'The key was that the misconduct was dishonest and deceptive, and repeated over a protracted period of time,' says lawyer
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An employer had just cause to fire a worker for dishonest and deceitful misconduct and the worker must pay back more that $15,000 that the employer lost because of that misconduct, the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled.