5. Agreement Number: 0018110 Employer: VALE Union and Affiliation: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial, and Service Workers Intl. Union, AFL-CIO / CLC http:/egotech.labour.gc.ca/eng/agreements/00/0018110a.pdf Clause: 15.12 The Company and the Union accept that seniority can improve while job security is not guaranteed. An employee might be laid off to create a vacancy for a senior. Also, the Company must inform in writing within 120 days to the employee before the layoff. Employees will be paid severance pay in the amount of one hundred and sixty (160) times their basic rate, plus forty (40) times their introductory rate multiplied by the number of their "Years of Service." A) If I were a union representative, I would prefer Agreement no. 0795106, Article 10 because According to the Employment Standards Act of 2000, an employer must have fair notice, which is usually between 18 and 24 months. Employees are required to offer an 8-week notice period under Manitoba Human Rights Code. The notice period is the amount of time an employee is required to work in his or her role after resigning from his or her employer. It's also the grace period that an employer must provide to an employee