42(1)When the services of an employee are no longer required because of lack of work or because of the discontinuance of a function, a corporation may lay off the employee.

42(2)When a person has been laid off for 12 consecutive months, the employment relationship between that person and the corporation is terminated.

42(3)During the period from the date of commencement of this section to March 31, 2013, inclusive, despite the Civil Service Act, a person who becomes an employee of a corporation under subsection 40(1), and who is laid off by that corporation, is deemed to be an employee under the Civil Service Act for the purposes of subsections 26(3) and (4) of that Act and of paragraph 3(c) of the Exclusions Regulation - Civil Service Act.

42(4)During the period from the date of commencement of this section to March 31, 2013, inclusive, each corporation shall participate in the redeployment program established by the Board of Management and shall consider a person for employment with that corporation if: