Key legal question
Whether the employee's conduct on 17 August 2004 constituted just cause for immediate dismissal under employment law.
Extracted holding
Yes. The totality of her conduct, especially refusal to obey, aggressive verbal abuse, attempted assault, and humiliation of her superior, made continued employment intolerable.
Extracted reasoning
Immediate termination is exceptional but justified when trust is irreparably broken. The court held that the employee had been warned days earlier, yet escalated the confrontation and acted violently; pregnancy did not excuse the conduct and the employer was not using dismissal as a pretext.