Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968 — section 14A

14A. Special provision for construction workers..—Where any workman is retrenched or discharged by a contractor or any employer engaged in the construction industry due to completion, cessation or discontinuance of work, he shall be given preference for employment in any other similar work undertaken by the contractor or employer within a period of one year from the date of such retrenchment or discharge: Provided that where a workman is re-employed within the one month of his retrenchment or discharge, he shall be deemed to have been in continuous service of the contractor or employer notwithstanding the interruption caused by his retrenchment or discharged but no wages shall be paid to him for the period of interruption.]