AN160214 – Mineral Sands Mining and Processing Industry Award 1981
(1) The provisions of this clause apply in the event of an employer making any employee redundant.
(2) For the purpose of this clause and without limiting its general meaning an employee shall be deemed to have been made redundant if his employment is to be terminated because he has become surplus to requirements owing to technological change, merger, takeover or reorganisation of work or production methods or procedures, but not if he is to be terminated for misconduct or unsatisfactory service nor if he is offered but fails to accept alternative employment within the company whether in his then classification or otherwise.
(3) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this award contained elsewhere than in this clause the employer shall not give an employee notice of termination through redundancy unless and until the notice referred to in paragraph (b) of this subclause has been given and has expired.
(b) The employer shall give one month's written notice to the union of which an employee is a member or eligible to be a member, if it is intended to terminate that employee's employment on the ground that he is redundant.
(4) Upon receiving the notice referred to in paragraph (b) of subclause (3) of this clause the union shall confer with the employer as to the conditions which shall apply in respect of any termination therein proposed.
