April 2004. The employer may pay a retiring gratuity to staff retiring who have had no less than 10 years' service with the employer, and any Area Health Board and with one or more of the following services: the Public Service, or any university in New Zealand. Notwithstanding the above, employees of an area health board employed prior to 24 April 1991 shall continue to have all periods of service recognised prior to that date credited for the purpose of calculating retirement gratuities. Notwithstanding the above, for employees who commenced employment with the Otago Area Health Board after 9 November 1992 service shall be deemed to comprise all periods of employment with the Otago Area Health Board and HealthCare Otago. For the purposes of the scale for calculation of gratuities, a “day” is the equivalent to the number of hours worked a fortnight divided by 10. The parties acknowledge that, in terms of Section 30A of the Human Rights Xxx 0000, HealthCare Otago took into consideration the employee’s age in determined the eligibility of entitlement for a retiring gratuity. The parties further acknowledge that clause 12 (Retiring Gratuities) was a term of the HealthCare Otago MRT CEC in force on 01 February 1999.
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April 2004. The employer may pay a retiring gratuity to staff retiring who have had no less than 10 years' service with the employer, and any Area Health Board and with one or more of the following services: the Public Service, or any university in New Zealand. Notwithstanding the above, employees of an area health board employed prior to 24 April 1991 shall continue to have all periods of service recognised prior to that date credited for the purpose of calculating retirement gratuities. Notwithstanding the above, for employees who commenced employment with the Otago Area Health Board after 9 November 1992 service shall be deemed to comprise all periods of employment with the Otago Area Health Board and HealthCare Otago. For the purposes of the scale for calculation of gratuities, a “day” is the equivalent to the number of hours worked a fortnight divided by 10. The parties acknowledge that, in terms of Section 30A of the Human Rights Xxx 0000Act 1993, HealthCare Otago took into consideration the employee’s age in determined the eligibility of entitlement for a retiring gratuity. The parties further acknowledge that clause 12 (Retiring Gratuities) was a term of the HealthCare Otago MRT CEC in force on 01 February 1999.
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Samples: Collective Agreement