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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 660 Employer to notify CES of proposed terminations in certain cases

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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 660

Employer to notify CES of proposed terminations in certain cases

             (1)  This section applies if an employer decides to terminate the employment of 15 or more employees for reasons of an economic, technological, structural or similar nature, or for reasons including such reasons.

             (2)  As soon as practicable after so deciding and before terminating an employee's employment because of the decision, the employer must give to the body (if any) prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection or, failing the prescription of such a body, to the Secretary of the Department, a written notice of the intended terminations, in a form prescribed by the regulations, that sets out:

                     (a)  the reasons for the terminations; and

                     (b)  the number and categories of employees likely to be affected; and

                     (c)  the time when, or the period over which, the employer intends to carry out the terminations.

             (3)  The employer must not terminate an employee's employment pursuant to the decision unless the employer has complied with subsection (2).