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Provision for holiday pay where worker is employed for more than three months and less than a period of one year

Cap. 297, s. 130 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where any worker has been employed by the same employer for a period of not less than three months and such employment is terminated before the worker becomes entitled under section 127, to an annual holiday in respect of that period of employment, the employer shall forthwith pay to the worker, in addition to all other amounts due to him, his average pay for the period of his employment with such employer, Provided that if the worker has at any time taken an annual holiday under this Part while in the employment of any employer, the aforesaid employer shall be deemed to have complied with this section if he pays forthwith to the worker, in addition to all other amounts due to him, his average pay for the period of his employment between the date on which he became entitled to his last annual holiday and the date of the termination of his employment. (2) The termination of employment by the employer for cause without notice shall not exempt the employer from the duty of making any payments due under sub-section (1). pay.

Amended by: 20 of 1964; 19 of 1975

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