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Dismissal of dismissal review due to failure to prove three cumulative elements of just cause.

Case Number 003813
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The court dismissed the review of the employee's dismissal, ruling that the employer failed to establish just cause. The employer argued the worker's behavior made the contract unsustainable, but the court found the three required elements—culpable conduct, practical impossibility of continuing the relationship, and a causal link between them—were not cumulatively proven. Consequently, the dismissal was declared invalid because the legal threshold for termination without notice was not met.

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CONTRATO DE TRABALHO DESPEDIMENTO SEM JUSTA CAUSA PRESSUPOSTOS

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just cause dismissal cumulative elements requirement culpable conduct proof impossibility of subsistence causal link necessity termination without notice labor contract validity

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Art. 329, n.º 1, do Código do Trabalho

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00025656

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199410260038134

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 8482/93

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/2C22EBBE8F5D37AC802568FC003A9AF5?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

A justa causa no despedimento, importa cumulativamente os três elementos: comportamento culposo do trabalhador; impossibidade prática de subsistência da relação de trabalho; existência de um nexo de causalidade entre o dito comportamento e a referida impossibidade.