I could be mistaken - but if you KNOW someone has stolen then you do have cause.
If you can't prove the theft though you may need to dig deeper for a reason.
If you are terminating an employee for cause, you can fire him and escort him out of the building immediately.
Yes, If you have proof. You could always fire them, report them to the police, etc.
An employee should not be fired for this reason. However, because most employment is at-will, an employer can fire an employee without having to give a reason.
That's what i want to know.
prometheus stole the sacred fire from zeus in an attempt to save the mortals
Prometheus stole the fire. He was severly punished by Zeus for this.
If he or she is a permanant employee then the answer is no.
Prometheus, a Titan, stole fire from the Olympic gods and gave it to man.
Prometheus
Hikili.
Most likely. It depends on several criteria. If the employee works in an 'at-will' state and there is no clause in the company handbook that termination must be 'for cause,' then the employee can fire any employee at any time with no notice. However, if the employee hand requires termination 'for-cause' (that is, a reason for termination), the termination would be based on whether or not the broken dishes constitute a breach of the terms of employment specified in the employee handbook. In this case, my guess is that a single broken dish would not qualify as a breach, and that an employer would not fire an employee for such a reason. However, if the dishes were broken in an act of malice, or if the employee consistantly breaks dishes this could surely be considered a documented sign of either insubordination or utter incompetence in the fulfillment of assigned duties. Thus, the employer could terminate 'for-cause.'
To terminate an employee means to fire that employee.