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Is there a general definition for &quot;with good manners&quot;?
<p>Is there a general definition for &quot;with good manners&quot;?</p>
<p>Like it's used e.g. in relation to termination of employment relationship.</p>
<p>The Finnish employment law for example states that termination of employment relationship must be &quot;with good manners&quot; (it's translated as &quot;factual&quot;):</p>
<p><a href="https://www-minilex-fi.translate.goog/a/ty%C3%B6suhteen-p%C3%A4%C3%A4tt%C3%A4minen-ja-luottamuspula?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=fi&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www-minilex-fi.translate.goog/a/ty%C3%B6suhteen-p%C3%A4%C3%A4tt%C3%A4minen-ja-luottamuspula?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=fi&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a></p>
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<p>The employer is always required to provide a reason for dismissal, which in this context would be a lack of trust. This <strong>basis must also be factual and weighty</strong>. A similar reason for termination is not required from the employee, so the employee can terminate the employment relationship without reason.</p>
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<p>However, if the expression was interpreted using:</p>
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<p>with good manners:</p>
<p>The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and
<strong>showing correct public behaviour</strong>.</p>
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<p>then the question arises.</p>
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<p>In particular, maybe the confusion is from double meaning in Finnish where &quot;asiallinen&quot; may mean both &quot;factual&quot; or &quot;good-mannered&quot;. And I actually read the latter, and thought that what it means is that it cannot be based on e.g. a racist or sexist remark, which may be seen as not good-mannered.</p>

<p>The Finnish government's English version of <a href="https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2001/20010055" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Työsopimuslaki</a> does not refer to &quot;manners&quot;. It does refer to &quot;particularly weighty reason&quot; in Ch. 3 §5, and regarding termination in Ch. 7 §1 &quot;The employer shall not terminate an indefinitely valid employment contract without proper and weighty reason&quot;. Subsequent §2 states what those reasons are <em>not</em> (illness, strike, politics, religion, filing a grievance). It is not prohibited to fire a person for being rude, if the factual circumstances are &quot;weighty&quot;. The official Swedish version refers to &quot;vägande sakskäl&quot; in 7§1 and &quot;sakliga och vägande&quot; in 7§2, which I would unofficially translate as &quot;weighty (factual) reason&quot;. The official Finnish version refers to &quot;painavasta syystä&quot; which Google tells me means &quot;for a compelling reason&quot;.</p>
