Section 4

Continuity of Service

1. The service of an employee in his employment shall be deemed to be continuous unless that service is terminated by -

(a) the dismissal of the employee by his employer, or

(b) the employee voluntarily leaving his employment.

2. A lock-out shall not amount to a dismissal of the employee by his employer.

3. A lay-off shall not amount to the termination by an employer of his employee's service.

4. A strike by an employee shall not amount to that employee's voluntarily leaving his employment.

5. An employee who claims and receives redundancy payment in respect of lay-off or short-time shall be deemed to have voluntarily left his employment.

6. The continuous service of an employee in his employment shall not be broken by the dismissal of the employee by his employer followed by the immediate re-employment of the employee.