ground for termination

hi, i am a regular employee of a private company. I was in night shift when the insident happen.
I have asleep for about less than 2 minutes while in front of a testing machine. A QC caught me in that position and took me a picture then report it to our director.

Is this already consider as sleeping on duty?when i was doing my work in front of the tester,just because im in night shift and medyo pagod na din since our schedule is from 6pm-6am. It is not intentional na matulog, its just that napayuko lang ako for just less than 2 minutes sa harap ng tester.

Can they use this as a ground for terminating me in the company?

were you handed a notice to explain?

hi atty,
thanks for the reply...
no they havent ask me for anything...they havent talk to me regarding the issue nor asking me to do a written explanation...

as per my other co-workers na nasa umaga the director said to fired as their action with the call out. then yung manager naman daw po namin pinagreresign nalang daw po ako...

what is this testing machine? what is the nature of your work and the machine?

wait for the management to take action. i don't think falling asleep once should be basis for termination.

i am working in a semicon company...we are in testing department...those testing machine are use to test all our products. and i am a technician here...

if ever they will pursue for the termination, what am i supposed to do?

they will send you a letter telling you what you are accused of. prepare your written response and try to explain why you fell asleep and the circumstances.