Contracting/Subcontracting. The parties agree that no bargaining unit work shall be assigned to any contractor or subcontractor to fill a full time vacancy in a bargaining unit position, for no more than the time it takes the Company to hire a qualified regular employee to fill the vacancy, plus a reasonable transition period. In such case, the Company will make its best efforts, by all reasonable means, to hire a qualified regular employee to fill the vacancy. The Company will not contract out any work which would result in the layoff of the employees currently performing such work. The Company retains the right to contract out all other work necessary to its operations because of emergency, necessity, peaks of work, or special projects creating a temporary need for substantial additional manpower and/or equipment or in those instances when the use of contractors will increase efficiency or ensure reliability of service.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement