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Mary is an accountant who has worked for a small acoounting firm in Toronto, Lane 8 Partners for 17 years, she is a manager and eams sst oco per year. One of the accountants she supervises, Jack, has worked there for 8 years and makes $60,000 per year. Hia employment contract staces that he is enticed to 6 we peks temination notce. Jack did the tax returns for the past 3 years for a very wealthy client, Rachel Chan a 75 year old lady. Recentty Revenue Cavada auoitod Rachel and has disalfowed many di the deductions Jack had calculated for her. Rachel now owes Revenue Canada $100.000 in unpaid taxes and penaties. Rachel was so upeat by this news that she naffered a heat attack and says she should not have to pay this money. Mary had never liked Jack as he had frequertly made careless errers but she had aways correchd them. Affew times she hed smelled alcohol on his breath and wondered if he had been drunk. When Mary found cul about the Rachei Chan case she was furous. She approctied Jack while be was eating lunch with some other accountants and told him that he would be transfered to their oflice 40km. north of the ofly and that he would be working on almpier straight forexed tax returns and basic bookkeoping. Jack said he couldnt work at their northem office as he was a single father and had bo ofve Nin chilsren to schoot in rie mominge. Hie said he car't waste his talents doing boring bookkeeping so they better come up with something betier and in the Toronto otice. Macy aaid he was lucky to even have a po attar at of hit past mistakes, so he better adjust or look elseahere for employment. Jock was so angry he shook his fut in her face and poreaned "You ave dam right. I wal tnd another job, I quit, but you and this firm are going to have to pay me a small fortane for these actions', Mary just laughed and anid. 7t wil be great to be rid of such an nosmpeteet druni. Whis had every right to fire you anyway, but quiting is perfect. We owe you nothing either way, "Layers wore contacied. Discusg ALL LECAL. ISIUL CASE

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