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Ending the contract of hiring
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Slater, Manual of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter V. Duties of Masters and Servants
The contract of hiring may be terminated by mutual consent of the parties concerned, or for just cause by one of the parties, provided that the laws and customs which regulate the matter be duly observed. Generally speaking, a month’s notice, or a month’s wages, is required by English law to determine a general hiring of a domestic servant. If, however, the servant is incompetent to do what he undertook, is habitually disobedient, or is guilty of immorality, or unlawfully absents himself from his work, he may be dismissed without notice.