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employee’s use of profanity

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Terminated casino dealer twice lucky in court

Mike Majewski's profane outburst at his co-worker John Maracle was not sufficient cause for termination on its own or as a cumulative event, Ontario's Small Claims Court recently decided—for the second time.

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Arbitrator rules profanity during telephone call with manager insufficient to constitute ‘just cause’ for dismissal

Vice-Chair Ian Anderson of the Ontario Labour Relations Board recently ruled in Canadian Union of Skilled Workers v. Hydro One Inc., 2014 CanLII 15069, a construction industry grievance that the employee’s use of profanity during a telephone call with his manager did not constitute conduct sufficient to justify a dismissal for cause.

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