Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.14.5

3.14.5

karmaniṣṭhāpane bhartur anyatra gṛhītavetano nāsakāmaḥ kuryāt //

An employer not taking work from his labourer or an employee not doing his employers work shall be fined 12 panas. An employee who has received wages to do a certain work which is however, not brought to termination shall not, of his own accord, go elsewhere for work.