unacceptablebehaviourby anemployeeas aresultof which they willprobablylosetheirjob:anactofgrossmisconduct(Definition ofgross misconductfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgross misconduct
gross misconductGrossmisconductis really just a vague list of offences that could most easily justify summary dismissal for a first offence.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The president may be removed by the electoral college forgrossmisconductor incapacity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Condition 12 of her contract mentionedgrossmisconductand inefficiency as grounds for dismissal.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All officers have been placed on restricted duty and are accused ofgrossmisconduct.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the board is classified, then directors can not be removed unless there isgrossmisconduct.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Judges are largely well protected from dismissal (except in the instance ofgrossmisconduct).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Infractions which garnered agrossmisconductnow earn a game misconduct.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Grossmisconductoffenses can lead to immediate firing without any further warning.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even an employee dismissed forgrossmisconductis entitled to be paid their notice period and any statutory leave they have accumulated.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The last example, trust and confidence, is commonly known asgrossmisconduct, but employment law only distinguishes between misconduct that justifies dismissal and misconduct that does not.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/gross-misconduct##
