Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Contracts of Service
10. Notice of termination of contract
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Either party may give notice to end a contract of service at any time. Notice must be in writing and the same length for employer and employee, as set by the contract. Otherwise, notice is at least one day under 26 weeks of service, one week under 2 years, 2 weeks under 5 years, and 4 weeks after that.
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Either party to a contract of service may at any time give to the other party notice of the firstmentioned party’s intention to terminate the contract of service.
contract of service
“contract of service” means any agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his or her employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract or agreement;
The length of the notice must be the same for both employer and employee and is to be determined by any provision made for the notice in the terms of the contract of service, or, in the absence of such provision, must be in accordance with subsection (3).
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)any statutory authority;(c)the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; and(d)the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
The notice to terminate the service of a person who is employed under a contract of service must be at least —
one day’s notice if the person has been so employed for less than 26 weeks;
one week’s notice if the person has been so employed for 26 weeks or more but less than 2 years;
2 weeks’ notice if the person has been so employed for 2 years or more but less than 5 years; and
4 weeks’ notice if the person has been so employed for 5 years or more.
This section does not prevent either party from waiving that party’s right to notice on any occasion.
The notice must be written and may be given at any time, and the day on which the notice is given is included in the period of the notice.