Common use of SENIORITY CLAUSE Clause in Contracts

SENIORITY CLAUSE. 37.1 Seniority shall be defined as the length of an employee's continuous service within a classification, except for communications employees for whom seniority shall be defined as the length of service within the Communications Center. For the purposes of this Article, the classification of Police Officer shall include all time spent as a “sworn police officer” in the bargaining unit for the Department. 37.2 The City will provide the Association with a seniority list of members upon request. 37.3 Except as stated in Article 37.4 below, employees will continue to accrue seniority. Seniority will be broken and the employment relationship will be severed if any of the following events occur: a. Voluntary resignation or retirement; b. Discharge of a regular employee for just cause, discharge of a probationary employee at will, or separation of an employee pursuant to Article 33.2 or Article 33.3.a; c. Layoff or absence from work due to off-the-job illness or off-the-job injury for more than 24 months duration; d. Failure to notify the City of intent to return to work pursuant to a recall notice sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last address provided to the City through personnel records within five business days of delivery; e. Failure to report for work immediately upon expiration of an authorized leave of absence or, in the case of an absence due to off or on-the-job injury or illness, failure to report for available work within seven days of receipt of notice of a limited or a full medical release to return to work; f. Absence from work due to an on the job injury or on the job illness after three (3) years from date of original injury/diagnosis or otherwise in accordance with ORS 659A.043 and ORS 659A.046. g. Failure to return from military leave, in accordance with applicable law. 37.4 Employees who are promoted to positions within the Department that are outside the bargaining unit, but are returned to bargaining unit positions by the City will return with the seniority they had accrued at the time of their promotion restored. The time an employee spends in such a position will not however, be applied toward his/her seniority. Instead, the employee’s seniority date will be adjusted by an amount equal to the time he/she served in the non-bargaining unit position.

SENIORITY CLAUSE. 37.1 Seniority shall be defined as the length of an employee's continuous service within a classification, except for communications employees for whom seniority shall be defined as the length of service within the Communications Center. For the purposes of this Article, the classification of Police Officer shall include all time spent as a “sworn police officer” in the bargaining unit for the Department. 37.2 The City will provide the Association with a seniority list of members upon request. 37.3 Except as stated in Article Section 37.4 below, employees will continue to accrue seniority. Seniority will be broken and the employment relationship will be severed if any of the following events occur: a. Voluntary resignation or retirement; b. Discharge of a regular employee for just cause, cause or discharge of a probationary employee at will, or separation of an employee pursuant to Article 33.2 or Article 33.3.a; c. Layoff or absence from work due to off-the-job illness or off-the-job injury for more than 24 months duration; d. Failure to notify the City of intent to return to work pursuant to a recall notice sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last address provided to the City through personnel records within five business days of delivery; e. Failure to report for work immediately upon expiration of an authorized leave of absence or, in the case of an absence due to off or on-the-job injury or illness, failure to report for available work within seven days of receipt of notice of a limited or a full medical release to return to work; f. Absence from work due to an on the job injury or on the job illness after three (3) years from date of original injury/diagnosis or otherwise in accordance with ORS 659A.043 and ORS 659A.046Chapter 659. g. Failure to return from military leave, in accordance with applicable law. 37.4 Employees who are promoted to positions within the Department that are outside the bargaining unit, but are returned to bargaining unit positions by the City will return with the seniority they had accrued at the time of their promotion restored. The time an employee spends in such a position will not however, be applied toward his/her seniority. Instead, the employee’s seniority date will be adjusted by an amount equal to the time he/she served in the non-bargaining unit position.