Questão jurídica principal
Whether the employee's competing activities constituted just cause for summary dismissal under Art. 337 OR
Decisão extraída
Yes. Repeated, targeted competitive activities and direct customer contact destroyed the trust basis and made continuation of the employment relationship unbearable.
Fundamentação extraída
The court treated the proven off ers, customer contacts, and use of the employer's pricing knowledge as a serious breach of loyalty under Art. 321a OR. The absence of damage, the family relationship to the rival company, the unpaid character of the work, and the lack of prior warning did not prevent just cause.