# LAW-0002: Redundancy Notice and Pay Entitlements

## Applicable Law

This answer is based on the **Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)**, specifically:
- **Section 117** - Minimum notice period for termination of employment
- **Section 119** - Redundancy pay entitlements

## Facts

- Full-time employee of a national-system employer (not a small business employer)
- 6 years of continuous service
- Employee under 45 years of age
- Position made genuinely redundant
- Employer pays out notice period (employee does not work it)

## Analysis

### (a) Minimum Period of Notice of Termination

Under **Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 117**, the notice scale provides:

- At least 1 year but less than 3 years of service: 1 week
- At least 3 years but less than 5 years of service: 2 weeks
- At least 5 years of service: 2 weeks

With 6 years of continuous service, the employee falls into the "at least 5 years of service" category.

**Answer: 2 weeks**

### (b) Redundancy Pay Owed (in weeks of base pay)

Under **Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 119**, the redundancy pay scale provides:

For an employee under 45 years of age:
- At least 1 year but less than 2 years of service: 2 weeks
- At least 2 years but less than 3 years of service: 2 weeks
- At least 3 years but less than 4 years of service: 2 weeks
- At least 4 years but less than 5 years of service: 2 weeks
- 5 years or more of service: 2 weeks

With 6 years of continuous service and being under 45 years of age, the employee receives the redundancy entitlement for "5 years or more of service".

**Answer: 2 weeks of base pay**

## Summary

- **(a) Minimum notice period: 2 weeks** (Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 117)
- **(b) Redundancy pay: 2 weeks** of base pay (Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 119)