You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly at the top of your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice house the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion.
could you please tell me whether it is an "offence" or "misdemeanour" or something else if an employee fails to meet the requirements of his supervisor, fails to perform his duties etc.?
E.g.:
General examples of the grounds for a notice given by the employer to the employee that would normally not result in a termination of employment in case of the first misdemeanour, but may result therein in case of repeated misdemeanours include: ......
There may be regional differences, but in the US, the word misdemeanor is only used to describe a type of minor crime that is punishable by less than one year in jail. This is in opposition to a felony which is a major crime punishable by more than one year in prison.
An offense (or offence Br. sp.) is anything that offends, and would be the word I would use in your example.
correct expression 
Linear Mode
