Common use of Displacement-Bumping Procedure Clause in Contracts

Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within a department/agency which will result in bumping and layoff, the Human Resources Division will encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees. B. Employees whose positions are being eliminated shall have the rights to exercise their seniority by accepting a reassignment in the employee's present title in which the employee in that title with the least departmental years of service occupies in the same region, or to any other region statewide to a position in the same title occupied by an employee with the least departmental years of service within that region as long as that employee is less senior than the employee whose position is eliminated. C. Alternatively, employees whose position(s) are being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified in any facility in the same region rather than accept a reassignment to another region in the title, provided that there are persons with less seniority who are in the next lower title(s). The option is limited to the least senior employee in the next lower title or titles at each location. D. For the purpose of this Article the geographic regions shall be defined and agreed to by HRD, the Union President of the Local affected and the appropriate representative of the Department/Agency.

Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within a department/agency which will result in bumping and layoff, the Human Resources Division will encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees. B. Employees whose positions are being eliminated shall have the rights to exercise their seniority by accepting a reassignment in the employee's present title in which the employee in that title with the least departmental years of service occupies in the same region, or to any other region statewide to a position in the same title occupied by an employee with the least departmental years of service within that region as long as that employee is less senior than the employee whose position is eliminated. C. Alternatively, employees whose position(s) are being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified in any facility faci lity in the same region rather than accept a reassignment to another region in the title, provided that there are persons with less seniority who are in the next lower title(s). The option is limited to the least senior employee in the next lower title or titles at each location. D. For the purpose of this Article the geographic regions shall be defined and agreed to by HRD, the Union President of the Local affected and the appropriate representative of the Department/Agency.