Selection of Employees for Redundancy. The Company reserves its right to determine the selection of employees for redundancy. However, the Company acknowledges that length of service will be a major factor to be considered in selection for redundancy, other factors being equal. Employee representatives will be notified of employees being retrenched prior to them being retrenched and if there is disagreement over who is to be retrenched the assistance of a mutually agreed third party will be obtained. The decision of the third party will be accepted by both parties and there will not be any industrial action whilst this process is being carried out
Selection of Employees for Redundancy. If the Employer is required to select the employees to be made redundant from a number of Employees employed in the same or similar positions, it shall do so in accordance with the following principle: "The Employer objective is to retain its most skilled employees so as to maintain and enhance its productivity, efficiency and profitability." In light of the objectives referred to above, the Employer shall identify the criteria against which each of the affected Employees shall be assessed, and rank the affected employees by reference to the selection criteria. At the request of the affected Employee, the Employer shall inform the affected Employees of the selection criteria used to rank the affected Employees, and provide the affected Employee with an opportunity to respond to the selection process prior to making a final decision about whether or not the affected Employee shall be made redundant.
