Common use of Employee Notification of a Vacancy Clause in Contracts

Employee Notification of a Vacancy. An employee eligible for reinstatement to a position shall be contacted by the Human Resource Department by telephone and notified that a position is available. The employee being recalled must inform the Human Resource Department within forty-eight (48) hours after this notification of intention to accept the position or forfeit all reinstatement rights. Employees who cannot be contacted by telephone (i.e., phone not answered and no method of leaving a message is available) shall forfeit all rights to the vacancy. It is the employee’s responsibility to either be available by phone or to have the appropriate device available whereby messages may be left. Failure of such notice to reach the employee shall not be the responsibility of the District.