The following are examples of behaviour which fall within the definition of ‘gross misconduct’:

·        refusal to accept and act on reasonable instructions from a supervisor or other member of management

·        serious negligence that could, or does, result in unacceptable loss, damage, or injury

·        fighting, assault or threatening or bullying behaviour

·        harassment or deliberate discrimination

·        theft, fraud, accepting or offering a bribe, falsification of company records or any dishonesty involving the company, its employees, customers, or authorised visitors, or attempts to commit such offences

·        deliberate and/or serious breach of any of our company policies

·        deliberate or reckless damage to property belonging to the company, its employees, customers, or authorised visitors

·        being unfit to work due to misuse of alcohol or illegal drugs

·        unauthorised disclosure of confidential information

·        any action likely to endanger seriously the health and safety of the employee/learners or any other person

·        any action or behaviour which could seriously damage the company’s reputation

·        deliberately accessing Internet sites containing pornographic, offensive, or obscene material, or bringing offensive material/objects into the workplace 

The above list is not exhaustive. It illustrates the type of conduct that will normally merit an exclusion and suspension for a first offence. Other types of offence may also be treated as gross misconduct, depending on the seriousness of the particular facts.

Following investigation and a disciplinary hearing, if we are satisfied that you have committed gross misconduct, we will be entitled to dismiss you without notice or payment in lieu of notice.


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