Decision 15175

Case Number Claimant Judge Language Decision date
Decision 15175   Muldoon  English 1988-05-17
Decision Appealed Appellant Corresponding Case
Allowed  No N/A  -


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct  refusal to obey orders 

Summary:

Employers' policies and terms of employment ought to be utterly disregarded when they run so directly contrary to the best in human nature and good sense, and for no good reason or necessity.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
basic concepts  disqualification  length 

Summary:

It is a well-known principle that where Parliament establishes a maximum penalty, and no minimum, then the maximum is to be levied only in the most flagrant, abusive, abhorrent or gross circumstance.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
basic concepts  disqualification  minimum 

Summary:

The disqualification is hereby reduced to one week only, since there is no statutory unit smaller than that.


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