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Threatening the boss leads to sacking

Not a surprising result that saying to your boss during an argument, “I know where you live,” lead to a sacking, and the upholding of the dismissal by the Employment Relations Authority.

What may take many employers by surprise is that the ERA thought that, because the employee apologised and undertook to get on with the boss, the dismissal would not have been upheld except for a prior warning a few months before.

A clear threat to the boss, and taken as such, and that is not grounds for dismissal?

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