Op 20 december 2023 heeft [verweerster] per brief (bijlage 5 bij het verzoekschrift) de arbeidsovereenkomst met [appellant] met onmiddellijke ingang opgezegd. Uit die brief worden de navolgende passages aangehaald:
“On 24 October 2023, at your request, a meeting took place with [HR-businesspartner] from
HR. During this conversation, you reported misconduct by your manager. You indicated
(among other things) that you had been forced into sexual acts by your manager and that you
had been stalked by her.
Subsequently, on 6 November 2023, you submitted a letter with your “grievance story”,
describing undesired behaviour of your manager towards you, for example that she forced
herself on you and refused to leave your apartment, after which “very disturbing” things
happened that you did not want to describe.
Given the seriousness of your complaints about your manager, [verweerster] has felt compelled
to hire an (external/neutral) investigation agency to further investigate your complaints. (...)
[verweerster] considers falsely accusing your manager of inappropriate or unwanted behaviour
and/or filing complaints about the behaviour of your manager that are deviating from the
truth, serious act(s), such that [verweerster] cannot reasonably be required to continue the
employment agreement with you. The same applies to the other behaviour you have
exhibited towards colleagues and managers. You have caused a severe impairment of the
employment relationship with [verweerster] and crudely neglected the obligations imposed on
you by the employment agreement and the standards for being a good employee. By your
actions you have ceased to be worthy of the trust of [verweerster] . (...)
During our meeting last Monday afternoon we confronted you with the findings of the
investigation agency and we informed you that you were suspended with immediate effect.
You have been given the opportunity to respond to the above mentioned actions and
behaviour. We have also asked whether there are any (personal) circumstances that we
should take into account when considering the termination of the employment contract. You
have not provided anything that could change the aforementioned conclusion.
Given the urgent reason(s) as described above and considering your (personal)
circumstances, as far as we are aware, [verweerster] has no other option than to terminate your
employment agreement with immediate effect, so your employment agreement is terminated
as per today. (...)”