Legal Relations Chap 21

• Employee conduct that amount to a fundamental breech of the employment contract.
• Serious misconduct
• Incompetence
• Willful disobedience
• Habitual neglect of duty

A system that follows a sequence of employee discipline from less to more severe punishment

Employer behaviour that indicates to the employee that misconduct is being overlooked.

Personal behaviour that is irreconcilable with employment duties or prejudicial to the employers business

Period of time for an employee to find alternative employment prior to dismissal.

Employer conduct that amounts to a breech of a fundamental term of the employment contract.

• Employee claims no just cause
• Employee given notice, but claims notice isn't adequate
• Can also arise from a constructive dismissal

A procedure for resolving disputes contained in union contract.

Usually provide that an employer can not promote, demote, transfer, lay off or recall with out giving some consideration to seniority.