A work justice maintained the dismissal for just cause The decision was made against a former employee of a telemarketing company in Belo Horizonte after she presented medical certificates alleging depression, requested leave from her duties, and simultaneously posted several photos on her Facebook account from events held in São Paulo during the same period. The decision was unanimously upheld by the judges of the Fourth Panel of the TRT-MG (Regional Labor Court of Minas Gerais), who maintained the sentence issued by the 46th Labor Court of Belo Horizonte.
In the process, the employee — who worked as a customer service representative — stated that she was surprised by the dismissal notice because just cause without an objective explanation of the conduct that motivated the penalty. According to him, the only excerpt presented cited clause... "B" from the article 482 from CLT, without specifying what behavior would have caused the termination of the contract. The former employee emphasized that, during that period, she was on medical leave and also claimed to have temporary job security due to her union leadership position, which is why...
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