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Relying on repudiation of employment as a reason for termination can be risky, a lawyer says in our latest Q&A.

Topics discussed include:

• what repudiation is, and isn't;
• when repudiation occurs through abandonment of employment;
• when absenteeism repudiates a contract;
• when refusing a reasonable direction amounts to repudiation;
• when accepting repudiation can amount to dismissal;
• implications for managing absent and unwell workers; and more.