Reduction in the Workforce Sample Clauses
Reduction in the Workforce. 1 . The University will recognize the seniority principle with respect to regular employees, and when the qualifications such as ability, training, skill and other relevant qualities are considered equal, the University will give preference in temporary and seasonal layoffs and subsequent recalls to employee having the longest service with the University. Subject to qualifications as aforesaid, in the event that a layoff becomes necessary, regular employees with the same job title shall be laid off in the order inverse to that in which they were hired, that is, employees last hired shall be first laid off. No new employee shall be hired until a list of qualified laid off employees has been first exhausted.
Reduction in the Workforce.
Section 1. When there is a reduction in the workforce, employees shall be laid off in the following order:
(a) Contractual and temporary employees shall be laid off first, in any order, provided the remaining employees meet the stated qualifications for the remaining positions and are able to perform the available work.
(b) Probationary employees shall be laid off next, in any order, provided the remaining employees meet the stated qualifications for the remaining positions and are able to perform the available work.
(c) Part-time seniority employees shall be laid off next, in any order, provided the remaining employees meet the stated qualifications for the remaining positions and are able to perform the available work.
(d) Thereafter, full-time seniority employees in the affected classifications shall be displaced in order of date of hire seniority. Such displaced seniority employees may thereafter exercise their seniority in the following order, provided the employee meets the stated qualifications of the position and is able to perform the work:
(1) Transfer to a vacant position, if any, within the same pay grade.
(2) Replace the least senior employee, if any, in the same pay grade.
(3) Transfer to a vacant position, if any, in the next lower pay grade where there is a vacancy.
(4) Replace the least senior employee in the next lowest pay grade where there is a less senior employee.
(5) Be laid off.
Section 2. Employees displaced or laid off shall be recalled to position vacancies in their regular pay grade or a lower pay grade, for which they meet the stated qualifications and are able to perform the work. In the event of a call back of an employee who does not immediately return upon notification, the Court may place any other available employee in such position on a temporary basis for up to fifteen (15) working days, without prejudice and without liability.
Section 3. Any employee transferred under the Layoff or Recall Procedures provided above must be qualified and able to perform the work with minimal training. An employee may be disqualified from performing such work if the employee’s employment record with the Court indicates that there is no reasonable expectancy that he would be qualified to perform the job, or if it is determined by the Court during the Qualifying Period provided in Article XI that such employee does not have the ability to perform the job. Any employee disqualified from a job as provided herein shall be transferred or laid...
Reduction in the Workforce. 12.2.1. a) In the event of a reduction in the work force, the following employee categories, though not necessarily in this order, will be the first to be laid off within the classification concerned: employees on probation, temporary employees and contract employees.