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Section : Who doesn't get redundancy pay?
Domain : Human Resource Management
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Some employees don't get redundancy pay when their job is made redundant. The following employees don't get redundancy pay:

employees whose period of continuous service with the employer is less than 12 months
employees who are employed for a set period of time or a season
employees terminated because of serious misconduct
most casual employees
trainees engaged only for the length of the training agreement
apprentices
most employees of a small business. Awards can specify other situations in which redundancy pay does not apply to the termination of an employee's employment. There are special arrangements for employees whose employment transfers when the business they work for is sold. Find out more on our When businesses change owners page at fairwork.gov.au/transferofbusiness