Common use of FORCE REDUCTION Clause in Contracts

FORCE REDUCTION. In the event the Company determines a workforce surplus condition exists, it will at its sole discretion identify employees subject to part-timing, layoff, or both. When identifying employees who are subject to part-timing, layoff, or both, seniority will prevail when employee qualifications are substantially equal. The Company agrees to give the union ten 10 work days’ notice of its intended plan. The Company will release temporary and occasional employees before proceeding with force reduction of regular employees doing similar work in the same location.