Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973
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Minimum period of notice. |
4.—(1) An employer shall, in order to terminate the contract of employment of an employee who has been in his continuous service for a period of thirteen weeks or more, give to that employee a minimum period of notice calculated in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. | |
(2) The minimum notice to be given by an employer to terminate the contract of employment of his employee shall be— | ||
(a) if the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for less than two years, one week, | ||
(b) if the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for two years or more, but less than five years, two weeks, | ||
(c) if the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for five years or more, but less than ten years, four weeks, | ||
(d) if the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for ten years or more, but less than fifteen years, six weeks, | ||
(e) if the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for fifteen years or more, eight weeks. | ||
(3) The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall apply for the purposes of ascertaining the period of service of an employee and whether that service has been continuous. | ||
(4) The Minister may by order vary the minimum period of notice specified in subsection (2) of this section. | ||
(5) Any provision in a contract of employment, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, which provides for a period of notice which is less than the period of notice specified in subsection (2) of this section, shall have effect as if that contract provided for a period of notice in accordance with this section. | ||
(6) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section including this subsection. |