3.1 - Employee Termination

An employee must be given 5 days notice before termination unless the employee is convicted of any offence other than a traffic offence while representing the business. Notice also does not need to be provided if the individual breaches their employment contract.

An employee may be terminated without pay if the employee is terminated under the grounds of serious misconduct or serious/repeated breach of internal policy. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Deliberately causing serious and imminent risk to the health and safety of another person or to the reputation or profit of the business; or

• Theft, fraud, assault; or

• Refusing to carry out a lawful and reasonable instruction that is part of their employment.

Employees terminated under this section must be given the reason for termination in a termination notice.

Businesses must keep records of an employee's misconduct for at least 60 days post their termination.

Penalties and Punishments

Punishment

Breaches to be investigated by Business Executives and submitted to Board of Directors for review. For serious or repeat offenders, a senate officer may decide to impose any penalty deemed appropriate, including demotion, dismissal and jail