Common use of DISPLACEMENT (BUMPING) IN LIEU OF LAYOFF Clause in Contracts

DISPLACEMENT (BUMPING) IN LIEU OF LAYOFF. Displacement is the movement in a layoff of an employee to an equal or lower class on the basis of seniority. (An employee cannot displace to a higher class.) If an employee who is to be laid off had permanent status in an equal or lower class such employee shall be offered a vacant positions in the equal or lower class or he/she may displace an employee having less seniority as defined in 23.8. Any employee thus displaced may in the same manner displace another employee. Should an employee have the right to displace in more than one class, he/she shall displace first in the highest class in which he/she has rights. Should an employee have the right to displace to two (2) or more equal, lower classes, he/she shall displace first to the most recently occupied equal class.