Article 23 : severance pay and lay-offs

23.1 The University will notify the Union five in writing (5) months in advance of the date employees may be laid-off. Affected employees will be notified of a permanent lay-off five (5) months in advance or such employees will receive payment of five (5) months’ notice in lieu-of or an amount proportional to the period of notice not completed. In the event of employee’s reduction due to technical and/or administrative changes, severance pay will be paid according to the period of continuous service in the Bargaining Unit, as followed:

CONTINUOUS SERVICE	SEVERANCE PAY
12 months	2 weeks
2 years	4 weeks
3 years	6 weeks
4 years	8 weeks
5 years	10 weeks
6 years	12 weeks
7 years	13 weeks
8 years	13 weeks
9 years	13 weeks
10 years	14 weeks
11 years	15 weeks
12 years	16 weeks
13 years	17 weeks
14 years	18 weeks
15 years	19 weeks
16 years	20 weeks
17 years	21 weeks
18 years	22 weeks
19 years	23 weeks
20 years	24 weeks
21 years	25 weeks
22 years	26 weeks
23 years	26 weeks