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“Quiet quitting.” It’s a term you’ve probably heard in the past few weeks thanks to a new TikTok trend featuring disaffected employees describing their experiences in rebelling against what they see as the oppressive HR system. But while the term is new, the behaviour is anything but. It occurs when employees deliberately disengage from work without actually abandoning their job. The idea is to do only the bare minimum needed to collect their paycheque. Quiet quitters show up around 9 AM and leave the second the clock strikes 5. They don’t care about, and often despise the company, customers and people they work with.

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Is Quiet Quitting Just Cause to Terminate?

Barring a contract or collective agreement, you can always fire any employee at any time and for any cause, including no cause at all. But unlike in the U.S. where employment is at will, under Canadian law, employees who are fired without cause are entitled to termination notice or wages in lieu of notice, as well as vacation and other amounts due under employment standards laws.

When it Might Be Okay to Terminate Quiet Quitters

While mere refusal to do more than the bare minimum may not be just cause, there may be other circumstances or behaviours that do cross the line.