CrimTrac Enterprise Agreement 2011-2014

a. the amount of severance pay, pay in lieu of notice and paid up leave credits
b. the amount of accumulated superannuation contributions
c. options open to the employee for superannuation
d. taxation rules applying to payments to the employee
e. the level of assistance up to a maximum of $773 for financial advice.
317. Only one offer of voluntary retrenchment is to be made to an excess employee.
Period of notice
318. If an excess employee agrees to be voluntarily retrenched, the CEO may retrench the employee by
giving the required notice of termination under section 29 of the Public Service Act 1999.
319. The period of notice is four weeks or, for an employee over 45 with at least five years of continuous
service, five weeks.
320. If the employee is retrenched at the beginning of, or within, the notice period, the employee must
receive payment in lieu of notice as set out in the FW Act for the unexpired part of the notice period.
Severance pay
321. An employee whose employment is terminated under section 29 of the Public Service Act 1999 on
the grounds that the employee is excess to the requirements of the Agency following their
agreement to be voluntarily retrenched is entitled to be paid an amount equal to two weeks’ salary
for each completed year of continuous service and a proportionate payment for completed months
of service since the last completed year of service.
322. The amounts in clause 321 are subject to any minimum amount that the employee is entitled to
under the National Employment Standards.
323. However, the minimum amount payable is an amount equal to four weeks’ salary and the maximum
amount payable is an amount equal to 48 weeks’ salary.
324. A severance benefit is calculated on a proportionate basis for any period of service when an
employee worked part-time hours if the employee has less than 24 years of full-time service.
325. For severance pay, service means any of the following:
a. service in the Agency
b. Government service as defined by section 10 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth
Employees) Act 1976
c. service with the Commonwealth (other than service with a Joint Commonwealth-State body
corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest) that is recognised for long
service leave purposes
d. service with the Australian Defence Force
e. service in the Australian Public Service immediately before deemed resignation under the
repealed section 49 of the Public Service Act 1922, if the service has not previously been
recognised for severance pay purposes
f. service in another organisation that is recognised for long service leave purposes if the
employee was transferred from the Australian Public Service to the organisation with a transfer
of a function or the employee was engaged by the organisation on work within a function, and
was appointed because of the transfer of the function to the Australian Public Service.
326. Earlier periods of service count if:
a. there is no break between the periods of service
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