Employment Ordinance

For the purposes of this Part, it shall be a valid reason for the employer to show that the dismissal of the employee or the variation of the terms of the contract of employment with the employee was by the reason
of—
(a)
the conduct of the employee;
(b)
the
                                capability or qualifications of the employee for performing work of
                                the kind
                                that
                                the employee was employed by the employer to do;
(Amended
5 of 2022 s. 4
)
(c)
the redundancy of the employee or other genuine operational requirements of the business of the employer;
(d)
the fact that the employee or the employer or both of them would, in relation to the employment, be in contravention of the law
,
if the employee were to continue in the employment of the employer or
,
were to so continue without that variation of the terms of his contract of employment; or
(e)
any other reason of substance, which, in the opinion of the court or the Labour Tribunal, was sufficient cause to warrant the dismissal of the employee or the variation of the terms of that contract of employment.