Termination of contract for good and sufficient cause

(1) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Part, an employer may dismiss the worker or the worker may abandon service of the employer, without giving notice and without any liability to make payment as provided in sections 37 to 40 or section 183, if there is good and sufficient cause for such dismissal or abandonment of service, Provided that an employer may not set up as a good and sufficient cause that the worker at the time of the dismissal was a member of a trade union. 36 (2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), good and sufficient cause for dismissal without giving notice shall include (a) when an employee commits misconduct, whether in the course of his duties o r not, inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his contract of (b) for wilful disobedience to lawful orders given by the employer; (c) for lack of skill which the worker expressly or by implication warrants himself to possess; (d) for habitual or substantial neglect of his duties; (e) for absence from work without permission of the employer or without other reasonable excuse.