Summary dismissal

(1) An employer is entitled to dismiss summarily without notice or without payment of any severance or redundancy allowance or terminal benefit, any worker who commits an act of gross misconduct. 39 (2) The gross misconduct referred to in sub-section (1), is restricted to that conduct which is directly related to the employment relationship and has a detrimental effect on the business and is based on the operational requirements of the enterprise of such a nature that it would be unreasonable to require the employer to continue the employment relationship.