Common use of Layoff Considerations Clause in Contracts

Layoff Considerations. The selection of employees in the layoff unit to be laid off will be determined as follows: 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 A. No tenured employee shall be laid off if there are employees who do not have tenure in the layoff unit. B. No employee who does not have tenure in the layoff unit with more than five (5) years of continuous University service shall be laid off if there are any such employees with five (5) years or less service. C. The sole instance in which only one (1) employee will constitute a layoff unit is when the functions that the employee performs constitute an area, program, or other level of organization at the University. D. The provisions of Article 13.2(A) and (B) above will apply unless the University determines that an Affirmative Action Program has been so affected, the University shall notify UFF in writing. E. Where employees are equally qualified under (A) or (B) above, those employees will be retained who, in the judgment of the University, will best contribute to the mission and purpose of the University. In making such judgment, the University shall carefully consider employees’ length of continuous university service, and shall take into account other appropriate factors, including but not limited to performance evaluation by students, peers, and supervisors, and the employee’s academic training, professional reputation, teaching effectiveness, research record of quality of the creative activity in which the employee may be engaged, and service to the profession, community, and public. F. No tenured employee shall be laid off solely for the purpose of creating a vacancy to be filled by an administrator entering the bargaining unit. G. The University shall notify the local UFF Chapter in writing regarding the use of adjunct and other non-unit faculty in those departments/units where employees have been laid off. The use of adjunct and other non-unit faculty in departments/units where employees have been laid off may be the subject of consultation meetings pursuant to Article 2.1.

Layoff Considerations. The selection of employees in the layoff unit to be laid off will be determined as follows: 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 12361231 A. No tenured employee shall be laid off if there are employees who do not have tenure in the layoff unit. B. No employee who does not have tenure in the layoff unit with more than five (5) years of continuous University service shall be laid off if there are any such employees with five (5) years or less service. C. The sole instance in which only one (1) employee will constitute a layoff unit is when the functions that the employee performs constitute an area, program, or other level of organization at the University. D. The provisions of Article 13.2(A) and (B) above will apply unless the University determines that an Affirmative Action Program has been so affected, the University shall notify UFF in writing. E. Where employees are equally qualified under (A) or (B) above, those employees will be retained who, in the judgment of the University, will best contribute to the mission and purpose of the University. In making such judgment, the University shall carefully consider employees’ length of continuous university service, and shall take into account other appropriate factors, including but not limited to performance evaluation by students, peers, and supervisors, and the employee’s academic training, professional reputation, teaching effectiveness, research record of quality of the creative activity in which the employee may be engaged, and service to the profession, community, and public. F. No tenured employee shall be laid off solely for the purpose of creating a vacancy to be filled by an administrator entering the bargaining unit. G. The University shall notify the local UFF Chapter in writing regarding the use of adjunct and other non-unit faculty in those departments/units where employees have been laid off. The use of adjunct and other non-unit faculty in departments/units where employees have been laid off may be the subject of consultation meetings pursuant to Article 2.1.