Two of my employees were in a relationship but their romantic relationship ended in a tumultuous way: sending numerous emails, placing a GPS tag on the vehicle of the former partner ... Can I dismiss the employee who slips?
Romantic relationship that ends badly at work: personal or professional life?
When the romantic relationship between coworkers ends, it may not be that all goes well between the former lovers. But when the relationship becomes stormy, is it possible to sanction the employee who goes too far?
The Court of Cassation recently had to rule on this question.
In the case submitted for its assessment, two employees of the same company had maintained for months a romantic relationship made of breakups and reciprocal solicitations, which ended in a stormy way. One of them was eventually fired. In support of the dismissal, the employee was accused of:
to have installed a GPS beacon on the employee's vehicle in order to monitor her without her knowledge; to send him numerous intimate messages despite the fact that the person concerned had expressly indicated to him that she no longer wished to have any contact with him in
