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← Employment Act 1955

Employment Act 1955 s 57

Employment Act 1955 s 57

Sections 34–36, 45–56 and 95–96 were repealed by later amendments.

s 57 Termination of contract

Subject to any express provision to the contrary contained therein, a contract to employ and to serve as a domestic employee may be terminated either by the person employing the domestic employee or by the domestic employee giving the other party fourteen days’ notice of his intention to terminate the contract, or by the paying of an indemnity equivalent to the wages which the domestic employee would have earned in fourteen days: Provided that any such contract may be terminated by either party without notice and without the paying of an indemnity on the ground of conduct by the other party inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the contract.

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Text as at 1 August 2023 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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