Common use of Departmentalization Clause in Contracts

Departmentalization. 29:01 The parties agree to establish departments throughout the plant and will post available open- ings should new departments be established. The existing departments shall be defined as follows: Department 1 – Press Bay. Department 2 – Paint and Assembly. 29:02 High seniority employees will be the last to be transferred at the beginning of the shift, when work is not available in the department. (a) If an employee’s job is shutdown, that employee will be allowed to displace the most junior em- ployee in the Department, seniority permitting. The most Junior employee in the Department will then be assigned work at the discretion of the Company for the remainder of the shift. Such a displaced employee will, however, still be eligible for overtime work in their original department in accordance with Article 16:01 of the Collective Agreement. An employee will only be allowed to displace the most Junior employee in the Department once per shift. (b) Employees reporting late to work will only be able to displace a temporary part-time em- ployee or a Probationary Employee in their own department. Otherwise they will be assigned work at the discretion of the Company. 29:04 Employees on a specific job due to a disability will be exempt from transfer. 29:05 An employee transferred under the terms of this clause, to another department for that day, will not be able to apply the options of this clause in the department they are transferred to. 29:06 The Company agrees to post on December 1, 2009, the respective departments by shift and classification, listing the number of positions available. 29:07 Preference will be given to seniority by shifts on the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of those classifications and de- partments. 29:08 If the posting procedure fails to meet the re- quirements for the departments, the Company shall have the right to assign the employees re- quired in the reverse order of seniority. 29:09 The Company will endeavor, whenever possi- ble, to meet employee department change re- quests giving consideration to: (i) Seniority (ii) Classifications