Question juridique clé
How to interpret the contractual term “serious fault” in art. 6.2 of the employment contract
Solution extraite
The term had to be understood according to the French labour-law reference used by the parties; in that framework it corresponded broadly to just cause for immediate termination.
Motifs extraits
The contract terminology and negotiation context pointed to French legal concepts. Whether the parties consciously or unconsciously referred to French law, objective interpretation led to the same meaning. The employer offered no convincing autonomous definition of a different, lesser threshold.