Supreme Court confirms calling company directors “insolent,” “incompetent,” or “unhelpful” is grounds for dismissal


There are situations in the work environment that can raise tensions between company managers and workers. However, we must be careful how we handle these types of situations, even if we are in casual conversation with other co-workers. In this sense, the Galician High Court of Justice has held that calling company directors such things as “bad people”, “extraordinary”, “incompetent”, “insolent” or “useless”, is grounds for disciplinary dismissal.

This ruling arose as a result of the appeal against the decision of the Labor Court No. 5 of A Coruña that ruled against a worker in July 2022. On appeal, the worker requested Disciplinary dismissal is invalid Considering that it was a violation of basic rights, compensation of 25,001 euros was also requested.

This company will fail.

The news was revealed by Ramón Arnaud Torrades, graduate of the Faculty of Law from the University of Barcelona and CEO of ‘La Familia Digital’, through an interview on the Confilegal website, in which they confirm that the Social Chamber has ruled the dismissal of a worker. To use phrases like: “This company is going to fail and it won’t take long to close; Because he has no future “,” Arturo and Carlos Francisco are bad and extraordinary people, plus steal from Instelec “and” Arturo and Claudia are incompetent, rude and useless “, it’s a fair dismissal. Endorsement understands that this kind of comment is about the company and its managers Freedom of expression cannot be taken advantage of.

In the interview, Arnó Torrades stated: “This ruling confirms the jurisprudence of the courts when assessing the conflict between a worker’s freedom of expression and the limits of not engaging in personal attacks or comments that do not provide any necessary evaluation element for expressing themselves on a fact affecting the interest of the company.

See also  Russia confirms that it withdrew to other sites in Bakhmut, after Ukraine announced its progress to a distance of two kilometers

Finally, the lawyer stressed that “case law indicates that the Constitution does not recognize or recognize an alleged right to insult, a right that cannot be reconciled, in a radical way, with the dignity of the person (Article 10.1 of Magna Carta)”.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button