All employees on staff at the date of certification shall be covered by the severance provisions available to them prior to the date of certification and the provisions of Article 24 shall not apply, with the exception of Articles 24.02 a, b &c.
For greater clarity, the severance provisions available to them prior to the date of certification are that severance pay will be paid in addition to the statutory notice period and is calculated as three (3) weeks for every year of service to a maximum of seventy (70) weeks. Prorated calculations will be used for partial years of service. Severance pay will be in the form of a lump-sum payment, less any and all applicable statutory deductions.
Any employee in the Regina site hired on or after the date of certification shall be entitled to the provisions outlined in Article 24.
