Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT (REDEPLOYMENT AND REDUNDANCY) REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 4A

4A .         Entitlement to notice of redundancy and pay in lieu

        (1)         In this regulation —

        pay has the same meaning as it has in regulation 20(7).

        (2)         The employing authority of an employee —

            (a)         whose office, post or position is to be abolished; and

            (b)         who will become surplus to the requirements of his or her department or organisation,

                must give the employee at least 12 weeks’ written notice of the fact.

        (3)         An employee who does not get such notice is entitled to one weeks’ pay for each week, or a part of a week, of notice that he or she did not get.

        (4)         Payment of an entitlement under subregulation (3) may only be made if the employee accepts an offer made under regulation 6, 15 or 16.

        [Regulation 4A inserted in Gazette 1 Sep 2000 p. 5020; amended in Gazette 19 Apr 2002 p. 2117.]