(a) Minimum notice of termination: 4 weeks

(b) Redundancy pay: 11 weeks (of base pay)

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Controlling Act: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

(a) Notice - s 117 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
The s 117(3) scale ties minimum notice to the employee's period of continuous service:
- Not more than 1 year: 1 week
- More than 1 year but not more than 3 years: 2 weeks
- More than 3 years but not more than 5 years: 3 weeks
- More than 5 years: 4 weeks

With 6 years of continuous service, the employee falls in the "more than 5 years" band, giving a base of 4 weeks. Section 117(3A) adds an extra week if the employee is over 45 years old and has completed at least 2 years of continuous service at the end of the day notice is given - but this employee is under 45, so the additional week does not apply.

Minimum notice owed = 4 weeks (paid out in lieu, as the employer is not requiring the notice period to be worked, consistent with s 117(1)-(2)).

(b) Redundancy pay - s 119 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
Section 119(2) sets the redundancy pay scale by period of continuous service (and applies only to employees of an employer that is not a small business employer, as is the case here):
- At least 1 year but less than 2 years: 4 weeks
- At least 2 years but less than 3 years: 6 weeks
- At least 3 years but less than 4 years: 7 weeks
- At least 4 years but less than 5 years: 8 weeks
- At least 5 years but less than 6 years: 10 weeks
- At least 6 years but less than 7 years: 11 weeks
- At least 7 years but less than 8 years: 13 weeks
- At least 8 years but less than 9 years: 14 weeks
- At least 9 years but less than 10 years: 16 weeks
- At least 10 years: 12 weeks

With 6 years of continuous service, the employee falls in the "at least 6 years but less than 7 years" band.

Redundancy pay owed = 11 weeks of base pay.