Common use of Role of Seniority in Lay-Offs Clause in Contracts

Role of Seniority in Lay-Offs. Both parties recognize that job security should increase in proportion to length of service. Therefore, in the event of a layoff, and where consistent with the Employer’s right to target the program for the layoff, Employees shall be laid off in the reverse order of their seniority. An employee about to be laid off may bump an employee with less seniority, but there shall be no “bumping up.” This will mean that, within the same bargaining unit, an employee may bump within the same job classification, or into a lower job classification. For clarity, employees may, thereby, increase their regular hours of work but they may not bump into a higher job classification.