Twelve remain, he said, because the law does not allow for automatic dismissal of lower-level Baathists.

The officer was suspended without pay after the verdict and, under the civil service law, faces automatic dismissal from the force.

Agreement was reached only after the government withdrew a clause providing for the automatic dismissal of workers who did not comply.

A second violation, he said, means automatic dismissal.

The police officer, who had been suspended with pay from his $39,000-a-year job on the force, now faces automatic dismissal.

A positive finding on a urine test means fewer points but not automatic dismissal.

This occurs, for example, when an employee's residence or work permit expires, and is sometimes called "automatic dismissal."

If he violates the student conduct code again, he will face automatic dismissal from the university.

The ruling today did not mean the automatic dismissal of the injunction in the Washington area or of other injunctions obtained under the law.

A single positive test would lead to disciplinary action and a second would result in automatic dismissal.