Court Rules on Manager Fired Over Workplace Relationships
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A company director worked at Nexity Lamy. His wife and his mistress worked at the same company. Both women worked under his orders.
The company fired the director. He did not agree. He went to court.
The court said the dismissal was correct. The director had power over the two women at work. This was a problem.
This case is about a rule called 'delegation of power'. Not every manager can fire people or sign important papers. Only some people have this right.
The court looked at his private life. It decided his private life created a problem at work. So the firing was fair.
Vocabulary15 words
- mistress
- a woman who has a secret relationship with a married man
- dismissal
- when a company tells a worker to leave the job
- delegation of power
- when a company gives one person the right to make big decisions
- director
- a person with a high, important job in a company
- court
- a place where judges decide if something is legal
- fired
- told to leave a job
- private life
- a person's life outside of work
- authority
- the power to control or give orders to people
- manager
- a person who controls work and workers
- sign
- to write your name on a paper to make it official
- fair
- right and correct
- judge
- a person who decides cases in court
- rule
- something people must follow
- company
- a business that makes money
- power
- the ability to control things or people
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Answer key
1. Nexity Lamy 2. His wife and mistress 3. The dismissal was correct
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A company director worked at _____ Lamy.
His wife and his _____ worked at the same company.
Both women worked under his _____.
The company _____ the director.
He did not _____. He went to court.
The court said the _____ was correct.
The director had _____ over the two women at work.
This case is about a rule called '_____ of power'.
Not every manager can _____ people or sign important papers.
The court decided his private life created a _____ at work.
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