Key legal question
Whether the immediate dismissal was justified by alleged unauthorized vacation, refusal to work, or leaving the workplace.
Extracted holding
The employer did not prove a serious breach justifying immediate termination; the employee's absences on 11 and 18 January 2008 were not imputable, and the 10 January absence alone was insufficient.
Extracted reasoning
The work schedule had to be agreed upon, not unilaterally imposed. The employee's letter of 5 January 2008 was a counterproposal, not unconditional consent. The alleged vacation and later absence were either unproven, untimely, or insufficiently serious to justify summary dismissal.