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Section 73: Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc

The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948State Act of Bihar · Act 34 of 1948

(1) No employer shall dismiss, discharge, or reduce or otherwise punish an employee during the period the employee is in receipt of sickness benefit or maternity benefit, nor shall he, except as provided under the regulations, dismiss, discharge or reduce or otherwise punish an employee during the period he is in receipt disablement benefit for temporary disablement or is under medical treatment for sickness or is absent from work as a result of illness duly certified in accordance with the regulations to arise out of the pregnancy or confinement rendering the employee unfit for work.

(2) No notice of dismissal or discharge or reduction given to an employee during the period specified in sub-section (1) shall be valid or operative.

1. Added by Act 29 of 1989, s. 27 (w.e.f. 20-10-1989).

2. The words in bracket shall stand substituted “If a person dies” by s. 28, ibid. (date to be notified).

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Where this provision sits

ActThe Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
Section73
Marginal noteEmployer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc
JurisdictionState of Bihar
StatusIn force as published by the source

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