General Description:

There are a number of reasons why staff might cease employment at the University. These include:

• Resignation
• Retirement
• Completion of Fixed Term Appointment
• Termination on the Grounds of Ill Health
• Death in Service

Enterprise Agreement

Associated Policies, Procedures  and Guidelines:

ANU Enterprise Agreement 2005-2009  

Part 7 

 Ceasing Employment

• 73.  Staff resignation
  
• 74.  General notice periods
  
• 75.  Continuing (Contingent Funded) appointments – notice periods and eligibility for severance payments  
  
• 76.  Fixed term staff - eligibility for severance payments  
  
• 77.  Severance pay  
  
• 78.  Ceasing employment as a result of ill health 
  
• 79.  Voluntary early retirement schemes

Related Policies

• Termination of employment

Related Procedures

• Ill Health Termination Procedure
• Redundancy and Severance
• Re-entry into the University following redundancy or retirement
• Recognition of Prior Service
• Superannuation

Guidelines

• Pre-retirement contracts
• Retirement and Workforce planning

3. HR Delegations |

• ANU policies and procedures should be followed at all times.
• Routine resignations and retirements can be accepted by the local area and forwarded through to your HR team for action.
• For complicated matters, areas should seek advice from Employment Strategies prior to taking action.
• Termination date entered on ESP HR.

• Termination processes and eligible termination payments actioned.

The following pro-forma letters can be sent to staff depending on their reason for ceasing employment at the University. They are available on the HR web site at Recruitment > HR Practitioners at ANU > Letters of Offer and are password-protected. The business manager of each area should know the password.

• Pre-retirement cessation
• Acknowlegement of resignation

See Which Team Supports Me? or forward to Building 10A by business area cut-off date.