Period of Continuous Service Period of Notice. Less than 1 year 1 week 1 year – 3 years 2 weeks 3 years – 5 years 3 weeks 5 years and over 4 weeks Where the employment is terminated by the employer, and the employee is over 45 years of age and has completed at least 2 years of continuous service with the employer, the required period of notice as specified above shall be increased by one week. In lieu of giving the required period of notice, the employer may pay the employee an amount which is equivalent to the amount that the employee would have been paid by the employer had they worked during the required period of notice. Nothing in this clause or this Agreement shall prevent the employer from summarily dismissing any employee for grounds including (but not limited to) misconduct, gross incompetence, continued neglect of duties, willful disobedience of lawful orders, breach of duty of fidelity, misuse of the employer’s confidential information, serious breach of contract and harassment (including sexual harassment).
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
