Common use of Redundancy/Redeployment Clause in Contracts

Redundancy/Redeployment. Circumstances may arise where it is necessary for Fertility Associates to reduce the number of employees or change the manner in which we operate. A redundancy situation occurs when a position becomes surplus to the needs of Fertility Associates. A redundancy situation may arise if Fertility Associates decides to close, sell, transfer, merge, contract out/outsource, restructure or amalgamate all or any of its clinics and/or to reorganise or restructure any of its services or positions of employment. In the event that an employee’s employment is terminated for redundancy, they will be entitled to four weeks’ notice of redundancy (or payment in lieu) and redundancy compensation will be payable in accordance with the following formula: (i) three weeks’ salary for the first year of continuous service or part thereof; and (ii) one week's salary for each subsequent full year of continuous service to a maximum of five years’ service. For the purposes of this clause, redundancy compensation will be paid at the rate of the employees average weekly earnings calculated over the last twelve months before they were notified of redundancy of their position. The employee will not be entitled to any form of notice of redundancy or other compensation in the following circumstances: (iii) Where their position is made redundant, and they have been offered an alternative position within the Fertility Associates Group where the terms and conditions of employment are overall generally no less favourable than your existing terms and conditions. (iv) In the event of the sale, transfer, merger, amalgamation, contracting out/outsourcing or reconstruction of all or part of Fertility Associate business such that their employment is terminated and they are offered employment with the purchaser or any other party to the sale, merger, transfer, amalgamation, contracting out/outsourcing or reconstruction on terms and conditions which are generally no less favourable than their existing terms and conditions.

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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Redundancy/Redeployment. Circumstances may arise where it is necessary for Fertility Associates to reduce the number of employees or change the manner in which we operate. A redundancy situation occurs when a position becomes surplus to the needs of Fertility Associates. A redundancy situation may arise if Fertility Associates decides to close, sell, transfer, merge, contract out/outsource, restructure or amalgamate all or any of its clinics and/or to reorganise or restructure any of its services or positions of employment. In the event that an employee’s employment is terminated for redundancy, they will be entitled to four weeks’ notice of redundancy (or payment in lieu) and redundancy compensation will be payable in accordance with the following formula: (i) three weeks’ salary for the first year of continuous service or part thereof; and (ii) one week's salary for each subsequent full year of continuous service to a maximum of five years’ service. For the purposes of this clause, redundancy compensation will be paid at the rate of the employees average weekly earnings calculated over the last twelve months before they were notified of redundancy of their position. The employee will not be entitled to any form of notice of redundancy or other compensation in the following circumstances: (iii) Where their position is made redundant, and they have been offered an alternative position within the Fertility Associates Group where the terms and conditions of employment are overall generally no less favourable than your existing terms and conditions. (iv) In the event of the sale, transfer, merger, amalgamation, contracting out/outsourcing or reconstruction of all or part of Fertility Associate business such that their employment is terminated and they are offered employment with the purchaser or any other party to the sale, merger, transfer, amalgamation, contracting out/outsourcing or reconstruction on terms and conditions which are generally no less favourable than their existing terms and conditions.

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Sources: Embryology Collective Agreement