Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 21: Chapter 21.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Loren King

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In many instances, the employment relationship end sin an amicable fashion. An employee resigns to pursue other interests, retires, or simply leaves at the end of a fixed-term employment contract. The employment contract can also come to an end through less pleasant means, as when the employer. Acts in such a manner that the employment relationship becomes untenable. It is an implied term of an employment contract that an employer may terminate the employment relationship without any notice if there is just cause . It is also an implied term that an employer may terminate the employment contract by giving the employee reasonable notice for the termination. In this case the employer is not required to have a reason or cause for the termination. Just cause: employee conduct that amounts to a fundamental breach of the employment contract. Conduct incompatible with duties or harmful to the employer"s business. Willful disobedience in a matter of substance.