Question juridique clé
Whether the employees' immediate dismissal was justified by just cause under employment law.
Solution extraite
Yes. Their secret involvement in competing software activities, contrary to contractual loyalty and confidentiality duties, amounted to serious breaches destroying the trust necessary for continued employment.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the employees, as managers with special trust and broad loyalty clauses, entered into potentially competing activities without informing or obtaining consent from the employer. The breaches were objectively serious and the immediate termination was proportionate under the equitable assessment required by law.