Carelessness and sloppiness may be just cause for dismissal but not enough to deny an employee statutory termination pay
Every Canadian province has employment standards legislation imposing minimum entitlements on termination of employment. Where an employee has not signed a written agreement limiting termination entitlements to these minimums or to some greater specific amount of notice or severance, the common law (except in Quebec) implies that the employee is entitled to “reasonable” notice (or pay instead) on a termination without cause.
