Employment Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Aug 2023 · Part II · Contracts of Service
13. Termination of contract without notice
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Either party may end a contract of service without notice by paying the other party an indemnity. The indemnity equals the employee's wages for the notice period, or for the rest of a notice already given. A party may also end the contract without notice if the other party wilfully breaks a condition.
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Either party to a contract of service may terminate such contract of service without notice or, if notice has already been given in accordance with section 12, without waiting for the expiry of that notice, by paying to the other party an indemnity of a sum equal to the amount of wages which would have accrued to the employee during the term of such notice or during the unexpired term of such notice.
contract of service
“contract of service” means any agreement, whether oral or in writing and whether express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract;
Either party to a contract of service may terminate such contract of service without notice in the event of any wilful breach by the other party of a condition of the contract of service.