Terminations
Termination of employment after probation/confirmation period
The Enterprise Agreement (EA) retains the existing requirements in relation to giving notice, and continues to provide for payment in lieu of notice. Notice periods are as follows:
Resignation or retirement |
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Staff category |
Notice Period |
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Academic |
26 weeks |
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General |
Up to 1 year's service: 1 week Over 1 year's service: 2 weeks |
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English language teaching staff |
1 month |
Termination by University* |
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Academic and general |
Up to 1 year's service : 1 week Over 1 and up to 3 years' service: 2 weeks** Over 3 and up to 5 years' service: 3 weeks** Over 5 years' service: 4 weeks** |
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English language teaching staff |
1 month (or 5 weeks if staff member is over 45 and has least 2 years Continuous Service) 2 to 8 weeks' notice depending on length of service for termination due to absence of continuing need or funding |
*Employment may be terminated without notice in cases of serious misconduct; **Staff aged over 45 years at time of notice with at least two years Continuous Service receive one additional week’s notice.
Redeployment and redundancy
The EA sets out the arrangements to apply where positions become redundant, including notice periods, redeployment options and severance pay entitlements for affected staff (see clauses 268 to 290 of the EA for academic and general staff and Schedule 5 of the EA for English language teaching staff).
The EA includes a new single severance pay scale and an increased notice period for academic staff, and existing arrangements for general English language teaching staff are unchanged.
Managing ill health & injury
Clauses 291 to 303 of the EA deal with medical examinations and situations in which staff are unable to perform their normal duties due to illness or injury.
The EA includes a new entitlement to severance pay (based on length of service) where it becomes necessary for a staff member’s employment to be terminated due to long term illness or injury. Importantly, it should be noted that the new arrangements do not affect any entitlements to benefits through UniSuper or State superannuation schemes.