“Part 6E
“Statutory minimum redundancy entitlements

“69ZI Interpretation

• In this Part, redundancy means the substantial disappearance of the work performed by an employee, by reason of the restructuring, downsizing, going into receivership or administration, or cessation of operations of the employer.

“69ZJ Application

• The minimum entitlements conferred upon employees by this Part apply to an employee who has been in a continuous employment relationship with an employer for 1 calendar year or more.

“69ZK Public education campaign

• The Minister of Labour must, over the course of the 12 months following the coming into force of this section,—

  • “(a) conduct a public education campaign to inform employers and employees of the minimum entitlements conferred by this Part; and

  • “(b) report to the House of Representatives within 6 months of the conclusion of that campaign as to its details, including an independent evaluation of its effectiveness.

“69ZL Minimum entitlements to notice and compensation

• “(1) Every employee to whom this Part applies and who suffers a redundancy is entitled to receive—

  • “(a) notice of dismissal of no less than 4 weeks; and

  • “(b) compensation for redundancy in the amount of 4 weeks' remuneration for the first full year of the employee’s continuous employment with the employer; and

  • “(c) further compensation for redundancy in the amount of 2 weeks’ remuneration for each subsequent full or partial year of the employee’s continuous employment with the employer, up to a maximum entitlement of 26 weeks’ remuneration.

  “(2) Provided that if the applicable employment agreement contains provisions that are more favourable to the employee than those set out in subsection (1), those provisions shall apply in place of the provisions of this section.”