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Lay-off

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TitleLay-off
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'lay-off means the failure, refusal or inability of an employer on account of shortage of coal, power or raw material or the accumulation of stock or the break-down of machinery or for any other reason, to give employment to a worker whose name is borne on the muster-rolls of his shop, commercial establishment or industrial establishment.

[See, section 2(1), the Employment of Labour (Standing Orders) Act, 1965 (East Pakistan Act No. VIII of 1965)] [Now stands repealed]

[See, explanation to section 13 (3) (e), the Shops and Establishments Act, 1965 (Act No. VII of 1965)] [Now stands repealed].
Created OnSeptember 18, 2011, 7:04 AM
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