Pemberhentian kerana sebab-sebab khas ( Pekerja dan Majikan )

14. Terminations of contract for special reasons

(1) An employer may, on grounds of misconduct inconsistent with the fulfillment of the express or implied conditions of his service, after due inquiry-

(a) dismiss without notice the employee;
(b) downgrade the employee; or
(c) impose any other lesser punishment as he deems just and fit, and where a punishment of suspension without wages is imposed, it shall not exceed a period of two weeks.

(2) For the purposes of an inquiry under subsection (1), the employer may suspend the employee from work for a period not exceeding two weeks but shall pay him not less than half his wages for such period:

Provided that if the inquiry does not disclose any misconduct on the part of the employee the employer shall forthwith restore to the employee the full amount of wages so withheld.

(3) An employee may terminate his contract of service with his employer without notice where he or his dependents are immediately threatened by danger to the person by violence or disease such as such employee did not by his contract of service undertake to run.