Common use of Job Changes Clause in Contracts

Job Changes. In the event that jobs change as the result of the introduction of any major technological or other significant change, and where new or greater skills are required than are already possessed by affected employees under the present methods of operation, such employee, if reasonably possible, shall, at the expense of the Board, be given a period of time during which they may perfect or acquire the skills necessitated by the new method of operation. Where retraining is not reasonably possible, or where jobs are eliminated as a result of the introduction of any major technological or other significant change, the Board will either: (a) Assign employees to other duties with on-the-job-training as required and if an employee's new job carries a lower rate of pay, with pay for three (3) months at the rate of the employee's previous job followed by pay for a further three (3) months at a rate halfway between the rates of the employee's previous and new jobs, followed by pay at the rate of the employee's new job, or (b) Release the employee with a severance allowance of one (1) week’s pay for each complete year of seniority.