1) Subject to section 38, a contract of employment terminable at the instance of a party to the contract may be terminated only on notice of not less than--
a) one week, if the employee has been employed for six months or less;
b) two weeks, if the employee has been employed for more than six months but not more than one year;
c) four weeks, if the employee--
i) has been employed for one year or more; or
ii) is a farm worker or domestic worker who has been employed for more than six months.
2)
a) A collective agreement may permit a notice period shorter than that required by subsection (1).
b) Despite paragraph (a), a collective agreement may permit the notice period of four weeks required by subsection (1)(c)(i) to be reduced to not less than two weeks.
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