Sentences with phrase «wilful disobedience»

"Wilful disobedience" refers to intentionally or purposely refusing or ignoring instructions, rules, or orders. Full definition
The Ontario Court of Appeal described the circumstances when an employee may be terminated for just cause in its seminal decision Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. 1 finding that an employee may be terminated for cause if he or she is «guilty of serious misconduct, habitual neglect of duty, incompetence, or conduct incompatible with his duties, or prejudicial to the employer's business, or if he has been guilty of wilful disobedience to the employer's orders in a matter of substance.»
As a legal luminary, acting President Osinbajo knows the implication of wilful disobedience to court orders by Buhari's administration, especially on several bails granted to some personalities who are still being detained illegally, he nevertheless refused to act or intervene professionally on the legal dilemmas probably to prove his absolute loyalty to the administration.
The other time when some parents spank their children is for what is termed «wilful disobedience».
Assuming that the child is not ill, that the seat is comfortable, and that he has a choice of toys or snacks as usual in the car, this might be considered «wilful disobedience» if he continues to object strongly and unstrap himself once the parent has explained.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that an employer many terminate an employee's employment for cause if the employee is «guilty of serious misconduct, habitual neglect of duty, incompetence, or conduct incompatible with his duties, or prejudicial to the employer's business, or if he has been guilty of wilful disobedience to the employer's orders in a matter of substance.»
It is, no doubt, therefore, generally true that wilful disobedience of an order will justify summary dismissal, since wilful disobedience of a lawful and reasonable order shows a disregard — a complete disregard — of a condition essential to the contract of service, namely, the condition that the servant must obey the proper orders of the master and that, unless he does so, the relationship is, so to speak, struck at fundamentally [emphasis added]
In these circumstances, the motion judge properly concluded that deliberate and wilful disobedience was established beyond a reasonable doubt.
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