Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Absenteeism, Punitive Damages, Fundamental Breach

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

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Employer is fully aware of activities will have difficulty arguing just cause for termination if allowing it to go on prior to termination. Conduct incompatible personal behaviour that is irreconcilable with employment duties or prejudicial to the employer"s business: can be outside scope of employment, closely related to conflict of interest. Other causes general category of misconduct (harassment, disruption, consumption of alcohol/drugs in workplace, drug abuse: each situation must be analyzed in relation to whether it was: Conduct was a single act, condoned in some manner. Employee has a disability, had been warned about conduct and. Non-cause and near cause consequence of failure to improve: reasonable notice period of time for an employee to find an alternative employment prior to dismissal. Can be set out in contract, or pay in lieu of notice: other forms of discipline for near cause can be used i. e. docked pay or suspensions.