PART X NOTICE OF TERMINATION — Provisions relating to redundancy
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(1) Without limiting the provisions respecting notice of termination required to be given under this Part by an employer to each employee, where an employer intends to terminate the contracts of service of 50 or more employees within a 4 week period, the employer shall, in accordance with subsection (3), give to each employee written notice of intention to terminate the contract of service.
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The employer shall,
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for the duration of the notice period set out in subsection (3), continue to employ the employees on whom notice of intention to terminate has been served under subsection (1); or 8 weeks' notice of the intention when the employer intends to terminate the contracts of service of 50 or more but fewer than 200 employees;
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pay the employee wages equal to the normal wages covering the period of notice that the employer would otherwise be required to give under this section. 12 weeks' notice of the intention when the employer intends to terminate the contracts of service of 200 or more employees but fewer than 500 employees; and
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The period of notice of intention to terminate the contracts of service required by subsection (1) is as follows:
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16 weeks' notice of the intention when the employer intends to terminate the contracts of service of 500 or more employees.
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Where notices of intention to terminate contracts of service are given by an employer under this section, the employer shall, immediately after the notices are given, notify the minister in writing of the number of persons to whom the notice is given and the period of notice, and shall provide the minister with the reasons for the giving of the notices.
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Nothing in this section prevents an employee from giving an employer notice of termination of employment under this Part.
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Where an employer fails to give the notices of intention to terminate the contracts of service of employees required by this section, or fails to notify the minister in accordance with subsection (4), notice of termination of employment of 50 or more employees of the employer within a 4 week period shall not be given to those employees by the employer and no action by the employer shall be taken to terminate the services of those employees.
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This section does not apply in respect of employees whose contracts of service have existed for less than 1 month.
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