Common use of CNS Clause in Contracts

CNS. The Employer shall determine the units where layoffs are targeted and the number, job title, status and shift of employees to be laid off. In these units or departments, any layoff shall be done in reverse order of seniority. Before laying off the employees with the least seniority in a unit, the following procedure shall apply: A. The Employer shall first seek volunteers to be laid off. If there are not enough volunteers, then: B. All probationary employees within the affected units, in the affected titles, shall be laid off first without regard to their current status and whether their particular status is targeted for layoff. Status is defined by the number of hours an employee is regularly scheduled to work. C. In the event further layoffs are necessary, the Employer shall determine the number, status and shifts of employees in each unit targeted for layoff. In each unit, employees will be laid off by status and shift in reverse order of their seniority. D. 1. An employee who is laid off pursuant to 10.6.2.C. above shall be offered all available vacant positions on all shifts for which the employee is qualified.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement