LAW 529 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Workplace Violence, Condonation, Absenteeism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Pnina Alon Shenker

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Chapter 14: summary dismissal: termination for cause without notice. If employer fails in either of these tasks, the court will rule that a wrongful dismissal has occurred and order the employer to pay damages according to the rules. In mckinley, the supreme court of canada described this part of the test as an assess(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:862)ga(cid:448)e (cid:396)ise to a (cid:271)(cid:396)eakdo(cid:449)(cid:374) i(cid:374) the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship. (cid:863) In practice, not much turns on how the test is describes the courts ask whether the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s (cid:373)is(cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t (cid:449)as so se(cid:396)ious that the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) reparably undermined. Insolence is most likely to meet that latter standard when it occurs in front of other employees or customers and involves profanities, as that behaviour undermines the authority of the employer. Shakur v. mitchell plastics, no cause existed for summary dismissal when an e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee (cid:449)ith 6 (cid:455)ea(cid:396)s" se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d a (cid:272)lea(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:396)d slapped a (cid:272)o-worker in the face after a verbal confrontation.