East Central 911 Call Answer Society Collective Agreement 2025-2027

Article 31: Severance

1.  
   1. Severance will be offered as a result of organizational changes that result in the permanent reduction in the number of Regular Employees in the bargaining unit.
2.  
   1. A Regular Full-time Employee, a Part-time Employee shall be eligible for severance in accordance with the following:

• one week pay - for employment of more than three months, but less than two years
• two weeks pay - for employment of two years, but less than four years,
• four weeks pay - for employment of four years, but less than six years,
• five weeks pay - for employment of six years, but less than eight years,
• six weeks pay - for employment of eight years, but less than 10 years, and
• eight weeks pay - for employment of 10 years or more.

3. Regular pay shall be defined as regularly scheduled hours of work as at the date on which notice of layoff is issued (which for the purpose of clarity means regularly scheduled hours of work exclusive of overtime hours, call-back hours and additional hours for part-time employees) X basic rate of pay (which for the purpose of clarity means basic rate of pay exclusive of overtime payments and premium payments).
4. For the purposes of severance, continuous employment will be calculated from the date of hire.
5. A Regular Employee who has received layoff notice in accordance with       Article 30.01 shall have the option to select either of:
   1. layoff with recall rights as specified in Article 30 of the Collective Agreement; or;
   2. severance as offered by the Employer in accordance with this Letter of Understanding.
6. A Regular Employee who accepts severance pay, shall have terminated their employment, with no further rights to recall.
7. An employee who has been terminated for just cause or who has resigned or retired shall not be eligible for severance.
8. A Regular Employee who receives notice of layoff shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the notice of layoff is issued to advise the Employer, in writing, that the employee wishes to take the Severance Option offered by the Employer. Any employee who does not advise the Employer, in writing of the employee's decision to accept severance shall be deemed to have selected layoff in accordance with Article 18 of this Collective Agreement.
9.  
   1. Employees who select severance will not be eligible for employment with the Employer, or for the period of the severance (which for the purpose of clarity means the period of time equal to the number of weeks of severance paid to the employee).
   2. The employee may be considered for hire by the Employer provided they repay the Employer from whom severance was received, the difference, if any, between the time they were unemployed and the length of time for which the severance was paid.
10. Severance pay provided under this Article shall be deemed to be inclusive of any and all legislative requirements for termination notice.