Showing posts with label Justice David Broad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice David Broad. Show all posts

Saturday 7 April 2012

Workplace Assault Not Just Cause for Termination

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Is assaulting a co-worker just cause for termination of employment?

In the 2012 case of Shakur v. Mitchell Plastics, 2012 ONSC 1008 Justice David Broad of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that an employer did not have "just cause" to terminate an employee who slapped a co-worker.