Summary Dismissal of Employment
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Summary dismissal of employment also referred to as a summary dismissal or instant dismissal is the instant termination of an employee for serious misbehavior. A summary dismissal allows an employee to be fired without warning or payment in place of notice.
Reasons for Summary Dismissal
- Attending work while inebriated or under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or other substances
- Health and safety rules are being clearly violated
- Discrimination, harassment, or violence towards another employee, a client, or a customer is all prohibited
- Causing damage to corporate property
- Stealing confidential information or data from a company, a client, or a customer
- Creating a competing company
- For or against the firm, being dishonest or committing theft, bribery, fraud, or sabotage
- Substantial disobedience
