Common use of Permanent Reduction Clause in Contracts

Permanent Reduction. a. Permanent reduction shall be defined as a reduction of hours, reduction in force, or the elimination of an employee’s position in excess of thirty (30) days. When the Employer determines that a reduction in hours or position is necessary, the decision will be made and communicated to the Union through a notice of intent in writing, a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to implementation. This notice shall include the number and description of the affected positions and the reasons for the reduction. The parties shall meet, if the Union so requests, to discuss the reduction and explore alternatives, including a work share agreement to be mutually agreed upon by the employees in the affected patient care area or outpatient facility. However, the Employer retains the final right to determine the nature of the layoff. b. Permanent reduction in positions or hours shall take place by reverse Bargaining Unit seniority by inpatient patient care area or outpatient module/work group provided that the employees remaining have the ability to perform the work required with up to a maximum of one hundred and sixty (160) hours of orientation. c. Such permanent reduction shall take place in the following order: 1) Overtime 2) Volunteers 3) Non-union temporary employees (see Article 8) 4) Hours above coding 5) On call employees 6) Short hour employees 7) Any employee filling a temporary regular position (they will be returned to their original position) 8) Regular employees d. The affected employees shall be given at least thirty (30) days notice of layoff, or compensation at the regular rate of pay to the extent that such notice is deficient. e. Inpatient Bumping Rights Employees affected by permanent reduction in positions or hours (an employee who has been laid off in accordance with the preceding provisions) may request in writing and receive transfer to one (1) of the ten (10) least senior comparable positions in the Bargaining Unit for which she/he is qualified, or any open positions in the region. If there is no employee who is less senior than the laid off employee working in a comparable position, the laid off employee will have the option to bump the least senior position in the Bargaining Unit that is closest to their own coded hours, regardless of shift or location. Permanent reduction - Specific provision directly related to patient placement at ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Medical Center or other Clark County alliance. An inpatient employee who is bumped by an employee who has been laid off as described above shall have the right to bump the least senior employee within their arena whose job s/he can perform. The Union shall provide primary technical assistance to the implementation of this article up to and including staff wages. Management will partner with the Union in the execution of the layoff and subsequent bumping.

Permanent Reduction. a. Permanent reduction shall be defined as a reduction of hours, reduction in force, or the elimination of an employee’s position in excess of thirty (30) days. When the Employer determines that a reduction in hours or position is necessary, the decision will be made and communicated to the Union through a notice of intent in writing, a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to implementation. This notice shall include the number and description of the affected positions and the reasons for the reduction. The parties shall meet, if the Union so requests, to discuss the reduction and explore alternatives, including a work share agreement to be mutually agreed upon by the employees in the affected patient care area or outpatient facility. However, the Employer retains the final right to determine the nature of the layoff. b. Permanent reduction in positions or hours shall take place by reverse Bargaining Unit seniority by inpatient patient care area or outpatient module/work group provided that the employees remaining have the ability to perform the work required with up to a maximum of one hundred and sixty (160) hours of orientation. c. Such permanent reduction shall take place in the following order: 1) Overtime 2) Volunteers 3) Non-union temporary employees (see Article 8) 4) Hours above coding 5) On call employees 6) Short hour employees 7) Any employee filling a temporary regular position (they will be returned to their original position) 8) Regular employees d. The affected employees shall be given at least thirty (30) days notice of layoff, or compensation at the regular rate of pay to the extent that such notice is deficient. e. Inpatient Bumping Rights Employees affected by permanent reduction in positions or hours (an employee who has been laid off in accordance with the preceding provisions) may request in writing and receive transfer to one (1) of the ten (10) least senior comparable positions in the Bargaining Unit for which she/he is qualified, or any open positions in the region. If there is no employee who is less senior than the laid off employee working in a comparable position, the laid off employee will have the option to bump the least senior position in the Bargaining Unit that is closest to their own coded hours, regardless of shift or location. Permanent reduction - Specific provision directly related to patient placement at ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Medical Center or other Clark ▇▇▇▇▇ County alliance. An inpatient employee who is bumped by an employee who has been laid off as described above shall have the right to bump the least senior employee within their arena whose job s/he can perform. The Union shall provide primary technical assistance to the implementation of this article up to and including staff wages. Management will partner with the Union in the execution of the layoff and subsequent bumping.