- As per law, an employer can terminate its employee , if found guilty of wilful insubordination or disobedience; theft, fraud, or dishonesty; wilful damage to or loss of employer’s goods; partaking of bribes or any illegal gratification; absence without leave for more than 10 days; habitual late attendance; disorderly behaviour during working hours; or habitual negligence of work.
- Further, an employer cannot terminate an employee without giving the employee at least 30 days of notice or a salary in lieu of such notice.
- Further, as per the Industrial Disputes Act, any such employee who has been employed for greater than a year can only be terminated after permission is granted by a suitable government office. Additionally, an employer must provide valid reason for termination and pay a severance amount that is equivalent to 15 days’ average salary for each year of uninterrupted employment.
- Hence, as per law, the said school cannot terminated your father with notice period , and the school is bound to refund his salary with Gratuity etc of service as well.
- Your father should send him a legal notice for the said termination and to refund of dues salary.