Common use of Long Term Layoffs Clause in Contracts

Long Term Layoffs. Layoffs of a permanent nature which are expected to 13 exceed twenty-one (21) consecutive calendar days in a work unit or permanent reductions 14 of work force in a work unit will occur in the following manner: 15 16 When the need for long-term layoffs is foreseen by ARRMC, at least twenty-one 17 (21) calendar days prior to the effective date of such reduction or elimination, ARRMC will 18 deliver notice to the Association and the Association unit chairperson, in writing, 19 specifying the number and description of positions to be reduced and the reasons 20 therefore. 22 ARRMC and Association officials, and affected nurses, will meet to explore and 23 discuss alternatives to layoffs within seven (7) days of such notification. If discussions do 24 not produce full agreement on alternatives, then long-term layoffs will proceed as follows: 25 A. Volunteers from the shift and work unit. 26 B. Agency and traveler nurses . 27 C. Probationary nurses (all status). 28 D. Other flexible status nurses in the following order: 29 1. Temporary and On Call 30 2. Bid 31 E. Regular status, full-time and part-time RNs by inverse seniority. 32 1 In staffing the reduced work unit, displaced nurses will be offered the vacated 2 positions within the work unit according to their seniority consistent with the standards set 3 forth in the next sentence. A more senior nurse may be laid off, out of seniority, if the 4 Hospital determines the nurse is not qualified (with reasonable orientation/ education) to 5 perform the work of the unit during the layoff or does not possess special skills required 6 in the unit, which are possessed by a less senior nurse. The Hospital's determination will 7 not be arbitrary or capricious. A laid off nurse will be entitled to use the procedures under 8 the “displaced nurses” provisions of this Section. 9

Long Term Layoffs. Layoffs of a permanent nature which are expected to 13 27 exceed twenty-one (21) consecutive calendar days in a work unit or 28 permanent reductions 14 of work force in a work unit will occur in the following 29 manner: 15 16 : 30 A. When the need for long-term layoffs is foreseen by ARRMC, at least twenty-one 17 (21) calendar days prior to the effective date of such 32 reduction or elimination, ARRMC will 18 deliver notice to the Association 33 and the Association unit chairperson, in writing, 19 specifying the number 34 and description of positions to be reduced and the reasons 20 therefore. 22 . 1 B. ARRMC and Association officials, and affected nurses, will meet to 2 explore and 23 discuss alternatives to layoffs within seven (7) days of 3 such notification. If discussions do 24 not produce full agreement on 4 alternatives, then long-term layoffs will proceed as follows: 25 A. 5 1. Volunteers from the shift and work unit. 26 B. 7 2. Agency and traveler nurses nurses. 27 C. 9 3. Probationary nurses (all status).. 10 28 D. 11 C. Other flexible status nurses in the following order: 29 12 1. Temporary and On Call 30 14 2. Bid 31 E. 16 D. Regular status, full-time and part-time RNs by inverse seniority. 32 1 18 In staffing the reduced work unit, displaced nurses will be offered the 19 vacated 2 positions within the work unit according to their seniority 20 consistent with the standards set 3 forth in the next sentence. A more 21 senior nurse may be laid off, out of seniority, if the 4 Hospital determines 22 the nurse is not qualified (with reasonable orientation/ education) to 5 23 perform the work of the unit during the layoff or does not possess 24 special skills required 6 in the unit, which are possessed by a less 25 senior nurse. The Hospital's determination will 7 not be arbitrary or 26 capricious. A laid off nurse will be entitled to use the procedures 27 under 8 the “displaced nurses” provisions of this Section. 9.