Common use of SENIORITY AND PROBATION Clause in Contracts

SENIORITY AND PROBATION. Article 5.01 - Definition of Seniority Seniority is defined as an employee’s accumulated service with the Employer from the initial date of hiring and will be the major consideration in determining the order of dispatch, subject to the ability to perform the required work. . Where employees have been dispatched to a job site and there is a reduction in the number of employees required, the remaining work will be performed by the most senior qualified employee among those already dispatched to that job. The Union recognizes that in some instances the seniority list could be circumvented by a contractor name requesting a specific person. The Employer may find it necessary to move an employee to another job, however the employee will be returned to their original position as soon as possible. When a job ceases for more than fourteen (14) days, it will be considered a new job. Employees absent due to WCB, vacation or personal injury will be returned to the job they left from, if that job still exists. When employees request a removal from a job they will lose their call back. Any employee who is consistently unavailable or who unreasonably refuses three (3) calls from the Employer in a thirty (30) day period shall be placed at the bottom of the dispatch list for a sixty (60) day period.

SENIORITY AND PROBATION. Article 5.01 - ‐ Definition of Seniority Seniority is defined as an employee’s accumulated service with the Employer from the initial date of hiring and will be the major consideration in determining the order of dispatch, subject to the ability to perform the required work. . Where employees have been dispatched to a job site and there is a reduction in the number of employees required, the remaining work will be performed by the most senior qualified employee among those already dispatched to that job. The Union recognizes that in some instances the seniority list could be circumvented by a contractor name requesting a specific person. The Employer may find it necessary to move an employee to another job, however the employee will be returned to their original position as soon as possible. When a job ceases for more than fourteen (14) days, it will be considered a new job. Employees absent due to WCB, vacation or personal injury will be returned to the job they left from, if that job still exists. When employees request a removal from a job they will lose their call back. Any employee who is consistently unavailable or who unreasonably refuses three (3) calls from the Employer in a thirty (30) day period shall be placed at the bottom of the dispatch list for a sixty (60) day period.