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  2. Termination of employment - Wikipedia

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    Dismissal is when the employer chooses to require the employee to leave, usually for the reason that is the employee's fault. The most common colloquial terms for dismissal in the United States are "getting fired" or "getting canned" whereas in the United Kingdom the terms "getting the sack" or "getting sacked" are also used. [2] [3] [4]

  3. Dismissal (employment) - Wikipedia

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    Dismissal (colloquially called firing or sacking) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee. Though such a decision can be made by an employer for a variety of reasons, [ 1 ] ranging from an economic downturn to performance-related problems on the part of the employee, being fired has a strong stigma in ...

  4. Unfair dismissal - Wikipedia

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    Unfair dismissal in Namibia is defined by the Labour Act, 2007, under which the employer has the burden of the proof that a dismissal was fair. [55] Explicitly listed as cases or unfair dismissal are those due to discrimination in terms of race, religion, political opinion, marital or socio-economic status, as well as dismissals that arise from ...

  5. Just cause (employment law) - Wikipedia

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    Just cause is a common standard in employment law, as a form of job security.When a person is terminated for just cause, it means that they have been terminated for misconduct, or another sufficient reason. [1]

  6. Abernethy v Mott, Hay and Anderson - Wikipedia

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    A reason for the dismissal of an employee is a set of facts known to the employer, or it may be of beliefs held by him, which cause him to dismiss the employee. If at the time of his dismissal the employer gives a reason for it, that is no doubt evidence, at any rate as against him, as to the real reason, but it does not necessarily constitute ...

  7. At-will employment - Wikipedia

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    In United States labor law, at-will employment is an employer's ability to dismiss an employee for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for termination), and without warning, [1] as long as the reason is not illegal (e.g. firing because of the employee's gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability status).

  8. Unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Assuming the employee has proven dismissal, the first stage is to establish what was the reason for dismissal, e.g. was it a potentially fair reason or an automatically unfair reason. [3] The burden of proof for this is on the employer. [4] If the employer pleads a potentially fair reason, the burden is on him to prove it. [5]

  9. Unfair dismissal in Namibia - Wikipedia

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    Unfair dismissal in Namibia is defined by the Namibian Labour Act of 2007.The burden of the proof that a dismissal was fair lies with the employer. [1]A termination of employment is regarded an unfair dismissal when the employer dismisses the employee for the following reasons as set out in the Labour Act of 2007: [2]