Section 32K

Reasons for the dismissal or the variation of the terms of the contract of employment

解僱或更改僱傭合約條款的理由

Part VIB — Employment Protection (僱傭保障)

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Statutory Text

For the purposes of this Part, it shall be a valid reason for the employer to show that the dismissal of the employee or the variation of the terms of the contract of employment with the employee was by the reason of—

(a) the conduct of the employee;

(b) the capability or qualifications of the employee for performing work of the kind that the employee was employed by the employer to do;

(d) the fact that the employee or the employer or both of them would, in relation to the employment, be in contravention of the law , if the employee were to continue in the employment of the employer or , were to so continue without that variation of the terms of his contract of employment; or

(e) any other reason of substance, which, in the opinion of the court or the Labour Tribunal, was sufficient cause to warrant the dismissal of the employee or the variation of the terms of that contract of employment.

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