All employers of labor in this State requiring notice from any employee of the time such employee will quit work shall give notice to its employees of its purpose to quit work or shutdown by posting in each room of its building not less than two weeks in advance or the same length of time in advance as is required by it of its employees before they may quit work a printed notice of such purpose, stating the date of the beginning of the shutdown or cessation from work and the approximate length of time the continuous shutdown is to continue. But they are not required to do so when the shutdown is caused by reason of some unforeseen accident to machinery or by some act of God or of the public enemy.

Any employer of labor subject to the provisions of this section failing to post such notice in the manner herein provided, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars, upon conviction, and in addition thereto shall be liable to each and every one of his employees for such damages as such employee may suffer by reason of such failure to give such notice.