Common use of Reduction in Classification Clause in Contracts

Reduction in Classification. Where the Director-General proposes to reduce an excess employee’s classification either: a. the employee will be given the same period of notice as the employee would have been entitled to receive if the employment had been terminated; or b. the employer may pay an amount to maintain the level of salary received by the employee at the date of notice of reduction in classification for the number of weeks of notice still owing. Such payments will be calculated in accordance with Clause L4.12.