Section 25F:
Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.
1[25F. Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.--No workman employed in any industry
who has been in continuous service for not less than one year under an employer shall be retrenched by
that employer until--
(a) the workman has been given one months notice in writing indicating the reasons for
retrenchment and the period of notice has expired, or the workman has been paid in lieu of such
notice, wages for the period of the notice;
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(b) the workman has been paid, at the time of retrenchment, compensation which shall be
equivalent to fifteen days' average pay 3[for every completed year of continuous service] or any part
thereof in excess of six months; and
(c) notice in the prescribed manner is served on the appropriate Government 4[or such authority
as may be specified by the appropriate Government by notification in the Official Gazette].]
STATE AMENDMENT
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Section 25F.--In clause (b), for "fifteen days", substitute "thirty days"
[Vide Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Second
Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3465(E), dated (5-10-2020) and Vide Union Territory of Ladakh
Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated
(23-10-2020).
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 43 of 1953, s. 3 (w.e.f. 24-10-1953).
2. The proviso omitted by Act 49 of 1984, s. 3 (w.e.f. 18-8-1984).
3. Subs. by Act 36 of 1964, s. 14, for "for every completed year of service" (w.e.f. 19-12-1964).
4. Ins. by s. 14, ibid. (w.e.f. 19-12-1964).