Conditions applying in common to all trades and services staffThis Part shall apply in common to all trades and services staff except where otherwise expressly provided.
Section 2 - University and Staff Members' Duties, Employment Relationship and Related Arrangements
18. Redundancy
18.1 Notice of Termination
A staff member who ha s not accepted an offer of a voluntary separation package under clause 17 above and who has not been successfully redeployed to another suitable position will be given four (4) weeks notice of Termination or pay in lieu, or pay in lieu of the unexpired par t of the notice period as the case may be. In the case of a staff member 45 years or more, the notice period will be five (5) weeks.
During the notice period, the staff member will be entitled to reasonable time off without loss of pay to attend job interviews, subject to provision by the staff member of documentary evidence of the interview and prior arrangement with the relevant supervisor. A statutory declaration shall be sufficient for this purpose.
18.2 Severance payment
Upon Termination of emplo yment on the grounds of redundancy, the staff member shall receive a severance payment in accordance with the formula below:
| Length of continuous service by staff member |
Rate for calculation of amount of severance payment |
| Less than 1 year |
12 weeks' pay |
| 1 year and more but less than 2 years |
15 weeks' pay |
| 2 years and more but less than 3 years |
18 weeks' pay |
| 3 years and more but less than 4 years |
21 weeks' pay |
| 4 years and more but less than 5 years |
24 weeks' pay |
| 5 years and more but less tha n 6 years |
27 weeks' pay |
| 6 years and more but less than 7 years |
30 weeks' pay |
| 7 years and more but less than 8 years |
33 weeks' pay |
| 8 years and more but less than 9 years |
36 weeks' pay |
| 9 years and more but less than 10 years |
39 weeks' pay |
| 10 years and m ore but less than 11 years |
42 weeks' pay |
| 11 years and more but less than 12 years |
45 weeks' pay |
| 12 years and more |
48 weeks' pay |
All payments payable to the staff member in accordance with this clause or the clause 18.1 above shall be based on the ord inary time earnings for the staff member concerned.
Provided further that the sum payable to a staff member pursuant to this clause shall not exceed the amount that would have been payable by way of fortnightly pay had the staff member continued in Employment to the expiry date of a fixed term contract. “Fortnightly pay” means the ordinary time earnings for the staff member concerned each fortnight.
18.3 Suitable alternative Employment
Provided further that in the event that the University is able to obtain suitable alternative Employment for the staff member, the University shall not be liable to provide the notice and severance payments which would otherwise apply.
18.4 Excluded staff members
This clause shall not apply to casual and/or Probationary staff members.
18.5 Staff member leaving during the notice period
A staff member whose Employment is terminated in accordance with this clause may terminate their Employment during the notice period and shall be entitled to the same payments under this clause had he/she remained with the University until the expiry of such notice. Provided that in such circumstances the staff member will not be entitled to payment in lieu of notice. |
