23. Notice by employee.- (1) No employee, who has been in the
service of the employer continuously for a period of three months, shall
terminate his employment unless he has given to his employer ten days
previous notice or wages in lieu thereof.
1. The words “five hundred rupees” substituted for the words and sign “twenty-five
rupees” and the words “two thousand rupees” substituted for the words “two
hundred rupees” respectively vide Act No. 15 of 2004 and again the words “four
thousand rupees but which may extend to six thousand rupees” substituted for the
words “five hundred rupees and may extend to two thousand rupees” vide H.P.
Act No. 27 of 2012.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 17
ACT, 1969
(2) Where an employee contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1),
his employer may forfeit his unpaid wages for a period not exceeding ten
days.Source footnotes
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