The battle to prove just cause doesn't end with termination.
Employers can rely on new grounds and win in court even if those
grounds are discovered months, or even years, after the
termination. But it requires doggedness and determination.
Shelly Harrigan demonstrated that tenacity and won.
After inheriting Vancouver-based Harrigan Rentals and
Equipment from her late father, Shelly Harrigan, who had little
experience in the business, relied on Kenneth Campbell, its
financial controller. His compensation for this was a company
gas card that Harrigan told him was for personal use.
Several years later, Harrigan stumbled upon evidence Campbell
had been using the gas card for his wife's vehicle. When she
confronted him, he said he believed he understood the card to be in
lieu of a pay increase. Harrigan asked him to leave the workplace
pending investigation.
