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>In Germany this is a typical way to fire somebody you like to get rid off. (What is otherwise impossible sometimes)
>-You raise some accusations (there is always something)
>-You fire the employee because of those accusation
>-The employee wents to a court, the court rejects your accusation and states you can fire nobody on those
>-That allows to fire the employee because of missing trust (verletztes Vertrauensverhältnis - hard to translate) The employee gets a compensation and you have won the case.
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>Agnes

I watched the same steps taken here in the U.S. by the non-appropriated fund government. It definitely works and both parties, believe it or not, 'sort-of' win. (or at least they can claim they did) The supervisor gets rid of the unwanted employee and the employee gets compensation. The problem is, it costs the government (hence the people) an awful lot to get rid of that employee...