Retrenchment Procedure Sample Clauses
Retrenchment Procedure. A. The President of the College shall make reasonable efforts to effect the required retrenchment by exhausting attrition and reassignment.
B. Once a determination has been made to retrench unit members within a particular division, department, work area or professional service area the order of retrenchment shall be:
1. Part–time employees in the affected work area;
2. Temporary employees in the affected work area;
3. Unit members in the affected work area according to reverse seniority.
C. In selecting among and between full–time unit members, the seniority of each unit member within any department/work area/program, whichever is appropriate, at a College shall determine the order in which the unit member shall be retrenched from that department/work area/program area, whichever is appropriate, so that the most senior such member shall be last retrenched and the least senior such member shall be first retrenched; provided, however, that such order of retrenchment shall govern only insofar as, pursuant to its initial application, those unit members to be retained are by training, academic credentials, and/or experience as determined by the President of the College or the President’s designee qualified to teach the remaining courses offered by such department or within such program area; provided further that if a unit member is qualified to teach in more than one work area according to the criterion of having taught eight (8) sections in that work area, then college–wide seniority in the professional staff work unit and the faculty work unit shall prevail in the event of retrenchment.
D. A unit member who is aggrieved by the order of retrenchment shall upon request be notified of the reasons for such retrenchment as it relates to that unit member’s employment being discontinued.
Retrenchment Procedure. A. The President of the College shall make reasonable efforts to effect the required retrenchment by exhausting attrition and reassignment.
B. Once a determination has been made to retrench unit members within a particular division, department, work area or professional service area the order of retrenchment shall be:
Retrenchment Procedure. (1) The retrenchment procedures prescribed in the Act applies to any retrenchment of employees.
(2) A retrenched employee must be provided with –
(a) a certificate of service in the form of Annexure A3; and
(b) a letter confirming that the employee has been retrenched.
(3) Within 72 hours of notifying an employee or employees that he/she/they have been selected for retrenchment, the employer must notify the Council in writing of the retrenchment. The notification must provide the following details of the affected employee(s).
(a) Initials and surname;
(b) ID number / Passport number;
(c) Computer number;
(d) Category code; and
(e) Anticipated date of retrenchment.
(4) If the employer contemplates a retrenchment that falls within the provisions of section 189A of the Act, the Council must appoint a facilitator to assist the parties engaged in retrenchment consultations, if –
(a) the employer has requested facilitation in its notice in terms of section 189 (3) of the Act; or
(b) consulting parties representing the majority of employees whom the employer contemplates dismissing have requested facilitation and have notified the Council within 15 days of receiving the notice envisaged by section 189 (3) of the Act.
(5) If the Council is requested to provide a facilitator, it must do so in terms of –
(a) section 189A of the Act; and
(b) any regulations promulgated in terms of section 189A (6) of the Act.
Retrenchment Procedure