Key legal question
Whether a mere suspicion of theft justified immediate termination under Art. 337 OR
Extracted holding
No. The employer failed to prove the dismissal ground; a mere suspicion was insufficient because the employee did not obstruct clarification of the facts.
Extracted reasoning
A suspicion dismissal may be acceptable only in exceptional circumstances, especially where the employee hinders clarification. Here the employee created suspicion but did not impede the investigation, and the employer did little to verify the facts.