Intent Regarding Non-Employee Sources of Engineering Services. It is the Company’s intent that non-employee sources of engineering services (e.g., Industry Assist, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, and Purchased Services) will be used as a buffer to lessen the need for layoffs of engineering employees during times of reductions in force and as a resource not readily available to the Company otherwise. During the time of a general reduction in force in Wichita among engineering employees involving two (2) percent or more of the bargaining unit, the Company will consider whether engineering work performed by non- employee sources of engineering services that was previously performed by bargaining unit members may be reassigned to Company engineers. Prior to layoffs pursuant to Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, the Company will meet with the Union to review subcontracted work that was previously performed by the Unit in the Company’s Wichita Kansas facility. This review shall be completed within sixty (60) days of the first layoff notices to the affected skill management code. If all five (5) of the following conditions can be fully satisfied, the previously subcontracted work will be returned:
Intent Regarding Non-Employee Sources of Engineering Services. It is the Company’s intent that non-employee sources of engineering services (e.g., C ontract L abor, Industry Assist, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, and Purchased Services) will be used as a buffer to lessen the need for layoffs of engineering employees during times of reductions in force and as a resource not readily available to the Company otherwise. During the time of a general reduction in force in a t the Company’s plants in Sedgwick County, Kansas Wichita among engineering employees involving two (2) percent or more of the bargaining unit, the Company will consider whether engineering work performed by non-employee sources of engineering services that was previously performed by bargaining unit members may be reassigned to Company engineers. Prior to layoffs pursuant to Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, the Company will meet with the Union to review subcontracted work that was previously performed by the Unit in a t the Company’s p lants in Sedgwick County, KansasWichita Kansas facility. This review shall be completed within sixty (60) days of the first layoff notices to the affected skill management code. If all five (5) of the following conditions can be fully satisfied, the previously subcontracted work will be returned:
