The Girls smoked despite the fact that it usually meant instant dismissal if they were found out.

But for rank-and-file reporters in most publications, the loss of a union card would mean instant dismissal.

Managers may cancel promised holidays or require overtime without notice; failure to show up means dismissal.

A second violation, he said, means automatic dismissal.

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

He writes that "in almost every workplace imaginable, such an act of violence would mean immediate dismissal."

When she first came to the club she was told like we all are that dating a customer means instant dismissal.

The report would mean dismissal from the service.

Identification will mean dismissal, either immediately or at the next round of "head count reductions".

Not to be, he says, would have meant dismissal and the abandonment of archaeological excavations, his great love.