What is cause for firing an employee?
An employee can be fired without proper notice if there was ’cause’. Cause for firing an employee may include: • an illegal act at the workplace, such as stealing or damaging property, or violent behaviour; • misrepresentation of important qualifications, such as saying you have a degree that you have not earned; • insubordination, such as refusing to do work assigned to you; • sexually harassing other employees; • constantly being late for work; and • fraud. What is not cause for firing an employee? Sometimes an employee does something wrong, but it is not a good legal reason to be fired without notice or pay. Reasons for firing an employee that are not cause under the law include: • if an employee does something minor and corrects the mistake; • if an employee’s work is not up to standard and the employer does nothing to address the problem; • if your employer does not like you; • if your employer discriminates against you because of your sex, race, religion, disability, age or sexua
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