49Breaches of discipline

49 Breaches of discipline An employee who does any of the following commits a breach of discipline: (a) fails to uphold the performance and conduct principle or otherwise contravenes this Act; (b) is found guilty in a court of an offence that affects the employee's employment committed before or after the commencement of this Act; (c) disregards or disobeys a lawful order or direction given by a person having authority to give such an order or direction; (d) uses a substance (including liquor or a drug) in a manner that results in inadequate performance of the employee's duties or improper conduct at the place of employment; (e) is negligent or careless in the performance of any of the employee's duties or fails to perform the duties assigned to him or her; (f) in the course of employment or in circumstances having a relevant connection to his or her employment, conducts himself or herself in an improper manner; Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 38 (g) harasses or coerces another employee; (h) without good cause, is absent from duty without leave; (j) except as authorised by his or her Chief Executive Officer, engages in any remunerative employment, occupation or business outside the Public Sector; (k) in relation to an application of the employee for employment, promotion or transfer to perform duties in an Agency or at any stage in the selection process, provides information to the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer's representative that the employee knows, or ought reasonably to know, is false or misleading; (m) provides information in the course of his or her employment that he or she knows or ought reasonably to know is false or misleading; (n) fails to remedy previous unsatisfactory conduct or fails to comply with a formal caution.