gross misconduct• We usually treatphysicalviolence towards others as gross misconduct and this could result in summarydismissal.• An employer need not give any notice if the employee's conductconstitutesgross misconductjustifyinginstant dismissal.• There was a contractualtermdealing with summary dismissal for gross misconduct.• He was dismissed for gross misconduct, which seems to have centred on drug taking and homosexual activities.• The employers learned of the letters and summarily dismissed the employees for gross misconduct.• In any case of gross misconduct no notice or pay would be due.• He was suspended from duty and then, in November, found guilty of gross misconduct.• Remember that it is not only a refusal to perform your normal duties which can amount to gross misconduct.