu of notice, subject to an agreement to the contrary. Just cause means that a fundamental term of the employment contract has been breached. It exists when the employee is guilty of serious misconduct, habitual neglect of duty, incompetence, conduct incompatible with duties or prejudicial to the employer"s business or willful disobedience in a matter of substance. When one or more of the following situations exists: Con(cid:28663)u(cid:28662)t (cid:28668)n(cid:28662)omp(cid:28660)t(cid:28668)(cid:28661)l(cid:28664) w(cid:28668)t(cid:28667) (cid:28663)ut(cid:28668)(cid:28664)s or pr(cid:28664)(cid:28669)u(cid:28663)(cid:28668)(cid:28662)(cid:28668)(cid:28660)l to t(cid:28667)(cid:28664) (cid:28664)mploy(cid:28664)r"s (cid:28661)us(cid:28668)n(cid:28664)ss. Willful disobedience in a matter of substance. A minor infraction by an employee is insufficient to justify dismissal.