Does the fact that the employer was unaware of the conduct of the employee at the time of her termination bar her employer from relying on it in her claim for unfair dismissal?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Rupert-Brown v. Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation, 1996 CanLII 8482 (BC SC):

74 The fact that at the time of her termination the employer was unaware of her conduct does not bar their relying on it in these proceedings Carr v. Fama Holdings Ltd. (1989) 40 B.C.L.R. (2d) 125.

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