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Ccf. 1965 c. 62, s. 19(1).7

(3) For the purposes of the application

of this Part to an employee who is employed as a domestic servant in, or in connexion with, a private household, this Part (except section 20K) shall apply as if the household were a

business and the maintenance of the household were the carrying on of that business by the

employer.

General exclusions from right to severance payment by reason of dismissal. [cf. 1965 č. 62, s. 2.7

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20D. (1) Except as provided by section 201, an employee shall not be entitled to a severance payment by reason of dismissal where his employer, being so entitled by reason of

the employee's conduct, terminates his contract of employment without notice or payment in lieu in accordance with section 8.

(2) An employee shall not be entitled

to a severance payment by reason of

dismissal if, not less than seven days before

the relevant date, the employer has offered

to renew his contract of employment, or

to re-engage him under a new contract, so

that

(a) the provisions of the contract as

renewed, or of the new contract,