Long term Reduction in Force. (31 days or more). If the reduction in force within the shift of a unit is expected by the hospital to, or actually does, last thirty-one (31) continuous calendar days or more, layoff will occur by inverse order of seniority, except as noted below, among the employee(s) within the affected classification, provided that the remaining employee(s) within the classification is/are qualified to perform the work to be done, according to the following order: Volunteers, by seniority Temporary employees Introductory employees Casual employees Regular Part-time and full-time employees.
Long term Reduction in Force. (1) When the Hospital decides that the reduction will be long term and that Nurses will be laid off, the layoff will be accomplished on a unit-by-unit basis and the preference steps (1) through (4), (6), (7), and (8) in Subsection B above will be followed, but Nurses will be laid off from their unit without regard to shift assignment. In the case of Step (1), volunteers will be identified from a log for this purpose to be maintained in the Nursing Office. A Nurse who will be affected by a layoff will be given the opportunity to displace the least senior Nurse within his/her service line, take an open position in the Hospital for which they are qualified, or displace the least senior Nurse within Nursing Services for which they are qualified. Qualification in this context means being able to perform the work of the new position after an individually based orientation period that is mutually agreed upon. Such Nurse must also be willing to accept the displaced Nurse’s schedule. When more than one (1) Nurse has a right to displace another Nurse, the number of least senior Nurses to be displaced will be equal to the number of Nurses having the right to displace and preference to displace will be given among the affected Nurses on the basis of seniority. The Hospital, at its option, may elect to place a Nurse in a position in Nursing Services determined by the Hospital to be available and suitable as an alternative to exercise of displacement rights.
