Normally, if employer fire a staff he has to pay 3mth salary in lieu of notice.

In this case, u got asked to leave early during ur notice period. Employers sometime do it especially for a person everyday just come in office stare at ceiling..why pay salary blindly?

Now the question is...
If u fire me, I get 3mths salary. If I tender n u terminate me early, do I get balance remaining month salary?

has noticed been served on you that you are fired?

has your employer indicated that they will not pay you the balance remaining notice period?

If he did not submit any documentation regarding the MC, then you can take action. With him submitting all the documentations, I doubt you can do anything about it, unless you get to find any fraud in his MC.

No limit on MC per year? I am wondering if the MC is claimable after you resign.

Sometimes no matter how small is the company, SOP is SOP. Is better to implement than "trust" the employee. Not that we don't trust, but it's a standard procedure.

Take action as in ask for MC, then give the clinic a call. Since you think he is exploiting the loophole, you have the rights to do so.

Bad performance, not up to par, bad in performing task, those are the possible reasons to use to void the 3 month pay lieu. As for lateness, I am not so sure.

Be sure you provide evidence along with those reasons when you present. Concrete and valid evidence it is.

Performance is evaluated over a period of time and documented in writing. If you felt his/ her performance was poor then, why didn’t you sack him earlier and come out with all this funny moves to justify terminating him during a notice period?

Just wait out the notice period, instead of getting dragged into industrial court for pulling cheap tricks.

Whether company big or small, SOP is a must. If you rely on trust and something goes haywire be prepared to waste hours on documentation/explanations and worse going to tribunal/court.