Common use of Period of Notice – Renewal or Non-Renewal of Employment Clause in Contracts

Period of Notice – Renewal or Non-Renewal of Employment. (a) The University will provide an employee on fixed-term employment with written notice, including by email, of at least four (4) weeks of its intention to renew, or not to renew, employment with the University upon the expiry of the contract, subject to subclauses 19.2(b) and 19.2(c) below. (b) A period of notice is not required to be given by the University to an employee employed on either of the following types of fixed-term employment: (i) a pre-retirement or post-retirement contract; or (ii) a fixed-term contract of six (6) months or less. (c) Where, because of circumstances relating to the provision of specific funding to support employment, external to the University and beyond its control, the University is not reasonably able to give the notice required by subclause 19.2(a), it will be sufficient compliance with this clause if the University: (i) advises those circumstances to the employee in writing at the latest time at which the notice would otherwise be required to be given, and (ii) gives notice to the employee at the earliest practicable date thereafter.

Period of Notice – Renewal or Non-Renewal of Employment. (a) The University will provide an employee on fixed-term employment with written notice, including by email, of at least four (4) weeks of its intention to renew, or not to renew, employment with the University upon the expiry of the contract, subject to subclauses 19.2(b) and 19.2(c) below. (b) A period of notice is not required to be given by the University to an employee employed on either of the following types of fixed-fixed term employment: (i) a pre-retirement or post-retirement contract; or (ii) a fixed-term contract of six (6) months or less. (c) Where, because of circumstances relating to the provision of specific funding to support employment, external to the University and beyond its control, the University is not reasonably able to give the notice required by subclause 19.2(a), it will be sufficient compliance with this clause if the University: (i) advises those circumstances to the employee in writing at the latest time at which the notice would otherwise be required to be given, and (ii) gives notice to the employee at the earliest practicable date thereafter.