Competitive Area. These are the boundaries within which employees compete for retention under RIF procedures. Employees in a competitive area compete only with each other; they do not compete with employees in another competitive area. In anyone reduction in force an agency may not use one competitive area for the first round of competition and a different competitive area for subsequent rounds of competition.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement