Common use of Departmental Displacement Clause in Contracts

Departmental Displacement. If the affected employee did not have the right to displace an employee in the Division as described above, then the affected employee shall have the right to displace the most junior (least senior) employee in his/her Department in the same classification, provided the affected employee has more seniority than the least senior employee in the Department to be displaced. If the affected employee cannot displace any employee in the same classification in the Department as described above, then the affected employee shall have the right to displace the most junior (least senior) employee with less seniority in any equal classification in his/her Department for which the employee is qualified according to the County’s established minimum qualifications. For purposes of this section, equal classification is defined as any classification with the same pay grade. If the affected employee is the least senior employee in the applicable affected job classification and no right to displace exists, the affected employee shall have the right to displace the most junior (least senior) employee in a lower classification within classification series in his/her Department, if available, provided the affected employee has more seniority than the most junior (least senior) employee in the Department to be displaced. If there is no lower classification in classification series available, then the affected employee shall displace the most junior (least senior) in any lower classification in his/her Department, for which the employee is qualified according to the County’s established minimum qualifications, provided the affected employee has more seniority than the most junior (least senior) employee in the Department to be displaced. If the displaced employee cannot displace an employee in the Department, then every effort will be made to place the affected employee in a vacant position in the unit. In cases where a full-time or part-time 20+ employee is to be laid off and one or more part-time 19 employees are working in the same job classification in the same Division, the employees being laid off shall be offered, at a minimum, the part-time 19 work. When such a layoff is determined, the Director of Human Resources will meet with the Union and explore possible mitigation which would accomplish operational or financial goals which initiated the need for the layoff - such mitigation may include the use of part-time 20+ positions.

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