Employment Act · s 23

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s 23Termination of contract of service without notice

(1)

Either party to a contract of service may terminate the contract of service without notice or, if notice has already been given in accordance with section 22, without waiting for the expiry of that notice, by paying to the other party a sum equal to the amount of salary at the gross rate of pay which would have accrued to the employee during the period of the notice and in the case of a monthly-rated employee where the period of the notice is less than a month, the amount payable for any one day shall be the gross rate of pay for one day’s work.

(2)

Either party to a contract of service may terminate the contract of service without notice in the event of any wilful breach by the other party of a condition of the contract of service.

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