Prepare redundancy and redeployment advice from the NES and the award or agreement
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the roster, contracts and proposed change, outline advice on NES s.119 service and pay scale, award or agreement consultation, and redeployment options on file.
- What the lawyer must review
- Apply the NES redundancy scale for the years of service
- Do not add the extra week for over-45s with 2 years' service; it is NES notice (s.117)
- Check the small business exemption: fewer than 15 by headcount, not FTE, counting associated entities
- Confirm award or agreement consultation was strictly followed; failure undermines genuine redundancy (s.389)
- Document a genuine redeployment assessment
- Correct errors before the FWO sees the figures; underpayment can bring criminal exposure (Pt 4-1A)
- Written for / version
- Commonwealth versionCth
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.