ARTICLE 56: REDUNDANCY PROVISIONS
56.01 All teachers who are declared redundant and who are not reassigned in accordance with Article 9, shall be eligible for a redundancy benefit as outlined in the table below:
REDUNDANCY BENEFIT
| Service | Age <35 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | >54 |
| <6 months | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 24% |
| >6 months – <1 year | 8% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 24% | 28% |
| >1 – <2 years | 14% | 18% | 22% | 26% | 30% | 34% |
| >2 – <4 years | 22% | 26% | 30% | 34% | 38% | 42% |
| >4 – <6 years | 30% | 34% | 38% | 42% | 46% | 50% |
| >6 – <8 years | 38% | 42% | 46% | 50% | 54% | 58% |
| >8 – <10 years | 46% | 50% | 54% | 58% | 62% | 66% |
| >10 – <12 years | 54% | 58% | 62% | 66% | 70% | 74% |
| >12 – <14 years | 62% | 66% | 70% | 74% | 78% | 82% |
| >14 – <16 years | 70% | 74% | 78% | 82% | 86% | 90% |
| >16 – <18 years | 78% | 82% | 86% | 90% | 94% | 98% |
| >18 – <20 years | 86% | 90% | 94% | 98% | 102% | 106% |
| >20 – <22 years | 94% | 98% | 102% | 106% | 110% | 114% |
| >22 years or more | 102% | 108% | 112% | 116% | 120% | 124% |
56.02 If, subsequent to receiving the redundancy benefit, the person is reassigned or attains a teaching position, the teacher shall repay the difference between the benefit received and the amount of benefit equivalent to lost salary as a result of being declared redundant and being without a teaching position.
56.03 A teacher who is in receipt of a redundancy benefit cannot, in addition, be entitled to severance pay in accordance with Article 33.
56.04
- Teachers who are employed in the position of program specialist, principal, vice-principal, department head, educational psychologist, school counsellor, or sole charge teacher, in a continuing contract and who are reassigned, because of redundancy, to a position that does not have an allowance payable in respect thereof, shall have the allowance reduced annually in equal amounts such that the allowance is eliminated by the end of five (5) years. Teachers who are reassigned to a position with a lower allowance shall have the difference between the higher and lower allowance reduced in the same manner.
- In accordance with (a), teachers who are within four (4) years of normal retirement age shall have their allowance red-circled until they reach the age of normal retirement. In the event that the teacher elects to continue to teach beyond the normal retirement age, the allowance shall revert to that applicable to that position.
- During the period of phase-out, a teacher who declines an offer of employment in a position comparable to that from which they were laid off, shall forfeit the balance of the allowance payable.
- Notwithstanding (a) above, a department head will not be entitled to benefits under this provision if their allowance was or would have been eliminated by virtue of the application of Clause 50.02.
