Common use of Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment Clause in Contracts

Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment. An involuntary transfer shall mean a transfer that an employee has not requested. Involuntary transfers or reassignments shall only be made for the following reasons: A decrease in the number of students which requires a decrease in the number of unit members pursuant to Article III, Section 2, of this Agreement, class size, elimination of program(s) and/or reduced educational funding or school closures. If transfers or reassignments become necessary under the terms of this Agreement, the District shall actively seek volunteers from the building which is being affected prior to making involuntary transfers or reassignments. If the District is unable to procure volunteers from the affected building, they will then seek volunteers from the other buildings within the District if the transfer will solve the problem and the member is highly qualified. Whenever it is possible, unit member(s) with the least seniority shall be transferred or reassigned before unit members having higher seniority. No unit member will be involuntarily transferred or reassigned more than once in any three (3) year period. If an involuntary reassignment is still necessary and a position is eliminated, the least senior person in that position will be given first option to any open position for which they are qualified in that building. If no positions are available, one (1) will be created by transferring the least senior person in the building. An involuntarily reassigned person shall have first option to the next, open, comparable position. A person involuntarily transferred from a building shall have first option to any open position for which they are qualified. An involuntarily transferred or reassigned person shall have the option of returning to his/her building should a comparable position for which he/she is qualified become open in the ensuing five (5) years unless such an action would result in loss of a job for another unit member. In such a case the Association and District may, by mutual agreement, postpone and extend the transferred or reassigned member’s super-privilege one more year.

Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment. An involuntary transfer reassignment shall mean a transfer that an employee has not requested. Involuntary transfers or reassignments shall be used only be made for the following reasons: A decrease in the number of students which requires a decrease in the number of unit members pursuant to Article III, Section 2, of this Agreement, class size, elimination of program(s) and/or reduced educational funding or school closures. If transfers or reassignments become necessary under the terms of this Agreement, the District shall actively seek volunteers from the building which is being affected prior to making involuntary transfers or reassignments. If when the District is unable to procure meet its needs on a voluntary basis. In order to solicit qualified volunteers from the affected buildingto fill a position prior to involuntary reassignment, they will then seek volunteers from the other buildings within the District if will notify all qualified unit members of the available assignment opportunity and request volunteers to fill the position. If there are multiple unit members who volunteer and meet the minimum qualifications or the equivalent for the assignment, then the unit member who is most senior will be selected. When an involuntary transfer will solve or reassignment is to be made because no eligible unit member volunteered for the problem assignment, the Chief Human Resources Officer shall notify the Association and the member is highly qualified. Whenever it is possible, effected unit member(s) with as soon as the District Xxxx has knowledge of the pending transfer or reassignment. A conference will be held between the effected unit member(s), a representative of the Association, the Chief Human Resources Officer, area Xxxx or Department Chairperson, and the Vice President for Academic Services or Vice President for Student Services, as appropriate, to discuss the reason(s) for a transfer or reassignment. If possible, the District will solicit volunteers for a voluntary transfer or reassignment prior to imposing an involuntary transfer or reassignment. The District will involuntarily reassign the unit member who is least senior on the seniority shall be transferred list who meets the minimum qualifications or reassigned before the equivalent for the assignment and has previously taught or practiced in the non-instructional discipline for a minimum of two years. If the involuntary reassignment results in a change in the unit members having higher senioritymember’s salary schedule applicable to the assignment, the District and the union will meet to negotiate the salary schedule placement. No If the involuntary reassignment of a teaching unit member is to a discipline that the member has not taught in the last three years, the unit member will have one semester to prepare for the reassignment. Members of the unit who are to be involuntarily transferred or reassigned more than once in any three (3) year periodshall be given as much advance notice as possible prior to the effective date of the transfer or reassignment. If a unit member is to be involuntarily transferred or reassigned, s/he shall be entitled to receive, if requested in writing, may request a written an explanation in writing of the reason(s) for the transfer or reassignment. If the involuntary reassignment is still necessary and from a non-tenure track to a tenure-track position is eliminatedassignment, the least senior person reassigned unit member will begin a tenure-track process following the Modified Tenure Review Procedure outlined in that position will article 11.8 of this agreement. If a unit member is to be given first option involuntarily transferred, the unit member has the right to any request transfer to and be considered for an open position for which they are qualified in that building. If no positions are available, one (1) will be created by transferring at the least senior person in the building. An involuntarily reassigned person shall have first option to the next, open, comparable position. A person involuntarily transferred from a building shall have first option to any open position for which they are qualified. An involuntarily transferred or reassigned person shall have the option of returning to his/her building should a comparable position for which he/she is qualified become open in the ensuing five (5) years unless such an action would result in loss of a job for another unit member. In such a case the Association and District may, by mutual agreement, postpone and extend the transferred or reassigned member’s super-privilege one more yearprimary work location prior to being involuntarily transferred.

Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment. An involuntary transfer shall mean a transfer that an employee has not requested. Involuntary transfers or reassignments shall only be made for the following reasons: A decrease in the number of students which requires a decrease in the number of unit members pursuant to Article III, Section 2, of this Agreement, class size, elimination of program(s) and/or reduced educational funding or school closures. If transfers or reassignments become necessary under the terms of this Agreement, the District shall actively seek volunteers from the building which is being affected prior to making involuntary transfers or reassignments. If the District is unable to procure volunteers from the affected building, they will then seek volunteers from the other buildings within the District if the transfer will solve the problem and the member is highly qualifiedqualified to teach the position. Whenever it is possible, unit member(s) with the least seniority shall be transferred or reassigned before unit members having higher seniority. No unit member will be involuntarily transferred or reassigned more than once in any three (3) year period. If an involuntary reassignment is still necessary and a position is eliminated, the least senior person in that position will be given first option to any open position for which they are qualified in that building. If no positions are available, one (1) will be created by transferring the least senior person in the building. An involuntarily reassigned person shall have first option to the next, open, comparable position. A person involuntarily transferred from a building shall have first option to any open position for which they are qualified. An involuntarily transferred or reassigned person shall have the option of returning to his/her building should a comparable position for which he/she is qualified become open in the ensuing five (5) years unless such an action would result in loss of a job for another unit member. In such a case the Association and District may, by mutual agreement, postpone and extend the transferred or reassigned member’s super-privilege one more year.