Beginning of period of notice and consequence of failure to give notice

(1) A period of notice shall commence on the first day of the pay period next following that during which the notice was served, Provided that the period of notice shall in no case run concurrently with any period of holiday to which the worker may be entitled. (2) Instead of providing notice of termination in accordance with section 37, the employer may pay the worker a sum equal to the wages and other remuneration and confer on the worker all other benefits that would have been due to the worker up to the expiry of any required period of notice. (3) Where a worker under a contract of employment for an indefinite period fails to give notice in accordance with section 37, he is liable to pay to the employer a sum equal to half the wages that would be payable in respect of the period of notice. 35 (4) Where the employer fails to give the said notice, he is liable to pay to such worker a sum equal to the wages that would be payable in respect of the required period of notice as defined in section 37.