SENIORITY CLAUSE. (a) Seniority shall be on the basis of each store. Promotion shall be based on fitness and ability with seniority a factor only when all other things are equal. In case of layoff or promotion, seniority of full time employees shall be considered by areas agreed upon between the Company and the Union. Promotion from part time to full time shall be on the area basis. An employee continuously laid off for six (6) months shall be automatically terminated at the end of that period. Nothing in the above shall be construed to take away from a returned service man any rights or bene fits to which his service with the Company and in the armed forces entitles him. Em ployees laid off within the six (6) months period shall be placed in a pool for consid eration for employment anywhere in the Unit. Employees refusing transfers designed to train them for promotions in line with their seniority shall waive consideration for such promotion by this refusal. Employees transferred from one store to another shall work for a period of six (6) months before regaining full seniority rights.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement