Leaving the Company
Dissmissal
You are not entitled to any notice if you are summarily dismissed for
gross misconduct. In other cases, you are entitled to the notice as
follows unless provided otherwise in your contract of employment:
1 month - 2 years continuous employment = 1 week
2 years – 12 years continuous employment = 1 week for each year up to a max of 12 years
12 years or more = 12 weeks
The Company reserves the right to pay you salary in lieu of notice.
Resignation
If you wish to voluntarily terminate your employment you are required
to give notice in writing, clearly setting out the reasons for your
decision. This notice must be submitted to your Reporting Manager.
Unless the period of notice is specified otherwise in your contract of
employment, the period of notice required from you is one month.
Due to the nature of your position, the Company may at its
absolute discretion require you not to perform certain or all duties
after you have given notice of resignation. Also, you may be required
to serve your notice at home, but at all times to remain available for
work.
Redundancy
Whilst we always endeavour to manage our business to avoid job losses, there may occasionally be changes in economic or other conditions, service or organisational requirements which affect staffing needs and, in such circumstances, we will minimise the effect of such changes in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Retirement
The Company’s normal retirement age is 65. However, employees may continue in our employment having reached that age subject to our procedures, requirements and the relevant legal provisions in force at the time.
Leaving without
working notice
If on leaving our employment for whatever reason, you fail to work your full contractual notice without our prior agreement, an amount equal to any loss suffered by the Company, and/or the additional cost of covering your duties for the period not worked will be deducted from any final monies due to you.
Return of Company Equipment and Property
You must return such Company property as may have been entrusted to you during your employment, on or before your official leaving date. In the case of summary dismissal such property must be returned immediately (Company property is defined as being documents, disks/data other records, equipment, stock etc.)
