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| misconduct |
improper language |
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Summary:
The claimant lost his employment after having worked for the employer for fifteen years. In the past two years, things had been different as a result of the arrival of a new engineer. The claimant admitted that, one day, upon seeing how frustrated his two supervisors were with the new engineer, he had said that someone should put a bullet through the engineer's head. The claimant admitted that he should not have said such things and claimed that he had made an error in judgement. A consistent line of authority holds that aggressive behaviour in the workplace constitutes misconduct within the meaning of the Act. The claimant’s appeal is dismissed by the Umpire.
