justifiable cause definition

justifiable cause means: any failure or refusal to perform any of the duties pursuant to this Agreement or any breach of this Agreement by the Executive; Executive’s breach of any material written policies, rules or regulations which have been adopted by the Company; Executive’s repeated failure to perform his duties in a satisfactory manner; Executive’s performance of any act or his failure to act, as to which if Executive were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving money or property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or a crime or offense constituting a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; any unauthorized disclosure by Executive to any person, firm or corporation of any confidential information or trade secret of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; any attempt by Executive to secure any personal profit in connection with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates; or the engaging by Executive in any business other than the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates which interferes with the performance of his duties hereunder. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for justifiable cause, this Agreement shall terminate immediately and Executive shall not be entitled to any amounts or benefits hereunder other than such portion of Executive’s annual base salary and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Section 5 hereof as have been accrued through the date of his termination of employment.
justifiable cause means: (i) Executive's repeated failure or refusal to attempt to perform his duties pursuant to, or Executive's breach of, this Agreement where such conduct or breach shall not have ceased or been remedied within 15 days following written warning from the Company; (ii) Executive's performance of any act or his failure to act, for which if Executive were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving money or property of the US Shipping Group, or which would constitute a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; (iii) Executive's performance of any act or his failure to act which constitutes, in the reasonable good faith determination of the GP Board, dishonesty, fraud or a breach of a fiduciary trust, including without limitation misappropriation of funds; (iv) any intentional unauthorized disclosure by Executive to any person, firm or corporation other than the members of the US Shipping Group and their respective directors, managers, officers and employees, of any confidential information or trade secret of the US Shipping Group; (v) any attempt by Executive to secure any personal profit (other than through his ownership of units of Parent or the Partnership and his profits interest in the General Partner) in connection with the business of the US Shipping Group (for example, without limitation, using US Shipping Group assets to pursue other interests, diverting any business opportunity belonging to US Shipping Group to himself or to a third party, xxxxxxx xxxxxxx or taking bribes or kickbacks); (vi) Executive's engagement in a fraudulent act to the material damage of the US Shipping Group; (vii) Executive's engagement in conduct or activities materially damaging to the property, business or reputation of the US Shipping Group, as determined in reasonable good faith by the Board of Directors; (viii) Executive's illegal use of controlled substances; (ix) any act or omission by Executive involving malfeasance or gross negligence in the performance of Executive's duties to the material detriment of the US Shipping Group, as determined in reasonable good faith by the GP Board; or (x) the entry of any order of a court that remains in effect and is not discharged for a period of at least sixty (60) days, which enjoins or otherwise limits or restricts the performance by Executive under this Agreement, relating to any contract, agreement or commitment made by or applicable to Executive in favor of any former employer or any other person. ...
justifiable cause means: (i) any repeated deliberate and willful refusal to perform, or failure to perform, any of the duties pursuant to this Agreement where such conduct shall not have ceased within ten (10) days following written warning from the Company; (ii) Executive's conviction (which, through lapse of time or otherwise, is not subject to appeal) of any crime or offense involving money or other property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates or which constitutes a felony in the jurisdiction involved; (iii) Executive's performance of any act as to which if Executive were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense, involving money or property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or a crime or offense constituting a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; (iv) any unauthorized disclosure by Executive to any person, firm or corporation of any confidential information or trade secret of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates when Executive knew or should have reason to know that such information was confidential information or a trade secret of the Company; or (v) Executive's willful, knowing and intentional acts designed to secure personal profit in connection with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates, or (vi) the engaging by Executive in any business other than the business of the Company which unreasonably interferes with the performance of his duties hereunder. Upon termination of Executive's employment for Justifiable Cause, this Agreement shall terminate immediately and Executive shall not be entitled to any amounts or benefits hereunder (excluding the stock grant set forth in Section 4 to the extent then vested, which stock grant shall be subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Grant Agreement) other than such portion of Executive's annual salary, unused accrued vacation time, and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Section 5 hereof as have been accrued through the date of his termination of employment.

Examples of justifiable cause in a sentence

  • In the event that, during the Term and within six (6) months following a Change-In-Control, Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Justifiable Cause (other than due to Executive’s death or Disability), Executive will be entitled to all the payments and benefits, and subject to all the requirements, set forth in Section 7(f)(i), except that the Severance Period will instead equal the greater of (A) the amount of time remaining in the Term and (B) twelve (12) months.

  • In the event that, during the Term and within 12 months following a Change-ln-Control, Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Justifiable Cause (other than due to Executive’s death or Disability) Executive will be entitled to all the payments and benefits set forth in Section 7(f)(i), except that the Severance Period will instead equal the greater of (A) the amount of time remaining in the Term and (B) 24 months.


More Definitions of justifiable cause

justifiable cause means: any failure or refusal to perform any of the duties pursuant to this Agreement or any breach of this Agreement by the Executive; Executive’s breach of any material written policies, rules or regulations which have been adopted by the Company; Executive’s repeated failure to perform her duties in a satisfactory manner; Executive’s performance of any act or her failure to act, as to which if Executive were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving money or property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or a crime or offense constituting a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; any unauthorized disclosure by Executive to any person, firm or corporation of any confidential information or trade secret of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; any attempt by Executive to secure any personal profit in connection with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates; or the engaging by Executive in any business other than the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates which interferes with the performance of her duties hereunder. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for justifiable cause, Executive shall not be entitled to any amounts or benefits hereunder other than such portion of Executive’s Base Salary and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to paragraph 5 hereof as have been accrued through the date of her termination of employment.
justifiable cause shall include the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) Executive's conviction for, or plea of nolo contendere, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (ii) Executive's commission of an act of personal dishonesty or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit in connection with the Company, iii) Executive's commission of an act, or failure to act, which Executive's supervisor at the Company shall reasonably have found to have involved misconduct or gross negligence on the part of Executive, in the conduct of his duties hereunder, iv) habitual absenteeism, alcoholism or drug dependency on the part of Executive which interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder, (v) Executive's willful and material breach or refusal to perform his services as provided herein, (vi) any other material breach of this Agreement; or (vii) the willful and material failure or refusal to carry out a direct request of Executive's supervisor. The payment to Executive of the severance payment described in this Section 6(b) will discharge all of the Company's obligations to Executive.
justifiable cause means and be limited to: any repeated willful failure or refusal to perform any of the duties pursuant to this Agreement where such conduct shall not have ceased within 30 days following written warning from the Company; Executive's conviction (which, through lapse of time or otherwise, is not subject to appeal) of any crime or offense involving money or other property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates or which constitutes a felony in the jurisdiction involved; Executive's performance of any act or his failure to act, for which if Executive were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving money or property of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or which would constitute a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; any unauthorized disclosure by Executive to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and their respective directors, officers and employees (or other persons fulfilling similar functions), of any confidential information or trade secret of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; any attempt by Executive to secure any personal profit in connection with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates; or the engaging by Executive in any business other than the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates which unreasonably interferes with the performance of his duties hereunder. Upon termination of Executive's employment for justifiable cause, this Agreement shall terminate immediately and Executive shall not be entitled to any amounts or benefits hereunder other than such portion of Executive's annual salary and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Section 4 hereof as has been accrued through the date of his termination of employment.
justifiable cause means grounds for action that are in accord with sufficient reason that can be justified or defended as correct. Justifiable cause not to hire a veteran must be something specific to that individual which renders the individual unsuitable for the position.
justifiable cause means (a) indictment or conviction of the Employee for committing a crime; or (b) a serious breach of trust including but not limited to theft, fraud, disclosure to unauthorized persons or entities of confidential or proprietary information of the Company and/or the engaging by the Employee in any business competitive to the business of the Company; or (c) any breach of Sections 4 or 5 of this Agreement; or (d) any sexual harassment; or (e) violent behavior; or (f) consistent noncompliance with Company's policies, orders and regulations; or (g) performance, by the Employee, of any act that entitles the Company to dismiss him without paying him any or partial severance pay in connection with such dismissal under applicable law.
justifiable cause means the same definition as used in the Participant’s employment agreement, if any, that is in effect at the time the determination is being made. If the Participant does not have an employment agreement at that time, or there is no definition of Justifiable Cause, or any substantially similar term, in the Participant’s employment agreement at that time, then Justifiable Cause means any material failure by the Participant in performing his or her necessary job functions; any breach of any material written policies, rules or regulations which have been adopted by the Company; the Participant’s performance of any act or failure to act, as to which if the Participant were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving money or property of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or a crime or offense constituting a felony in the jurisdiction involved, would have occurred; the Participant’s embezzlement of funds or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; the Participant’s conviction of, plea of guilty to, or plea of nolo contendere to any felony; the Participant’s unauthorized disclosure to any person, firm or corporation of any confidential information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; the Participant’s usurpation of a corporate opportunity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or the Participant’s engaging in any business other than the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates which materially interferes with the performance of his or her duties.
justifiable cause shall include theft, falsification of records, fraud, embezzlement, gross negligence or willful misconduct, causing the Company or its successor to violate any federal, state, or local law, or administrative regulation or ruling having the force and effect of law, insubordination, conflict of interest, diversion of corporate opportunity, or conduct that results in publicity that has a material adverse effect on the Company or its successor.