Self Demotion. (1) An employee may request a demotion from the a Higher Capacity position of Crew Chief at his station provided no other employee possesses recall rights to the classification and station in question. Such a successful employee, or an employee demoted for cause, will not be permitted to bid for another vacancy in this classification or to serve in an acting higher capacity for a period of twelve (12) month following the effective date of such demotion. If however, a Crew Chief self-demotes through the transfer procedure to another city, the period of exclusion from acting or bidding will be six (6) months.
Self Demotion. An employee may request a demotion from the position of Crew Chief at his station provided no other employee possesses recall rights to the classification and station in question. Such a successful employee, or an employee demoted for cause, will not be permitted to bid for another Higher Capacity vacancy in this classification or to serve in an acting capacity for a period of twelve (12) months following the effective date of such demotion. If however, a Crew Chief self demotes through the transfer procedure to another city, the period of exclusion from Higher Capacity positions either acting or bidding will be six (6) months. The Company will offer a fifteen (15) day open window in March every year, beginning in March 2013 for any Crew Chief to self-demote following this self-demotion window. The jobs to be vacated by the self-demotion process will be posted using the on-line tool for bid and awarded on a local city basis only. If more employees desire to self- demote, than those bidding for the jobs at that city, self-demotions will be limited to the number requesting to back fill the positions from that city. If insufficient local bidders are available, the self-demotions will be permitted in seniority order up to the number of bidders.
