(1) The following acts and omissions shall be treated as misconduct on the part of the employees:-
(a) Wilful insubordination or disobedience of instruction whether alone •or in combination with others or any lawful and reasonable order of a superior;
(b) Striking work or inciting others to strike work in contravention of the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;
(c) Damage, theft, fraud or dishonesty in connection with the employer's business or property;
4 For the words “Labour Officer”, “Assistant Commissioner of Labour” shall be substituted by G.O.Ms.No.4 of Labour, Employment, Training and Factories (Labour) Department, Dt:30.01.2016.
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(d) Habitual absence without leave, or absence without leave for more than five consecutive days or overstaying the sanctioned leave 'without sufficient grounds or proper or satisfactory explanation;
(e) Engaging trade within the premises of the establishment;
(f) Unprovoked misbehaviour with customers, drunkenness, riotous, disorderly or indecent behaviour in the premises of the establishment;
(g) Habitual neglect of work, or habitual negligence disclosing any information in regard to the business/process of the establishment to any unauthorised person which may be prejudicial to the interest of the establishment;
(h) Gambling within the premises of the establishment;
(i) Conviction by any Court of Law for any criminal offence involving moral turpitude.
(2) Every employer shall display or cause to be displayed at or near the main entrance or at any conspicuous place of the establishment a copy of the list of acts and omissions specified under sub-rule (1) above in English and Telugu, If the establishment consists of several departments, such lists shall be displayed in each department.