Substantial cause definition

Substantial cause means Employee’s (1) failure to substantially perform Employee’s duties; (2) material breach of this Agreement; (3) misconduct, including but not limited to, use or possession of illegal drugs during work and/or any other action that is damaging or detrimental in a significant manner to the Company; (4) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; or (5) failure to cooperate with, or any attempt to obstruct or improperly influence, any investigation authorized by the Board of Directors or any governmental or regulatory agency.
Substantial cause means for purposes of this subsection a material breach of this Agreement by the Company.
Substantial cause means: (i) Conviction of the Employee of a crime constituting a felony in the jurisdiction in which committed, or for any other criminal act against the Subsidiary or the Company involving dishonesty or willful misconduct intended to injure the Subsidiary or the Company or any Affiliate of either of them in any substantial way (whether or not a felony and whether or not criminal proceedings are initiated); (ii) Failure or refusal of the Employee in any material respect to perform his obligations under this Agreement or the duties of his employment or to follow the lawful and proper directives of the Board, other than by reason of a Disability provided such duties or directives are consistent with this Agreement, and such failure or refusal continues uncured for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Subsidiary to the Employee which specifies (A) the nature of such failure or refusal, and (B) the reasonable action of the Employee necessary for cure; or (iii) Any willful or intentional misconduct of the Employee (A) in violation of any written policy of the Subsidiary providing for termination of employment in the event of violation of such policy or (B) committed for the purpose, or having the reasonably foreseeable effect, of injuring in a substantial way the Company, the Subsidiary, or any Affiliate of either of them, or their respective businesses or reputations, including, without limitation, causing the Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates to violate a state or federal law relating to the workplace environment.

Examples of Substantial cause in a sentence

  • Substantial cause is needed to set a Trial Readiness date more than 60 days past the date the petition was filed.

  • Where, as a result of the reduction or elimination of a customs duty under this Agreement, any product originating in a Party is being imported into the territory of another Party in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to domestic production, and under such conditions as to constitute a substantial cause2 of serious 2 Substantial cause means a cause which is important and not less than any other cause.

  • Substantial cause shall be seen, in particular, as the sale or contribution of the Subsidiary Company by the Parent Company, and the merger, division or liquidation of the Parent Company or the Subsidiary Company.

  • Substantial cause shall include, but is not limited to, failure to participate in the activities of the Board of Directors as evidenced by the failure to attend at least three (3) consecutive meetings of the Board of Directors.

  • Substantial cause exists for the Department to act expeditiously to dispel the uncertainty.


More Definitions of Substantial cause

Substantial cause means for purposes of this subsection failure by Employee to substantially perform his or her duties, breach of this Agreement, or misconduct, including but not limited to, dishonesty, theft, use or possession of illegal drugs during work, and/or felony criminal conduct.
Substantial cause shall have the meaning ascribed such term in Recipient’s employment agreement with the Company and, if Recipient does not have an employment agreement with the Company defining such term, then “Cause” shall mean Recipient’s (1) failure to substantially perform his or her duties; (2) misconduct, including but not limited to, use or possession of illegal drugs during work and/or any other action that is damaging or detrimental in a significant manner to the Company; (3) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; or (4) failure to cooperate with, or any attempt to obstruct or improperly influence, any investigation authorized by the Board or any governmental or regulatory agency.
Substantial cause means a cause which is more important than any other cause.
Substantial cause means a cause which is important and not less than another cause;
Substantial cause. ’ means a cause which is im- portant and not less than any other cause.
Substantial cause means the executive’s (i) failure to substantially perform the executive’s duties, (ii) material breach of the executive’s employment agreement, (iii) misconduct, including use or possession of illegal drugs during work and/or any other action that is damaging or detrimental in a significant manner to the Company, (iv) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, or
Substantial cause means (a) the commission of a criminal act against, or in derogation of, the interests of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates; (b) knowingly divulging confidential information about the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to a competitor or to the public or using such information for personal gain; or (c) the performance of any similar action that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may deem to be sufficiently injurious to the interests of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to constitute substantial cause for the termination of services by a Participant as an employee, director, consultant or advisor. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to imply that a Participant's employment may only be terminated for Substantial Cause.