Question

2. Define Employee Misconduct. Differentiate between minor and serious offenses.

Answer 1

Employee misconduct can be defined as non-adherence to the company defined policies and guidelines on one hand and any other criminal activities or objectionable activities by an employee.

It is of two types in a broader term

Minor and Major (Serious) offenses.

Minor include small issues like making office property damage, misbehave of small fights, discipline issue etc. to which company generally issues a warning to the employee.

Major issues include issues like theft or sexual harassment cases where company simple terminate the employee.