SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement 11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment. 11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement. 11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office. 11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative. 11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties. 11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties. 11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) For the purposes of determining a seniority date, an employee's aggregate paid hours will be converted by using the following formula: two thousand and eighty (2,080) paid hours equals one (1) year.
(b) An employee’s seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same calculated from his/her initial date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but provided he/she is not accumulate seniority absent from work for a any period of up to exceeding twelve (12) consecutive monthscontinuous months for reasons other than illness, injury, layoff or an approved leave of absence. Should the employee wish to return to hisIf he/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, howevershe has been so absent, his/her seniority date shall be accumulate from his/her re-entry last date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesof hire.
11.7 A (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing sub-clause, as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were previously covered by a Collective Agreement shall have placed to their credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor collective agreements. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement.
12.01 (d) Notwithstanding clause 12.01(b), as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were not covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement shall have placed to their credit seniority in accordance with Section 33(3)(b) or (c) of the Public Sector Labour Relations ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇, S.O. 1997, c.21, Schedule. B, which shall be calculated from their first date of hire with their predecessor employer unless they lost seniority in accordance with clause 12.02, in which case it shall be calculated from their subsequent date of hire. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement.
12.01 (e) Notwithstanding Clause 12.01(b), as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement and who are not excluded from the Unit B bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside in accordance with Clarity Note 2 in Article 2 (Recognition) shall have placed to their credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor Collective Agreements. Following the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, accrue seniority in accordance with the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date terms of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisCollective Agreement.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6a) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's ’s seniority for all purposes shall be the first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The probationary employee. Seniority list will shall be revised every broken only by discharge, voluntary quit, normal retirement, or more than a two (2) year layoff, or leave, except for employees on workers compensation leave who shall not suffer a break in seniority unless on leave for more than three (3) months and years.
(b) A list of employees arranged in the order of their seniority shall be posted on designated plant the Union bulletin boards and a board no less often than once every six (6) months. A copy of the seniority list will posting shall be forwarded sent to the union officeLocal Union.
11.5 For employees who have (c) Any controversy over the same date seniority standing of hire, their any employee on the seniority ranking will list shall be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior subject to the end of grievance procedure. An employee shall have thirty (30) days to protest his placement on the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her senioritylist once it is first posted. Further, providing If there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve no written protest within this thirty (1230) consecutive monthsday period, the employee shall continue not have a right to challenge his placement on the list thereafter.
(d) For full-time employees there shall be two seniority lists, “local cartage” and “over-the- road.” There shall also be a separate “casual local cartage” seniority list. Employees in the following classifications shall be included on the local cartage seniority list: all truck drivers, helpers, dock workers, jockeys, and such other employees as may be presently or hereafter represented by the Union, engaged in local pickup, delivery, and assembling of freight. The “over-the-road” seniority list shall include all over-the-road drivers whose primary job is to transport freight between the Employer’s facilities. Nothing within this paragraph shall preclude the Company from requesting a road driver to make extra stops to pick up or deliver freight in connection with all his regular run or performing other local cartage work as the Company may assign. It is not the intent of the Company that this provision be utilized to diminish cartage employees’ work.
(e) The Company shall offer extra city or dock work to road employees who are on layoff and who are qualified and immediately available for city or dock work prior to using casual employees, except where there is a mutually agreed procedure to the contrary. No road employee shall gain “local cartage” seniority under this provision, but he/she shall accrue Company seniority.
(f) The following shall apply to casual employees:
(i) The date an employee is hired as a casual will be the casual seniority date.
(ii) A casual employees laid off due to lack of work for less than one year will retain his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate casual seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement Company and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The job classification seniority shall be used lost due to discharge, voluntary quit or retirement.
(iii) The date of a casual employee obtains full-time employment shall be the employee’s regular seniority date.
(iv) A casual employee whose layoff exceeds one (1) year shall be considered to have been terminated and shall lose seniority, but may reapply for vacation selection employment.
(v) A full-time employee’s seniority shall prevail over a casual employee’s seniority in case of layoff.
(vi) If a full-time position is available for bid, and is not bid upon by a qualified regular full-time employee, the casual employee with the most seniority who bids on the position will be awarded the position if he or she meets the minimum qualifications of the position.
(vii) Casual employees will be laid off and recalled to their job postings within classification in accordance with Section 2 below.
(viii) Casual employees hired prior to September 1, 2006 who possess a CDL shall become full-time employees after two (2) years. If the employee does not possess the CDL by January 1, 2009, this provision shall no longer apply. When a casual or combinations of casuals works the same classificationshift for eight (8) continuous hours forty-five (45) days in ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, other than as a temporary replacement for an employee on vacation or leave of absence, the Company shall create a fulltime position that it may classify, at its discretion, as a full time dock with CDL or full time dock only; pay will be in accordance with Article 26.
(g) In developing the initial Local Cartage seniority list referenced above, the Company shall use the employee’s Company seniority date unless a particular employee transferred into his current service center from another service center. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays In such event, the employee’s transfer date to the current service center shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisused to develop the seniority list.
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Sources: National Master Ups Freight Agreement, National Master Ups Freight Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 7.01 Seniority will date from the first day of service with the Fire Department, provided there is continuity of service.
7.02 Schedule "C" attached hereto shall form part of this Agreement and shall show the seniority of the members covered by this Agreement. The placement of a new employee at the bottom of the seniority list shall occur automatically at the time said employee becomes a permanent employee. In cases of multiple hiring of employees occurring on one date, the order that persons are ranked in the eligibility list as of the date of hire shall determine their rank on the seniority list. The City shall provide this list to the Union upon request, but in no event less often than once each calendar year. (An employee's date of birth, for privacy reasons, shall not appear on the seniority list, however, upon request the Union shall be provided with the listing of their member's dates of birth.)
7.03 Seniority shall govern layoffs, and when the Fire Department is engaging additional employees, the rehiring shall be established and maintained for all employees done in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementinverse order to layoffs, subject to the following conditions:
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during (a) An employee shall retain recall rights from the first six (6) months date of layoff for a period of time equal to their length of continuous employmentemployment with the Fire Department immediately preceding such layoff.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an (b) An employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to on layoff under Subsection 7.03(a) above for twelve (12) or more months shall:
(i) produce a medical certificate certifying the employee's first physical and mental fitness to perform the duties required by the City, and
(ii) satisfy the Chief of the Department, at the time of recall, that the employee has the qualifications to perform the duties of the rank and position in which the employee was laid off and/or that the employee acquires the necessary knowledge and competence in their new position the employee shall be assigned to steady day worked under shift (8 hours) for purposes of training. After satisfactory completion of such training the terms employee shall be assigned to a normal working shift. If satisfactory completion of this agreement or date such training is not achieved, such recalled employee shall be deemed to be a newly hired employee and the provisions of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementSection 8:01, Probationary Fire Fighter, shall apply.
11.4 The Seniority list will 7.04 No member of the Fire Suppression Division shall be revised every assigned to duty in the Fire Prevention Division for a period in excess of three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officecontinuous years.
11.5 For employees who have 7.05 In the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way event that sickness or injury of a draw conducted member makes it desirable for him to serve in the presence Fire Prevention Division, Alarm or Mechanical Divisions in excess of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside three (3) year period, such extended service may be authorized by the City, although such continued service shall result in discontinuation of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period the purpose of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should promotion in the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesFire Suppression Division.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 6.1 For the purpose of seniority, employees shall be established considered as grouped in accordance with Schedule "A" of the Agreement, there being one list for full-time employees and maintained one list for all part-time employees in each group.
6.2 The Union’s Local President (or his/her designate) shall work with the Bargaining Unit as determined Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) to prepare accurate seniority lists of full-time and part-time employees, to reflect seniority in a maximum of three (3) job classifications. The draft lists shall be posted on April 1st and November 1st of each calendar year. Changes in the seniority date and/or job classification of an employee shall be considered if the employee or his/her Union Representative makes written protest within this agreementthirty (30) calendar days after posting of the draft seniority list. Errors reported after the-said 30 days shall only be considered by the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) and the Local President (or his/her designate) where the change is supported by recorded evidence. If an employee has been in the same seniority section for more than two (2) years and has not reported an error in his/her seniority over the last four (4) seniority postings, then the employee’s request for change will not be considered. Prior to their posting, the finalized seniority lists must be approved, dated and signed by the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) and the Local President (or his/her designate).
11.2 6.3 Where an employee has only held seniority in one seniority section for more than fifteen years and their job has been abolished, they may use their seniority to displace in any seniority section where they are qualified.
6.4 Employees appointed by bulletin to permanent positions in a seniority section will be regarded as probationary during accorded a seniority date from the first six (6) months date of continuous employmentappointment by the bulletin.
11.3 Upon successful completion 6.5 Any time that the Tower has a temporary department closure, all affected bargaining unit employees will be offered voluntary lay- off in seniority order before junior employees are laid off. Those employees who chose this option are deemed to acknowledge by this provision that he/she may not be entitled to Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
6.6 When laying off an employee, the Company will give to the employee affected a fourteen (14) calendar days notice if the lay- off is deemed to be for more than three (3) months, and in the event of job abolition fourteen (14) calendar days notice. The Local President (or his/her designate) shall be advised of all lay- offs and job abolition, and he/she may make proposals to Management on behalf of the probationary periodemployees affected.
6.7 When reducing forces, an employee senior qualified employees will be credited permitted to exercise their seniority in accordance with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement Article. Any full-time employee will be considered as senior to any part-time employee.
6.8 A displaced employee or date one whose position is abolished must exercise his/her seniority within his/her own job classification provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work, failing which he/she may:
(a) exercise his/her seniority within other job classifications within his/her seniority section or within another seniority section wherein he/she holds seniority, provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work; or
(b) the employee may take a lay-off and/or hold him/herself available for part-time employment within his/her own seniority section until such time as he/she recalled in his own seniority section in accordance with the provisions of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date Collective Agreement. In the application of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list Article, an employee required to exercise his/her seniority to an immediately previous job classification, provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work, will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and establish a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have date the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to as his/her immediate previous classification prior job classification. Where there is more than one vacancy in a particular job classification, and more than one employee is qualified, and one or more of them is a new scheduled employee and obtains one of the vacancies, the seniority date of the successful employee will be established on the basis of the date of first hire and, if there is a tie, then a full-time employee shall be considered more senior over a part-time employee. An employee exercising seniority in accordance with this Article shall, within five (5) calendar days of the abolition of her/his position or of her/his displacement, make her/his choice in writing to the end of Director, Human Resources (or the twelve Company’s designate), copy to the Local President (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous designate), stating her/his qualifications where necessary, failing which the employee shall forfeit her/his seniority. The employee in question shall assume such new position at a date specified by the Company, such discretion not to be abused by Management. An employee, who is laid off and chooses to exercise his/her seniority to another job classification, must stay in the employee may exercise seniority classification until a posted schedule becomes available for him or her to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on choose in accordance with his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit 6.9 When an employee may accept a position outside is on leave of absence, or vacation, granted by the bargaining unit Company, on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into her/his displacement or the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within abolition of her/his position, the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.time limits established in Article
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 9.01 An employee’s seniority date shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or most recent date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of bargaining unit. The employees shall be subject to a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive monthscalendar month probationary period following such date of hire. Should The probationary period may be extended, by mutual agreement of the Port and the Union, if the probationary employee has been absent due to bona fide illness or other legitimate reason. Employees that are separated from employment before the completion of their twelve (12) month probationary period shall not be subject to recall rights as outlined in Section 9.02 of this Article. An employee promoted to a position within the Police Department that is outside the Police Specialist bargaining unit may choose to return to the Police Specialist unit if he/she fails to successfully pass the probationary period for the promotional position. After receiving notice that he/she has not successfully passed probation, within five (5) business days the employee wish must notify the Administrative Division Manager of his/her intent to return to his/her previous classification prior to position in the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the unit. Such employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, will have his/her seniority date in that classification restored to the same level accrued prior to leaving. An employee who is terminated for misconduct is not eligible to return to the Police Specialist bargaining unit under the terms of this Article.
9.02 Seniority shall prevail in the event of a layoff; thus, the last employee hired into the bargaining unit shall be his/her re-entry the first laid off. Employees laid off in accordance with the provisions of this Article will be eligible for rehire in the inverse order of layoff for a period of one (1) year following layoff. Employees recalled pursuant to this provision retain their seniority based on their original date of hire into the bargaining unit, but no seniority or any benefits shall accumulate during the time that the employee was on layoff. Any exceptions must However, employees that are separated from employment before the completion of their probationary period shall not be agreed subject to between the partiesrecall rights as outlined in this Article.
11.7 A bargaining unit 9.03 In the event of an imminent reduction in force, written notice shall be provided to each employee may accept scheduled for layoff at least fourteen (14) days prior to termination.
9.04 Seniority shall be a position outside primary consideration when making job assignments. However, based on the skills and qualifications of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignmentemployee, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesmanagement may require particular employees in specific job assignments.
11.8 A classification seniority date 9.05 Shift preference and vacation scheduling shall be established as done so that seniority held as of is the effective date of this Agreement primary consideration. Vacation scheduling and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shift bidding shall be by classification Department Policy and shiftProcedures.
9.06 Seniority shall only be broken in the event of retirement, voluntary quit, discharge for just cause, leave of absence exceeding six (6) weeks, or layoff exceeding one (1) year.
9.07 A seniority list shall be provided to the Union on request.
9.08 Should the need arise for a rotating basispermanent reduction in force under this Agreement, the Port agrees to meet with the Union for the purpose of negotiating the effects of such decision.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 1. Seniority shall be established on a school district-wide basis within the bargaining unit and maintained defined as dating from the first day worked in classification covered by this bargaining unit subject to certain provisions subsequently outlined i.e. probationary employees, promotions out of the bargaining unit, etc. In the event of conflicts arising due to identical employment starting dates ranking shall occur by the last four digits of the respective Social Security numbers, the one with the higher number being a higher seniority rank. For example:
2. Seniority shall be a required principle in determining promotions. Ability and job experience shall also be considered. If ability and job experience are equal, seniority shall be the deciding factor.
3. Seniority shall be granted for all employees time spent away from the job on involuntary service with the United States Armed Services.
4. An employee returning from service with the Armed Forces of our country within ninety (90) days of honorable discharge date shall be granted the privilege of exercising his seniority within the bargaining unit.
5. Seniority ranking shall be brought up to date once a year with mutual agreement of both administration and union and a copy sent to each employee.
6. If an employee is transferred or promoted to a position under the Employer not included in the Bargaining Unit as determined bargaining unit, he shall be given a trial period of up to ninety (90) calendar days, during which time he shall be entitled to transfer back to his former job status and location. If the employee fails to return to the bargaining unit within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period90 calendar days, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first seniority within the Custodial/Maintenance bargaining unit shall be frozen from the day worked the employee left the department and shall remain frozen until such time as the employee:
a) Returns to the bargaining unit or,
b) Is no longer employed by the district. Upon a transferred employee's return to the Custodial/Maintenance department, the employee shall be entitled to bumping rights within the department to any position their frozen seniority affords them under the terms #9 of this agreement or date article. Only members of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementGibraltar Custodial/Maintenance Association/MEA shall accumulate seniority within the custodial/maintenance department.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every 7. An employee shall lose his/her seniority for the following reasons:
a) He/she quits.
b) He/she is discharged for just cause.
c) He/she is absent for three (3) months and posted days without notifying the appropriate administrator.
d) He/she fails to return from a Board authorized leave-of-absence on designated plant bulletin boards and the date specified.
e) He/she is laid off for a copy period of two years.
8. The seniority of an employee shall not be lost because of an approved absence.
9. An employee who is bumped by another employee with greater seniority shall have the right to select the highest position in the bargaining unit for which he/she is qualified by seniority, provided that no employee may displace another employee in a different job classification regardless of seniority, unless he himself is qualified to perform the duties of that classification.
10. There shall be no seniority among probationary employees. Upon completion of probationary period by formal Board hiring as defined in Article 9 the employee shall be entered on the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains shall rank for seniority from the payment first (1st) day of employment in the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into covered by the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside 11. The President of the bargaining unit on Union and two (2) stewards shall be assigned regular, full-time positions, provided work is available and they can perform the work. Full-time shall mean a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent regular forty-hour position. Any exceptions must job assignment scheduled for less than forty (40) hours per week shall be agreed offered to between the partiesleast senior employee working, and if said employee refuses, he or she shall be allowed to request being placed on layoff status, and the most senior person on layoff shall be recalled.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification12. The parties do hereby agree to the following execution of right of seniority and will hereby consider it policy. District-wide seniority will prevail at each work site within each classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basiswhen pertaining to Job Preference.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) For the purpose of this Agreement and subject to Clause 28.03, seniority shall be established the number of days of service (rounded to the nearest half-day) an employee has been employed with the Employer as defined in this Collective Agreement, and maintained shall include all periods of leave, granted in accordance with the Collective Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
(b) Notwithstanding Clause 28.01(a), an employee shall accrue seniority for the purpose of this Collective Agreement as follows:
(i) When temporarily assigned to a vacancy outside the Bargaining Unit for a period up to sixteen (16) weeks;
(ii) When assigned as a temporary replacement to a position outside the Bargaining Unit for a period up to thirteen (13) months.
(c) The Employer and the Union agree that employees temporarily assigned in Clause 28.01 (b) shall be and remain members in good standing of the College Faculty Bargaining Unit.
(a) The Employer shall post seniority lists for all employees in each campus and submit the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded lists to the union officeon October 31 and March 31, listing the seniority which has been accumulated to August 31 and January 31, respectively. Each list shall be organized by area of instruction in descending order of seniority by campus.
11.5 For (b) Areas of instruction shall be defined and shall be uniform throughout the College.
(c) The Employer shall post a recall list of both permanent and temporary employees who listing seniority, areas of instruction and campuses to which the employees have recall rights and such recall list must be posted at the same date of hire, their time and places as the regular seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativelist.
11.6 A 28.03 The following conditions shall result in loss of seniority for an employee:
(a) they resign in writing and are not re-employed within thirty (30) days;
(b) they are dismissed and are not reinstated;
(c) they have been laid off as a temporary or contractual employee in excess of thirteen (13) consecutive months;
(d) they have been laid off as a permanent employee in excess of twenty-five (25) months;
(e) they accept a permanent position outside the bargaining unit employee who accepts and do not return to the bargaining unit within thirty (30) days;
(f) they are assigned as a temporary replacement to a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period in excess of up thirteen (13) months;
(g) they are temporary assigned to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period in excess of up to twelve sixteen (1216) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesweeks.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Faculty Agreement, Faculty Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 6.01 The seniority of each “regular” employee shall be as set forth in the present seniority lists.
6.02 An employee, upon completion of a probationary period of four (4) months’ continuous service shall have his/her name placed on the appropriate seniority list as of the date four (4) months prior to the date of completion of such probation.
6.03 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees recognized within seniority lists as set out in the Bargaining Unit appendix to this Agreement, but may only be changed by mutual agreement.
6.04 Should a probationer be laid off during his/her probationary period, he/she shall receive preference over
6.05 A probationer who is laid off and is rehired as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees a probationer will be regarded as probationary during required to serve the first six regular probation- ary period of four (64) months of continuous employmentservice. How- ever, he/she will receive an adjustment in his/her pay to the “regular” rate when he/she has served the equivalent of the unexpired portion of his/her first probationary period.
11.3 Upon successful completion 6.06 Within each seniority group in the matter of promo- tions, demotions, layoffs and recalls after layoffs, seniority shall govern provided the senior employee has the ability and physical fitness to perform the work. The Employer shall continue its present practice with respect to job post- ing.
6.07 An employee shall lose his/her seniority for any of these reasons:
(a) if an employee is discharged for just cause;
(b) if an employee voluntarily leaves the employ of the probationary period, Employer;
(c) if an employee will be credited fails to notify the Employer accepting return to work within seventy-two (72) hours of recall notification by registered mail at the last address on file with seniority retroactive the Employer, and failure to report to work within seven (7) days of acceptance of recall.
6.08 An employee who is transferred from positions not subject to the employee's first day worked under the terms provisions of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior Agreement, shall, if trans- ferred to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted bargaining unit, have his/her name placed on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded and shall outrank any new addition to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have list made under the same date provisions of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis Section 3 and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to at the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee will be given seniority equivalent to his/her previous classificationtotal service with the Employer, the employee may exercise to be effective when a vacancy exists.
6.09 The Guaranteed Wage Plan, which is a supplement to this Agreement, is intended to provide assistance for those eligible employees who have one (1) or more years of seniority to bump who are laid off as a junior employee as per article 15 result of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on application of the above clause, and it is not to be construed as authoriza- tion to alter existing layoff and recall provisions.
6.10 Persons hired as regular employees after March 21, 1988 who have achieved seniority and who are not yet ▇▇▇- gible for participation in the Guaranteed Wage Plan will, upon permanent layoff, be eligible to receive an amount of severance pay equal to one (1) week of regular pay for each completed year of service as of the original date of his/her senioritylayoff. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive monthsUpon receipt of such severance pay, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, em- ployee’s employment is terminated and his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of other rights under this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisare cancelled.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 15:01 An employee will be considered on probation and will not acquire seniority until the employee has worked for a total of ninety (90) working days for the Employer, when their seniority shall commence from the date of last hiring.
15:02 The Employer agrees to observe the seniority of employees in connection with promotions, demotions, transfers, layoffs, and recalls, insofar as it is practicable to do so, providing their other qualifications are relatively equal. Promotions to supervisory positions shall not be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
15:03 When an employee is laid off, they shall have the option of displacing an employee in a lower classification providing they have more seniority in terms of service within the bargaining unit than the employee in the lower classification except for apprentices. It is understood that when an employee exercises this option, they shall be established and maintained paid the rate for all the lower classification.
15:04 In the event of a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees by date of commencing work as a Temporary Journeyman Machinist/Millwright immediately prior to the date of last hiring. In the event that this ranking also produces a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will then interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementalphabetical order.
11.2 Employees 15:05 A seniority list by classification will be regarded as probationary prepared and forwarded to the Union office on or about the 30th day of November during the first six (6) months term of continuous employmentthis Agreement.
11.3 Upon successful completion of 15:06 An apprentice shall not acquire seniority until they have successfully completed the probationary periodapprenticeship programme and has continued employment with the Employer, an employee will at which time they shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked date on which they were initially employed as an apprentice. All other rights and privileges under the terms Collective Agreement with the exception of this agreement or date of hire where established as a Articles 14:01, 15:01 15:02, 15:03, 32:01, and 35:01 shall apply to apprentice Electricians.
15:07 Employees who continue to be employed by the Employer in an acting position outside the bargaining unit employee prior until shall, subject to the effective date approval of this agreement.
11.4 the Union, continue to acquire seniority for the duration of the acting appointment. The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and employee may return to their normal duties at any time upon request. In the event of a copy layoff of an employee with greater seniority than that of the seniority list will be forwarded to held by the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted employee in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationacting position, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of in the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date acting position shall be his/her re-entry date into considered to be laid off in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must An acting position shall be agreed defined as a period not to between the partiesexceed one year. This period may be extended by mutual agreement to a maximum of one (1) additional year.
11.7 A bargaining unit 15:08 An employee may accept a position outside shall lose all seniority and be deemed terminated if the employee:
a) voluntarily quits, resigns or retires the employ of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis University;
b) is justifiably discharged;
c) has been laid off for a period of up to twelve more than twenty-four (1224) consecutive months. During ;
d) following a layoff, fails to advise the Employer within five (5) working days of receipt of notice to return to work of their intention to return, or fails to report for work on the date and at the time specified in the said notice; or
e) is absent from work for five (5) consecutive working days without notifying the Employer, and providing a reasonable explanation for such temporary assignmentabsence, in which case the employee shall maintain be deemed to have resigned their employment with the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesEmployer.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 6.1 For the purpose of seniority there will be one list for full-time employees and one list for part-time employees in each group.
6.2 The Union’s Local President (or his/her designate) shall work with the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) to prepare accurate seniority lists of full-time and part-time employees, to reflect seniority in a maximum of three (3) job classifications. The draft lists shall be established posted on April 1st and maintained for all employees November 1st of each calendar year. Changes in the Bargaining Unit as determined seniority date and/or job classification of an employee shall be considered if the employee or his/her Union Representative makes written protest within this agreementthirty (30) calendar days after posting of the draft seniority list. Errors reported after the-said 30 days shall only be considered by the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) and the Local President (or his/her designate) where the change is supported by recorded evidence. If an employee has been in the same seniority section for more than two (2) years and has not reported an error in his/her seniority over the last four (4) seniority postings, then the employee’s request for change will not be considered. Prior to their posting, the finalized seniority lists must be approved, dated and signed by the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) and the Local President (or his/her designate).
11.2 6.3 Where an employee has only held seniority in one seniority section for more than fifteen years and their job has been abolished, they may use their seniority to displace in any seniority section where they are qualified.
6.4 Employees appointed by bulletin to permanent positions in a seniority section will be regarded as probationary during accorded a seniority date from the first six (6) months date of continuous employmentappointment by the bulletin.
11.3 Upon successful completion 6.5 Any time that the Tower has a temporary department closure, all affected bargaining unit employees will be offered voluntary lay- off in seniority order before junior employees are laid off. Those employees who chose this option are deemed to acknowledge by this provision that he/she may not be entitled to Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
6.6 When laying off an employee, the Company will give to the employee affected a fourteen (14) calendar days notice if the lay- off is deemed to be for more than three (3) months, and in the event of job abolition fourteen (14) calendar days notice. Notices will be hand delivered and via email. The Local President (or his/her designate) shall be advised of all lay-offs and job abolition, and he/she may make proposals to Management on behalf of the probationary periodemployees affected.
6.7 When reducing forces, an employee senior qualified employees will be credited permitted to exercise their seniority in accordance with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement Article. Any full-time employee will be considered as senior to any part-time employee.
6.8 A displaced employee or one whose position is abolished must exercise his/her seniority within his/her own job classification provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work, failing which he/she may:
(a) exercise his/her seniority within other job classifications within his/her seniority section or within another seniority section wherein he/she holds seniority, provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work; or
(b) the employee may take a lay-off and/or hold him/herself available for part-time employment within his/her own seniority section until such time as he/she recalled in his own seniority section in accordance with the provisions of the Collective Agreement. In the application of this Article, an employee required to exercise his/her seniority to an immediately previous job classification, provided he/she has the qualifications to perform the work, will establish a seniority date the same date as his/her immediate previous job classification. Where there is more than one vacancy in a particular job classification, and more than one employee is qualified, and one or more of them is a new scheduled employee and obtains one of the vacancies, the seniority date of the successful employee will be established on the basis of the date of first hire and, if there is a tie, then a full-time employee shall be considered more senior over a part-time employee. An employee exercising seniority in accordance with this Article shall, within five (5) calendar days of the abolition of her/his position or of her/his displacement, make her/his choice in writing to the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate), copy to the Local President (or his/her designate), stating her/his qualifications where necessary, failing which the employee shall forfeit her/his seniority. The employee in question shall assume such new position at a date specified by the Company, such discretion not to be abused by Management. An employee, who is laid off and chooses to exercise his/her seniority to another job classification, must stay in the classification until a posted schedule becomes available for him or her to choose in accordance with his/her seniority.
6.9 When an employee is on leave of absence, or vacation, granted by the Company, on the date of her/his displacement or the abolition of her/his position, the time limits established in Article 6.8 above shall apply from the date of her/his return to work.
6.10 To be eligible for recall, a laid-off employee must keep the Human Resources Department informed of her/his current address.
6.11 A laid-off employee who fails to report for duty after receiving notification by registered letter and email or by a similar recordable message, or who fails to give satisfactory reasons for not doing so within five (5) calendar days of receipt of such notification, shall forfeit his/her seniority rights and shall be removed from the employ of the Company such being regarded as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementvoluntary separation.
11.4 The Seniority list 6.12 A laid-off employee who is otherwise employed at the time of recall, may, without loss of seniority refuse a recall to a position of less than thirty (30) days anticipated duration, provided that another junior qualified laid-off employee is available. If a laid-off employee is recalled for one shift, the Company will be revised every give him/her a minimum of three (3) months hours notice. If this notice is not given, he/she will not be required to work unless there is no junior qualified person available.
6.13 Laid-off employees shall be given preference in filling positions or vacancies in other seniority sections when no qualified laid-off employees are available in those seniority sections, their seniority in other seniority sections shall date from the date employed in these seniority sections.
6.14 Laid-off employees will be recalled to service in the order of their seniority provided that they have the necessary qualifications to perform available work, due regard being given to the provisions of Article 6.9 and posted 18.1.
6.15 The name of an employee who has been or is appointed from a bargaining unit position to employment in a non-bargaining unit position shall be retained on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy the seniority list of the seniority list will be forwarded section from which he/she was appointed, and such employee shall continue to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up one (1) year after which his/her name shall be removed from the seniority list of departments.
6.16 When an employee is released from a non-bargaining unit position, he/she may exercise his/her seniority rights to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should any position which the employee wish is qualified to fill. The right to exercise shall be limited to a period of five (5) calendar days subsequent to release from a non-bargaining unit position. Such employee shall also have the right to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of former seniority section if he/she so desires during the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return month period in which he/she was promoted, provided that the employee serves a thirty (30) day notice in writing to the Director, Human Resources (or the Company’s designate) not later than one (1) year from the date of his/her previous classification, promotion after which the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 provision of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.Article
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) A Regular Employee's seniority date shall be the date on which a Regular Employee's continuous service in the employ of the Centre commenced within the bargaining unit, including all prior periods of service as a Casual, Temporary or Regular Employee contiguous to present regular employment.
(b) An Employee who applies for and is successful at being appointed to a position within the same ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society Centre but in another AUPE bargaining unit or at another ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society Care Centre in another AUPE bargaining unit shall, effective the date of the appointment, transfer or promotion, have their seniority date adjusted to the date the Employee commenced at the Centre. The Employee’s total years of service with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society recognized for the purposes of all wages, benefits and entitlements in the Collective Agreement. If an Employee returns to their original Centre or bargaining unit, their seniority date shall be adjusted to reflect the seniority earned prior to their departure.
(c) An Employee who applies for and is successful at being appointed to a new classification shall, effective the date of the appointment, transfer or promotion, have their seniority date adjusted to the date the Employee commenced in the new classification. The Employee’s total years of service with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society recognized for the purposes of all wages, benefits and entitlements in the Collective Agreement. If an Employee returns to their original classification, their seniority date shall be adjusted to reflect the seniority earned prior to their departure.
11.02 Seniority shall not apply during the probationary period; however, once the probationary period has been completed, seniority shall be credited from the seniority date established pursuant to Clause 11.01.
11.03 Seniority shall be established considered in determining:
(a) preference of vacation time as specified in Article 25: Annual Vacation;
(b) layoffs and maintained recalls, subject to the provisions specified in Article 34: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇;
(c) promotions and transfers and in filling vacancies within the bargaining unit subject to the provisions specified in Article 14: Recruitment and Selection - Appointments, Transfers and Promotions;
(d) the selection of available rotations by Employees on a unit affected by a new master rotation;
(e) the distribution and allocation of available additional shifts / "pick up shifts"/ hours of work for Part-Time and Casual Employees as specified in Clause 15.12.
11.04 Seniority shall be considered broken, all employees rights forfeited, and there shall be no obligation to rehire:
(a) when the employment relationship is terminated by either the Employer or the Regular Employee;
(b) upon the expiry of twelve (12) months following the date of layoff, if during which time the Regular Employee has not been recalled to work;
(c) if a Regular Employee does not return to work on recall, as provided in Clause 34.07. A Regular Employee filling a temporary position/ assignment retains all rights of a Regular Employee.
11.05 Within three (3) months of the signing date of this Collective Agreement the Employer will provide to the designated Union representative, a seniority list containing the name and seniority date of each Regular Employee in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees bargaining unit in chronological order. The designated Union representative shall be responsible for the posting of the seniority list on the bulletin board(s). The seniority list will be regarded as probationary during updated by the first Employer and provided to the designated Union representative not less frequently than every six (6) months of continuous employmentthereafter.
11.3 Upon successful completion of 11.06 The Union shall have thirty (30) calendar days in which to take issue with the probationary periodseniority list, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of otherwise the seniority list will be forwarded deemed to be correct. Should a difference arise regarding an Employee's seniority, the union officeEmployer will provide the Union with the information necessary to establish accurate seniority.
11.5 For employees who have 11.07 In the event seniority dates are the same, any disputes arising between two (2) Employees with the same date of hireas they relate to layoffs and recall shall be resolved by a coin toss. If the dispute involves three (3) or more Employees with the same seniority date, their seniority ranking then numbered cards will be determined by way used to determine the order of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativeseniority.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority Each Employee shall be established and maintained considered to be a probationary Employee for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six sixty (660) months calendar days. Probationary Employees may be dismissed or otherwise terminated by the employer and dismissal or termination shall not be subject to the grievance and/or arbitration provisions of this Agreement. Seniority is defined for the purpose of the Agreement as the length of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon service of any Employee with the Employer after successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will after which date the Employee shall have seniority from the first day worked. When several Employees have the same seniority date, they shall rank among themselves on the seniority roster in the order in which their Employee numbers were assigned. Clock numbers shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's assigned on a first day worked under basis. When two Employees are assigned a clock number on the terms same, seniority shall be assigned in alphabetical order by first letter of this agreement or date the last name. A seniority roster will be numbered and posted on all bulletin boards. A copy of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior such will be sent to the effective Union. The seniority roster shall be challengeable for a period of thirty (30) days after posting are made available. Where a seniority date has existed on a previously posted roster, it is challengeable only if the names, dates of this agreement.
11.4 The roster positions rate incorrectly transferred from one list to the other. This shall apply to shift or job change only. There shall be no time limit in the result of a lay-off. Seniority list among full-time Employees will be revised every based on their length of service in the full-time classification. All seniority rights for Employees shall be lost if any of the following occur:
1. Resignation of the Employee;
2. Discharge of any Employee for just cause;
3. Absence for three (3) months and posted successive assigned workdays without permission or without proper notification to the Superintendent or designee, unless prevented from doing so by serious accident or an Act of God. A telephone call will be considered proper notification provided that the call is placed to the Superintendent or Director of Transportation or his/her designee.
4. Not returning from a Leave of Absence as scheduled.
5. Not returning to work after a lay-off within fifteen (15) days after mailing of a notice to report by the School District by registered mail to the last address of the Employee as it appears on designated plant bulletin boards and a the records. A copy of the seniority list letter will be forwarded sent to the union officeUnion.
11.5 For employees who have the same date 6. Lay-off in excess of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should period of active employment whichever is less. The below listed, but not limited to the Company wish same, shall constitute just cause for discharge. However, such action may be subject to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.
(i) A dischargeable offense of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy District Drug and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesAlcohol Policy.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside (ii) Proven Theft;
(iii) Improper use of communication equipment;
(iv) Inciting an illegal slowdown or work stoppage;
(v) Physical assault;
(vi) Any act of vandalism and/or abuse of employer property; The Treasurer of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, Union will be notified with the employee shall maintain the payment of dues names and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective addresses and date of this Agreement employment of all new Employees as they are hired and thereafter of any major change in their employment status. In the date event of entry into a lay-off, Employees with the classification. The classification least seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classificationlaid off first. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays Recall shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisin inverse order of lay-off provided the Employees recalled are qualified to efficiently perform all available work.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 16.01 An employee will be considered on probation and will not be subject to the seniority provisions of this Collective Agreement, nor shall her name be placed on the seniority list until after she has completed eighty-four (84) calendar days of work with the Gallery. Upon completion of such probationary period, the employee's name shall be established placed on the appropriate seniority list with seniority dating from the date she was last hired by the Gallery. The dismissal of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance.
16.02 Employees who hold both a full-time and part-time position with the Gallery must complete the appropriate probationary period for each position.
16.03 Seniority will be maintained for all employees but shall not accumulate during leaves of absence without pay in excess of six (6) months. Seniority will be maintained and accumulate in the Bargaining Unit case of paid leaves, such as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary Pregnancy/Parental leave, Short- term Disability, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and during the period the employee is on approved Long-term Disability.
16.04 Seniority lists shall be revised every six (6) calendar months (January 1st and July 1st), by the Staff and Volunteer Resources Division. A copy of the list shall be provided to the Union Local President and posted on the designated bulletin boards throughout the Gallery. It is also agreed and understood that each list shall remain posted for a period of twelve (12) months. If an employee does not challenge the position of her name on the seniority list within the first (1st) fourteen (14) calendar days from the date her name first appears on a seniority list, provided she is at work when the list is posted, then she shall be deemed to have proper seniority standing. In the event the employee is not at work when the list is posted, she must object to her seniority standing within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date she returns to work.
16.05 A person shall lose all seniority and shall be conclusively deemed to have terminated employment with the Gallery if she:
(a) voluntarily quits the employ of the Gallery; or
(b) is discharged and such discharge is not reversed through the Grievance Procedure; or
(c) fails to report to work within seven (7) calendar days after being notified by the Gallery to report for work, unless a satisfactory reason is given; or
(d) is absent for three (3) consecutive working days unless a satisfactory reason is given; or
(e) fails to return to work upon the termination of an authorized leave of absence unless a satisfactory reason is given or utilizes a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted, unless a satisfactory reason is given; or
(f) is absent due to layoff of more than six (6) months in the case of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited employees with seniority retroactive of less than six (6) months; or
(g) is absent due to the employee's first day worked under the terms layoff of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the more than twelve (12) months in the case of employees with seniority of more than six (6) months but less than three (3) years; or
(h) is absent due to layoff of more than eighteen (18) months in the case of employees with seniority of more than three (3) years; or
(i) is absent due to layoff of more than twenty-four (24) months in the case of employees with seniority of more than five (5) years.
16.06 It shall be a condition of employment that employees provide the Gallery with their current address and telephone number and further shall notify the Gallery in writing of any change of address or should telephone number. The Gallery shall be entitled to rely upon the Company wish to return last address and telephone number furnished by the employee for all purposes.
16.07 When a full-time employee is transferred from the full-time bargaining unit to his/a regular part-time position in the part-time bargaining unit, such employee will maintain her previous classificationseniority accumulated as of the date of the transfer. Such seniority will be exercisable only in the full-time bargaining unit should such employee return to that unit. While in the part-time bargaining unit, the employee may exercise will accumulate seniority in accordance with Article 3 - Seniority of the Part-time Collective Agreement. Should the employee return to bump the full-time bargaining unit, her seniority in the full-time unit will be that accumulated at the time of transfer into the part-time unit plus the seniority accumulated in the part-time unit in accordance with Article 3.08 - Seniority of the Part-time Collective Agreement.
(a) When a junior part-time employee is transferred to a regular full-time position in the full-time bargaining unit, her service and seniority in the part-time bargaining unit shall be transferred to the full-time bargaining unit and converted on the basis of one (1) year equals one thousand, eight hundred (1,800) hours.
(b) When a full-time employee is transferred to a regular part-time position in the part-time bargaining unit, her service and seniority in the full-time bargaining unit shall be transferred to the part-time bargaining unit and converted on the basis of one (1) year equals one thousand, two hundred (1,200) hours.
(c) When a temporary full-time position is filled by a part-time employee, her hours worked in the temporary full-time position shall be applied to her service and seniority in the part-time bargaining unit for the duration of the assignment or until the employee is hired and transferred to a regular full- time position as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.Article 16.07
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit defined as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employeeEmployee's first day worked of work in continuous service in the employ of the Board since the Employee's last date of hire, provided the probationary period has been satisfactorily fulfilled. The term "last date of hire" shall mean the date upon which an Employee first reported to work at the instruction of the Board, since which the Employee has not quit, retired, been discharged, or otherwise had such employment terminated.
B. If two or more Employees have the same initial day of work in the unit, seniority will be determined among them by the last four digits of their social security numbers. The higher number shall have the greater seniority.
C. As soon as is reasonably possible upon the execution of this Agreement, and as soon as possible after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board shall provide a current seniority list to the Group President and each Employee. If at the end of the first 30 calendar days that such list is provided, there have been no objections raised by any Employees or the Group as to the seniority dates as they appear in such list, thereafter such seniority dates shall not be subject to question by the Board, the Group, or the Employees. If an Employee or the Groups objects to the seniority list, such Employee or Group may file a written objection which will constitute a grievance, which will be processed under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee Grievance Procedure beginning with the second step.
D. Any Employee who resigns shall notify his/her immediate supervisor in writing at least two weeks prior to the effective date of this agreementthe resignation.
11.4 The Seniority list E. In the event of a necessary reduction in the Group, probationary employees shall be laid off first. Group Employees will be revised every three laid off in inverse order of seniority (3) months least senior Employee first), provided the remaining Employees have the skill and posted ability to perform the work. The Board shall give Employees written layoff notice as soon as reasonably possible but not less than 5 working days prior to the layoff. The Board will recall laid off Employees in order of seniority, provided the most senior person on designated plant bulletin boards layoff has the skill and ability to perform the work. The Board shall have sole discretion to determine which classification to recall first, and to determine if the Employees have the skills and ability to perform the work. The Board is not required to recall probationary employees.
F. The following guidelines to establish a copy bumping procedure for all food service employees:
a. In the event an employee is laid off due to job elimination or lack of work, the seniority list employee may bump into a less seniored position with comparable hours or less in their current classification. Seniority will be forwarded retained during a layoff period, or an approved leave of absence period, for up to the union officeone year.
11.5 For employees b. In the event the employee is deemed unsatisfactory for this position after a two week probationary period, or the employee is not interested in this position, the employee may bump into any position in a lower classification held by an employee with less seniority.
c. An employee who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking chooses to bump into a lower classification will be determined by way of a draw conducted in placed at the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return step closest to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to current salary, but not more than his/her previous current rate.
d. The displaced employee may follow the same bumping procedures. The employee may bump into a less seniored position in their current classification with comparable hours or less or any less seniored position in a lower classification, (per a, b, c, above).
e. Employees on layoff will be called back according to the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 terms of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesFood Service Group contract.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Contract Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 SECTION 1. Seniority under this Agreement shall be established computed from the employee’s most recent day of hire. Seniority of those employees who start to work on the same day shall be determined by their employee identification number. Employees hired prior to 3/3/2008 will still use their last four (4) numbers of their Social Security Number for determining seniority order when their hire date is the same. The employee hire date will become the anniversary date for pay progression step increases. The Employer retains the right to restrict the movement of personnel for an additional ninety (90) days after the probationary period in order to insure an equitable distribution of new employees on each shift and maintained other legitimate business consideration. All openings for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees team and shift will be regarded as probationary during the first six posted for minimum of ten (610) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary periodcalendar days, an employee at this time, all interested officers will be credited with seniority retroactive turn in their names to the employee's first day worked under Security Operations Supervisor (SOS) and the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list SOS will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and forward a copy of this list to the seniority list Union President. For all bargaining member positions, the senior officer will be forwarded awarded the position. All shift and team assignments will be posted unless the Employer and the Union agree to a change, to include Echo team. The Employer may not move employees from one shift to another without posting unless an emergency or temporary staffing condition(s) exist, but no more than ninety (90) days unless agreed to by both parties.
SECTION 2. An employee promoted to a Supervisory position shall not retain their seniority in the event he/she is returned to the union officebargaining unit.
11.5 For employees SECTION 3. An employee who voluntarily resigns or retires and decides at a later date that he/she wishes to return, the following conditions will exist. If the Employer decides to rehire the individual and forty-five (45) days have not passed since their last workday, then the same employee will retain their previous seniority provided they re-establish good standing in the Union and International for the period of non-employment with the Employer. If the Employer decides to rehire the individual and it has been longer than forty- five (45) days since their last workday, then the employee shall not retain their previous seniority, seniority will begin with their new date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside SECTION 4. Layoffs and recalls shall be based upon an employee’s seniority, and qualifications to perform the necessary duties of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues position. Laid-off employees shall maintain but not accumulate seniority have callback rights for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee or length of employment, whichever is less, and shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her retain their accumulated seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date layoff. In case of entry into the classificationre-employment, employee’s who have been laid-off shall be notified, at their last known address, in order of Employer seniority to report to work. The classification notice will be by certified mail return receipt. In the event a former employee so notified fails to report to work within five (5) days after receipt of such notice, his seniority shall be used for vacation selection terminated; however, if the employee is prevented from reporting because of sickness or emergency involving the employee or immediate family, or other legitimate reason, and job postings so notifies the Employer within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.five
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an SECTION 1 Any new employee will be credited with seniority retroactive considered to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement be a probationary employee until he or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit she has been placed on a "permanent basis assignment" (Article IV, Section 5) for thirty (30) working days, and who maintains during the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but probationary period he or she will not accumulate seniority for a period of up be entitled to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate any seniority. At the end of the temporary assignmentprobationary period, seniority date will revert back to the date of hire at Fremont Public Schools as a School Bus Driver. During the probationary period, the employer may suspend, transfer or discharge the new employee shall return to his/for any reason whatsoever and no claim will be made by him or her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between or by the partiesUnion that the action was improper.
11.8 A classification SECTION 2 The School agrees to furnish the Union with a seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of list within ten (10) days after the effective date signing of this Agreement and thereafter furnish a list every three (3) months thereafter, the date names of entry into employees hired during the classificationinterim. The classification Identical hiring dates will be entered alphabetically.
a. In the case of lay-off, recall from lay-off, job bidding, special trips or promotion, the principle of seniority shall prevail, all other things being relatively equal.
b. In the case of lay-off or reduction in routes the chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, providing they have 4 years seniority, shall have super seniority.
c. If a partial run is abandoned/discontinued, the driver of that abandoned/discontinued route will have the ability to bump to the lowest seniority driver with a complete/full run, (AM & PM). In the case that a complete/full run is being abandoned/discontinued, the driver will have the ability to bump the lowest seniority driver with a complete/full run. Any runs that are abandoned will be used for vacation selection and job postings within discussed by the same classification. Filling committee before they are abandoned/discontinued.
a. All notices of required positions on recognized holidays recall shall be by classification telephone or mail, whichever is most convenient to the School. As for employees in a lay-off status, the failure of any employee to inform the School of his or her availability to return to work within five (5) days after receiving such notice shall be deemed a waiver of any rights under this Agreement.
a. A.M./P.M., A.M., P.M. & ▇▇▇▇. ED. ROUTES. - These routes are "permanent assignments" which continue from year to year. As it becomes necessary to assign a bus driver to a route due to the formation of new routes, or due to the termination of a driver, such route openings shall be posted for bid for a minimum of three (3) working days, and shift, on a rotating basisamong those applying the most senior employee shall be assigned to the route. Subsequent vacancies created by the bidding procedure will be filled in accord with the seniority of drivers who inform the transportation supervisor that they want to fill such vacancies.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Bus Drivers Contract, Employment Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority Seniority, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be established and maintained for all employees in defined as the Bargaining Unit as determined length of unbroken service within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion bargaining unit from the date of the probationary periodemployee’s first day of employment in a bargaining unit position. All bargaining unit seniority is lost when employment is severed by resignation, retirement, failure to return from a leave of absence, failure to return from recall, abandonment, or discharge. Neither lay-off nor the taking of an employee will approved leave, as provided under this Agreement, shall constitute a break in service. A seniority list consistent with this Agreement, shall be credited with prepared by the employer within thirty (30) days of the ratification of this Agreement. The seniority retroactive to list shall be in rank order of the employeedate of the bargaining unit member's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established work as a bargaining unit employee prior member. In the event more than one individual has the same first day of work as a bargaining unit member, the relative place of such persons on the seniority list, with respect to the effective that date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hirework, their seniority ranking will be determined by way a drawing. The date, place and time of the drawing will be provided, in writing, to the Union and all affected members one (1) week before the drawing. The drawing will be conducted openly and at a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A time and place that reasonably allows all interested bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside members, and particularly those affected, to attend. The President of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to Union, or his/her previous classification prior designee shall draw for any person unable to be in attendance. All affected bargaining unit members will be notified, in writing, of the results of the drawing within forty-eight (48) hours of the drawing. The seniority list shall be published (with notation of the certification/approvals then on file with the Employer of each bargaining unit member) and posted conspicuously in the area of each building reserved for bargaining unit members use by October 15th of each school year. Updates of the list shall be published and posted once a year. A copy of the posted seniority list and all subsequent updates shall be provided to the end Union. Errors, omissions and/or deletions in or to the list as posted, will be noted and made as required to conform to this Agreement at the request of the twelve Union and notice provided to affected members. All challenges to a seniority list must be made within ten (1210) months or should days of the Company wish to return posting of the employee to his/her previous classificationlist. If the challenge results in any corrections, the employee may exercise seniority corrections shall be posted and subject to bump a junior employee as per article 15 another ten (10) day challenge period. The District shall incur no liability for relying upon the accuracy of the Collective Agreement seniority list. For seniority and salary schedule placement purposes, regular teachers or accept teachers on lay- off status who are substitute teaching with an assignment to one specific teaching position serving forty-five (45) or more working days, or one (1) marking period during a vacancy based on his/her senioritysemester, will be given credit for one semester. Further, providing there is a vacancy Bargaining unit personnel working less than full-time will receive salary schedule and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve seniority credit as follows:
1. Teachers working half-time or less will receive one-quarter (121/4) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesyear credit for each semester worked.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis 2. Teachers working more than half-time will receive full credit for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partieseach semester worked.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 14.01 Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months mean length of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of service with the probationary periodEmployer at its warehouse operations in Toronto and Brampton, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to Ontario, from the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same last date of hire. It shall have relevance only where specifically set forth and explained with respect to how it is to be applied. Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, their and every six months thereafter, a seniority list including separate seniority ranking number shall be posted in the main hallway by the Human Resources Manager. Employees will have two (2) weeks following such posting to clarify any disputes with respect to such seniority after which the list shall be accepted by the Union and all employees as correct.
14.02 If an employee is hired into the bargaining unit with recognized company service accumulated outside the bargaining unit, such service will be determined by way recognized for the purposes of a draw conducted in wage and benefit administration and entitlement. In the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A event that an employee elects to bump into the bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside pursuant to Article 14.06 from other Distribution Centre buildings, previous service earned at that Distribution Centre will be recognized by the Employer as if earned under this collective agreement, for all purposes under this collective agreement. It is further understood that all members of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains employed by the payment Employer as of the equivalent date of Union dues execution of this Agreement shall maintain but not accumulate receive full recognition for any service which may have been earned at the Employer's City View Distribution Centre for all purposes under this Collective Agreement.
14.03 An employee shall be considered on probation and shall have no seniority for a period of up to twelve until he has worked sixty (1260) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into working days in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must Upon completing such period the employee will be agreed placed on the seniority list as of his last date of hire. An employee on probation shall hold no seniority and the employer shall have the right to between the partiesdischarge, demote, suspend, reprimand, lay-off or otherwise discipline a probationary employee providing they act in good faith and in a non-arbitrary manner.
11.7 A 14.04 When filling permanent vacancies and on lay offs, the skills, ability, dependability and qualifications of employees together with the results of any tests deemed by the Employer to be relevant shall be given consideration. If there is any choice to be made between two employees who are otherwise relatively equal, the employee having the greater seniority shall receive the preference. In all instances, regular full time (Material Handlers and General Maintenance) will be given first preference by seniority and then material processors. The Company may consider personal leaves prior to any lay-off. Recalls from lay off will be conducted by seniority if the employee is capable of doing the job. Regardless of seniority, the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be the last employee laid off and the first to be recalled. When the workforce is reduced, material handlers will not lose employment before the existing material processors. Permanent vacancies are defined as vacancies that are expected to or do last in excess of ninety (90) days, except where relieving for sickness, accident, vacation, leave of absence and maternity/parental leave, or for temporary assignments outside the bargaining unit employee may accept unit. Permanent vacancies will be posted and filled within thirty (30) days of the Company being notified in writing by the Union unless the vacancy is that of a position outside of Maintenance Mechanic or Lead hand.
14.05 Employees within the bargaining unit on shall have the opportunity to apply in the event a temporary basis for a period of up permanent vacancy in the bargaining unit occurs, subject to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.criteria set out in article
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) There shall be two seniority lists. The first list shall rank drivers by their overall seniority driving under the Blue Line Taxi roof sign and the second list shall rank drivers by their seniority with the individual Member of the Owners Group.
(b) The Owners Group shall formulate both seniority lists and have copies of said lists posted where accessible to the drivers within ninety (90) days of the signing of this agreement. The drivers will then have sixty (60) days to verify their status on said lists and to provide all information in writing regarding any discrepancies to the Union.
(c) Both parties then have ninety (90) days, from the end of the period outlined in article 16.01(b), to confirm and approve the seniority lists. Once this has been completed these seniority lists shall be final and no changes will be made by either party.
(d) Once annually thereafter, the Owners Group shall post the seniority lists and only new drivers and drivers whose seniority appearing on the previous posted list(s) has changed are entitled to challenge their seniority.
16.02 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees applied in the Bargaining Unit following manner:
(a) For Rental Drivers defined as determined within this agreementdrivers who rent a taxicab from a Member of the Owners Group on a twelve (12) or twenty-four (24) hour shift basis;
11.2 Employees will (1) Overall seniority under the Blue Line Taxi roof sign shall determine:
(i) length of time-off;
(ii) preference for time-off;
(iii) bidding on job opening for shifts with any Member of the Owners Group.
(2) Seniority with the individual Member of the Owners Group shall determine:
(i) lay-off;
(ii) recall from lay-off;
(iii) priority on available shifts (12 or 24 hours);
(iv) priority for issuance of leases to drivers currently on rental vehicles;
(v) priority for the purchase of taxi plate currently on rental vehicles.
(b) For Single Plate Owners and Single Plate Lessees
(1) Overall seniority under the Blue Line Taxi roof sign shall determine:
(i) length of time-off. In all other cases seniority with the individual Member of the Owners Group shall determine issues where a choice between two drivers is required.
16.03 In the event of a tie in overall seniority under the Blue Line Taxi roof sign, then seniority for the individual Member of the Owners Group prevails and if still tied the municipal records shall resolve the tie based on the date the drivers were first licensed.
16.04 A newly hired employee shall be regarded as probationary during required to present to the first Member of the Owners Group all relevant documentation prior to commencing employment, namely:
(i) Valid Ontario or Quebec provincial driver's license; with a current provincial driving record with no more than six (6) months demerit points at such time, and if applicable, has been pardoned for any prior conviction for impaired driving;
(ii) Applicable Taxi Driver's License;
(iii) Work permit, if applicable;
(iv) Proof of continuous employment.Union membership;
11.3 Upon successful completion (v) Original copy of a driver's abstract dated within one (1) week of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire the application for employment;
(vi) Social Insurance Number/card or verification from appropriate Federal Government department of such number;
(vii) Letter from previous or present insurer (where established as possible);
(viii) Letter from previous or present employer;
(ix) A Police Criminal check (Form 306), no older than twenty-eight (28) days. The parties agree to appoint a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period joint committee consisting of up to twelve two (122) consecutive monthsrepresentatives from the Union and two (2) representatives from the Company. This committee shall meet when necessary to discuss any unclear Police Criminal Record provided by new hires;
(x) Training as set out in article 4.12.
(xi) HST registration number
(xii) Radio License (renewal).
(a) Drivers employed by any individual Member of the Owners Group, when laid off shall be placed on the recall list in order of their seniority with the individual Member of the Owners Group. Laid off lessees shall have priority on this list.
(b) The Owners Group shall recall laid off employees in accordance with the list outlined in 16.05 (a) and the Union should receive an updated copy of said list. Should the employee wish Company be unable to return notify the driver(s) on the list, the Union should be afforded twenty-four (24) hours from such notification to his/her previous classification prior advise the driver(s) to report forthwith, failing which the end Company shall contact the next driver(s) on the list.
(c) Drivers on lay off should provide a telephone number where they could be reached and notify the Company and the Union of any changes.
16.06 A driver injured or ill should notify the individual member of the twelve Owners Group and the Union within two (122) months weeks of his absence and should arrange to provide a detailed medical certificate as evidence of injury or should the Company wish illness and an estimated time of return signed by a doctor in order to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her preserve his seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the Only an employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside returning from an absence of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.eighteen
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. SENIORITY RATING
11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementLocal 1041 bargaining unit shall commence and accumulate from the point in time that an individual was appointed to a frontline foreperson's and/or frontline supervisor's position with the City of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or any predecessor municipality.
11.2 Those Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive who are promoted or appointed to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a temporary position outside of within the bargaining unit will accrue seniority within the bargaining unit for time served. Employees who are promoted or appointed to the same vacancy on a permanent basis through the posting process as set out in this agreement will have previous time served from the aforementioned temporary assignments added to their seniority.
11.3 Employees with less than one-hundred and who maintains twenty (120) calendar days continued service with the payment Employer, in the bargaining unit, will be considered probationary. Such Employees shall attain seniority rights only after completion of such probationary period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Employer shall have exclusive right to discharge Employees within the first one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of their employment, and such discharge may not become the subject of any grievance under the provisions of this Agreement.
11.4 Notwithstanding 11.1 above, for the purposes of vacation entitlement an Employee's length of service shall commence and accumulate from the date on which he/she entered the service of the equivalent Employer.
11.5 The Employer agrees to compile quarterly, a seniority list showing the names of all Employees, each Employee’s number, the date of hire and the respective seniority dates. Copies of the said listing shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Union dues and President.
11.6 Protests regarding seniority standing must be submitted by the Union in writing to the Director of Labour Relations within sixty (60) calendar days from the date seniority lists are posted. When proof of error is presented by an Employee or his/her representative, such error shall maintain but not accumulate be corrected, and when so corrected, the agreed upon seniority date shall be final. No change shall be made in the existing seniority status of any Employee unless concurred with by the Union. LOSS OF SENIORITY
11.7 Seniority will be lost and the employment relationship will be terminated if an Employee:
(i) Dismissal for just cause, or
(ii) Voluntary resignation in writing, or
(iii) Failure to report for work within a period of four (4) calendar days after confirmation of recall and further seven (7) calendar days after sending a notice by registered mail to return to work; or
(iv) Absence without leave, or
(v) A lay off extending continuously for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should .
11.8 Upon the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end date of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 ratification of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. FurtherAgreement, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date within CUPE 1041 shall be his/her re-entry determined alphabetically by surname when two (2) or more Employees start date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of within the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, is the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiessame.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1. The Employer shall use the factors of experience, qualifications, capabilities and seniority in awarding promotions to employees when filling newly created or vacated positions. Where two or more candidates for a position are determined to be equivalent in experience, qualifications and capabilities, then the more senior shall be appointed. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that preference in promotions shall be granted to persons already employed.
Section 2. Lay-offs caused by reduction in force shall be in order of seniority; that is, the employee last hired shall be the first released except when there is no available qualified personnel left to carry out the work in a class, in which case management can retain a qualified person with less seniority. Employees who are scheduled to be released shall be given at least 10 working days’ notice. All recalls to employment shall likewise be in order of seniority; that is, the last employee released as a result of reduction in force shall be the first rehired when the Employer needs additional employees. The Employer shall notify such employees to return to work and furnish the Federation a copy of such notification; and if the employee fails to notify the Employer in writing within 5 calendar days of his/her intention to return to work, such employee shall be considered as having forfeited his/her right to re-employment.
Section 3. Seniority shall be established computed from the date the employee began regular uninterrupted service with the Employer within the bargaining unit.
Section 4. Employees whose seniority dates are the same shall have their respective seniority rank determined alphabetically by last name, first name, and maintained for then middle initial.
Section 5. Within 30 calendar days after the date of signing this Agreement, the Employer shall prepare and furnish to the Federation sufficient copies of a seniority roster of all employees in hereunder, so that the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentFederation may distribute them to its members.
11.3 Upon successful completion A. Such roster shall at least include: numerical seniority rank assigned; name of the probationary periodeach employee, an employee will be credited with and seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementdate.
11.4 The Seniority list will B. Such roster shall be revised every three (3) six months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officeif necessary.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, C. Employees may protest their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in designation through the presence of a union representativeusual grievance procedure if they have cause to believe an error has been made.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues Section 6. Seniority shall maintain but not accumulate seniority be broken by discharge for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months cause or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationvoluntary termination, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive lay- off which exceeds six calendar months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesor leave without pay which exceeds six calendar months.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 SECTION A. Seniority shall be established and maintained defined for all the purpose of this Agreement to mean the length of an employee’s service with the Board. Seniority for employees hired on the same date shall be determined by lot.
1. Secretaries with previous secretarial-clerical experience in the Bargaining Unit as determined Saginaw Public School System may, at the discretion of the Board, if they are hired back into the School System, be restored to the same step level on the salary schedule at which they left if they have been continuously engaged in a secretarial-clerical field on a full-time basis.
2. Secretaries with previous secretarial-clerical experience in the Saginaw Public School System, if they are hired back into the School System, who have not been continuously engaged in a secretarial-clerical field on a full-time basis, may at the discretion of the Board, be placed at any level on the salary schedule, provided that said level shall in no case be higher than the level at which they left.
3. The provisions of Section A1 and 2 above shall apply only to those employees leaving of their own volition, that is, to those employees who have given the Board at least two weeks’ advance written notice before the effective date of their termination of employment.
4. Any employee who has been discharged or has lost his/her seniority pursuant to Section D, will, if rehired by the School district, be subject to a six-month probation period.
5. Those secretaries rehired by the Board and who have lost their seniority pursuant to Section D of this article, shall, in all aspects except for salary credit purposes, per Subsection 1 and 2 above, be considered to be a probationary employee and shall be so covered under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
SECTION B. New employees shall be subject to a probationary period of one hundred (100) working days of employment which must be completed within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of in which work is scheduled. During the probationary period, an employee the Board shall have the sole right to discharge,
1. The Association will be credited with seniority retroactive represent probationary employees for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to the employee's first day worked under the terms rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment as set forth in Article 1 – Recognition of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementAgreement.
11.4 The Seniority list 2. Upon hiring, new employees will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and receive a copy of the seniority list collective bargaining Agreement. Additionally, the Board will notify new employees of their completed probationary period.
3. If a current Board of Education employee moves to the Secretarial Association, they will be forwarded paid for any holidays (listed in this Agreement) that may occur during their probationary time.
SECTION C. Probationary employees shall be considered as terminated rather than laid off in the event of a reduction in work force. There shall be no requirement for the Board to rehire. In the event they are rehired at a later date, they shall then be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as a new employee.
SECTION D. An employee shall be terminated and lose his/her seniority rights if he/she:
1. Quits without proper notification as defined in Section A3 above.
2. Is discharged and not reinstated.
3. Is laid off for a period of two (2) years or the length of his/her seniority whichever is less.
4. Fails to report for work within five (5) days following recall from layoff, notice of said recall to be by telegram or registered mail.
5. Is absent without a reasonable excuse for two (2) consecutive working days without notice to the union officeBoard of such excuse within the two (2) days.
11.5 For employees who have 6. Fails to return from a leave of absence at the same date of hiredesignated time, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in without reasonable excuse acceptable to the presence of a union representativeBoard.
11.6 A bargaining unit SECTION E. It shall be the responsibility of each employee who accepts to notify the Board of any change of address or telephone number. The employee’s address as it appears on the Board’s records shall be conclusive when used in connection with layoffs, recalls, or other notices to employees.
SECTION F. The seniority of an employee shall continue to accumulate while absent because of injuries covered by the Workers’ Disability Act during a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis prolonged and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority continuous absence for a period of up two (2) years due to twelve such injuries. After two (122) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationyears, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, will retain his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesstanding but will no longer accumulate additional seniority.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) Seniority for full-time Nurses shall commence and accumulate from the date of employment. Seniority for regular part-time Nurses shall accumulate on the basis of the number of paid hours in each calendar year including stat, sick and vacation hours.
(i) In the event a full-time Employee transfers to part-time status, their seniority will be maintained and accumulated on the basis of one (1) year of full-time service equalling eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer.
(ii) In the event a full-time or part-time Employee transfers to casual status, their seniority shall be maintained on the basis of one (1) year of full-time service equalling eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer for purposes as defined at Article 5.1(a)(iv) below.
(iii) In the event a part-time or casual Employee obtains a full-time position, their seniority will be credited on the basis of eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer equalling one (1) year of full-time service.
(iv) Seniority shall accumulate for casual Employees on the basis of paid hours. It is understood that seniority for casual Employees shall only be established recognized for purposes of job postings. The casual Employee seniority ranking shall appear on the seniority list with a notation indicating “for purposes of job posting only”.
(b) A seniority list showing each Nurse's name and maintained for all employees professional category shall be posted before the end of February and August on one bulletin board in each office. For part-time Nurses only, seniority on such lists will be expressed in terms of total paid hours. Complaints concerning the accuracy of such list will be considered within twenty (20) worked days of such posting and if no complaint is received within that time such list will be presumed to be accurate. If a complaint is received it will be responded to within twenty (20) worked days from the date the complaint was received. A copy of such list will be sent to the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during President at the first six (6) months time of continuous employmentposting.
11.3 Upon successful completion of (c) Seniority dates on the probationary period, an employee above list will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to determine the effective date of this agreementsalary increments. Regular part-time Nurses will be entitled to one
(1) increment within the salary schedule for each eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in the service of the Employer, being the equivalent of one (1) year of service.
11.4 The Seniority list will (d) A newly employed full-time Nurse shall be revised every three considered a probationary Nurse until they have completed four hundred and twenty (3420) months hours. A newly hired part-time nurse shall be considered a probationary nurse until they have completed four hundred and posted twenty (420) hours. After which the full-time and/or the part-time nurse shall be placed on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same with full seniority commencing from their date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativehire subject to article 5.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9.01 The Employer shall maintain a list of all Bargaining Unit members on staff with the Employer in order of acquired seniority.
9.02 Seniority shall be established the length of continuous service with the Employer or its predecessor Employers as a Teacher of the Secondary Bargaining Unit from the first day worked after last being hired. Any approved absence including layoff with recall rights shall not be considered an interruption of continuous service.
9.03 The seniority list shall be ordered such that the most senior teacher is at the top of the list and maintained for all employees the most junior is at the bottom.
9.04 The seniority list shall be made available electronically with an electronic copy forwarded to the President of the Bargaining unit no later than March 1st of each school year.
9.05 On the seniority list, teachers shall have identified their first day worked after last being hired, their assigned workplace and their entitlement.
9.06 Errors in the calculation of a teacher’s seniority shall be brought to the attention of the Employer and the Bargaining unit in writing by the Teacher within ten (10) working days of the posting of the list.
i) Any such error shall be resolved in (a) meeting(s) between the Bargaining Unit as determined and the Employer
ii) Such changes shall be recorded in writing and an amended seniority list established and posted electronically with an electronic copy forwarded to the President of the Bargaining unit within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during twenty (20) working days of the first six (6) months initial posting of continuous employmentthe list.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive iii) Subsequent changes to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where list so established as a bargaining unit employee prior shall indicate only additions and deletions to the effective date of this agreementlist.
11.4 The Seniority list will 9.07 Newly hired teachers shall be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of added to the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officebased on their first day of work and tie breaking criteria as outlined in 9.08.
11.5 For employees who have 9.08 Should a tie occur based on the same date first day of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationwork, the employee may exercise seniority following criteria shall be used to bump a junior employee break the tie, if necessary:
i) total years of secondary teaching experience with the Employer or its predecessor Employers; THEN
ii) total years of teaching experience with the Employer or its predecessor Employers; THEN
iii) total years of secondary school teaching experience in Canada; THEN
iv) total years of secondary Long‐Term Occasional teaching experience in Canada; THEN
v) total years of experience recognized for pay purposes as per article 15 5; THEN
vi) by lot conducted by the Director of Education or designate and the Collective Agreement Bargaining Unit President or accept a vacancy based designate. The above criteria shall be applied and shown on his/her senioritythe seniority list in advance for all teachers identified in clause 9.05. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if In applying the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive monthsabove criteria, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date steps shall be his/her re-entry date into applied in order as required until the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiestie is broken.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees is defined as the length of service in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee and shall include service with the City prior to the effective date certification or recognition of this agreementthe Union.
11.4 9.2 The Seniority list will be revised every three following order for the application of seniority shall apply:
(3a) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded first to permanent Employees;
(b) second to temporary Employees.
9.3 Subject to the union officeprovisions of other related articles in the Collective Agreement, seniority shall be used in, but not limited to, determining:
(a) preference when filling relief assignments, vacancies, and new positions;
(b) the order of layoff;
(c) the order of recall;
(d) preference for vacation scheduling.
11.5 For employees who 9.4 Seniority for permanent Employees shall be based upon the date the Employee commenced in a permanent position, plus any pro-rated seniority based upon the Employee's accumulated regular hours paid as a temporary Employee.
9.5 Seniority for temporary Employees shall be based upon their accumulated regular hours paid.
9.6 Where two (2) or more Employees have the same amount of seniority, preference shall be given to the Employee with the earlier start date of hirein the bargaining unit. If there continues to be a tie, their seniority ranking will it shall be determined broken by way of a draw conducted of names by the President of the Union, or his designate, in the presence of a union Human Resources representative. Seniority shall be credited in the order their name was drawn.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee 9.7 An Employee who accepts is appointed to a position outside of the Union's jurisdiction within the City service and, who after serving the trial period, is the successful applicant to a bargaining unit on a position, shall upon being declared permanent basis and who maintains in the payment of position, have his bargaining unit seniority reinstated. Said seniority shall be that which the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification Employee held prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into leaving the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must Further, the Employee shall retain all continuous City service for the purpose of this Collective Agreement; however, shall not be agreed permitted to between exercise non-bargaining unit service or seniority for the partiespurpose of layoff, recall or promotions.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a 9.8 An Employee shall continue to accumulate seniority during periods of:
(a) Approved sick leave for permanent Employees (paid or unpaid)
(b) Approved paid sick leave for temporary basis for a period of up to twelve Employees
(12c) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.Workers’ Compensation
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.(d) Long-Term Disability
(e) Maternity Leave
(f) General Holidays
(g) Family Sick Leave
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority for the purpose of this contract shall be cal culated by continuous service from the last date of employment (except as otherwise provided). Seniority list for all full time employees and a separate list for all part time employees shall be set up by the Employer and shall be furnished to the Union upon request. Seniority areas governing this Agreement are outlined in Exhibit “ C,” attached hereto and made a part here of. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees prevail in the Bargaining Unit following instances in the man ner as determined listed hereafter.
B. The Employer agrees to give a week’s notice or a week’s pay in lieu of a week’s notice to full time employees with six (6) months’ service and three (3) days’ notice or three (3) days’ pay to part time employees with twelve (12) months’ service who are laid off due to lack of work. All employees like wise shall give a week’s notice prior to intended resignation. It is mutually agreed that after termination notice has been given by either party, no new request for sick benefits shall be I) granted. W \
C. Employees laid off due to the store closing or reductiofiVA.'V* of employment shall be laid off"by ordcf'O f 't'ne most recent hired and shall be rehired in the reversed order of the layoff, 7 ’C ^Zrl with due consideration given job classification. Employees laid off and subsequently recalled within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of will retain former seniority. Employer agrees to go beyond the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted seniorityj^p??-}' areas in the presence case of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up full time layoffs in distressed areas. H ow y*« v, ever, Employer will decide what store to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should transfer the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her ’ \ to. There shall be no bumping by seniority. FurtherTI— —
1. Full time employees to be laid off shall have option o6 f( s y part time employment, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into placed at the bargaining unittop of the
1. Any exceptions must This Agreement shall not be agreed construed as restricting paart time seniority list, or may take a complete layoff. They • sales representative from inspecting any and all merchandise of his respective company for spoilage or replacement, nor shall it apply to between the partiesinitial special displays unless they have a tendency to become constant or too often.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 15:01 An employee will be considered on probation and will not acquire seniority until the employee has worked for a total of ninety (90) working days for the Employer, when their seniority shall commence from the date of last hiring.
15:02 The Employer agrees to observe the seniority of employees in connection with promotions, demotions, transfers, layoffs, and recalls, insofar as it is practicable to do so, providing their other qualifications are relatively equal. Promotions to supervisory positions shall not be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
15:03 When an employee is laid off, they shall have the option of displacing an employee in a lower classification providing the employee has more seniority in terms of service within the bargaining unit than the employee in the lower classification except for apprentices. It is understood that when an employee exercises this option, they shall be established and maintained paid the rate for all the lower classification.
15:04 In the event of a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees by date of commencing work as a Temporary Journeyman Locksmith immediately prior to the date of last hiring. In the event that this ranking also produces a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will then interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementalphabetical order.
11.2 Employees 15:05 A seniority list by classification will be regarded as probationary prepared and forwarded to the Union office on or about the 30th day of November during the first six (6) months term of continuous employmentthis Agreement.
11.3 Upon successful completion of 15:06 An apprentice shall not acquire seniority until the probationary periodemployee has successfully completed the apprenticeship programme and has continued employment with the Employer, an employee will at which time they shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked date on which the employee was initially employed as an apprentice. All other rights and privileges under the terms Collective Agreement with the exception of this agreement or date of hire where established as a Articles 14:01, 15:01 15:02, 15:03, 32:01, and 35:01 shall apply to apprentice Electricians.
15:07 Employees who continue to be employed by the Employer in an acting position outside the bargaining unit employee prior until shall, subject to the effective date approval of this agreement.
11.4 the Union, continue to acquire seniority for the duration of the acting appointment. The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and employee may return to their normal duties at any time upon request. In the event of a copy layoff of an employee with greater seniority than that of the seniority list will be forwarded to held by the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted employee in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationacting position, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of in the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date acting position shall be his/her re-entry date into considered to be laid off in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must An acting position shall be agreed defined as a period not to between the partiesexceed one year. This period may be extended by mutual agreement to a maximum of one (1) additional year.
11.7 A bargaining unit 15:08 An employee may accept a position outside shall lose all seniority and be deemed terminated if the employee:
a) voluntarily quits, resigns or retires the employ of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis University;
b) is justifiably discharged;
c) has been laid off for a period of up to twelve more than twenty-four (1224) consecutive months. During ;
d) following a layoff, fails to advise the Employer within five (5) working days of receipt of notice to return to work of their intention to return, or fails to report for work on the date and at the time specified in the said notice; or
e) in absent from work for five (5) consecutive working days without notifying the Employer, and providing a reasonable explanation for such temporary assignmentabsence, in which case the employee shall maintain be deemed to have resigned their employment with the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesEmployer.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 9.01 An employee’s seniority date shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or most recent date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of bargaining unit. The employees shall be subject to a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive monthscalendar month probationary period following such date of hire. Should The probationary period may be extended, by mutual agreement of the Port and the Union, if the probationary employee has been absent due to bona fide illness or other legitimate reason. Employees that are separated from employment before the completion of their twelve (12) month probationary period shall not be subject to recall rights as outlined in Section 9.02 of this Article. An employee promoted to a position within the Police Department that is outside the Police Specialist bargaining unit may choose to return to the Police Specialist unit if he/she fails to successfully pass the probationary period for the promotional position. After receiving notice that he/she has not successfully passed probation, within five (5) business days the employee wish must notify the Administrative Division Manager of his/her intent to return to his/her previous classification prior to position in the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the unit. Such employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, will have his/her seniority date in that classification restored to the same level accrued prior to leaving. An employee who is terminated for misconduct is not eligible to return to the Police Specialist bargaining unit under the terms of this Article.
9.02 Seniority shall prevail in the event of a layoff; thus, the last employee hired into the bargaining unit shall be his/her re-entry the first laid off. Employees laid off in accordance with the provisions of this Article will be eligible for rehire in the inverse order of layoff for a period of one (1) year following layoff. Employees recalled pursuant to this provision retain their seniority based on their original date of hire into the bargaining unit, but no seniority or any benefits shall accumulate during the time that the employee was on layoff. Any exceptions must However, employees that are separated from employment before the completion of their probationary period shall not be agreed subject to between the partiesrecall rights as outlined in this Article.
11.7 A bargaining unit 9.03 In the event of an imminent reduction in force, written notice shall be provided to each employee may accept scheduled for layoff at least fourteen (14) days prior to termination.
9.04 Seniority shall be a position outside primary consideration when making job assignments. However, based on the skills and qualifications of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignmentemployee, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesmanagement may require particular employees in specific job assignments.
11.8 A classification seniority date 9.05 Shift preference and vacation scheduling shall be established as done so that seniority held as of is the effective date of this Agreement primary consideration. Vacation scheduling and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shift bidding shall be by classification Department Policy and shiftProcedures.
9.06 Seniority shall only be broken in the event of retirement, on a rotating basis.voluntary quit, discharge for just cause, leave of absence exceeding six (6) weeks, or layoff exceeding one
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 a. In the case of layoff and promotions, seniority and ability to do the job(s) in question shall be considered with seniority ruling where ability is equal.
b. Seniority shall be established calculated from last date of hire.
c. For the purpose of determining increases within rate ranges, an employee shall be credited for a full week’s seniority for any part of a week worked.
Section 2 Employees laid off and maintained for all employees in subsequently rehired by the Bargaining Unit as determined Employer within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion the layoff date shall retain their former seniority. Employees laid off on ac count of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, ill health shall retain their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up twenty-four (24) months.
Section 3 The Company agrees to twelve furnish the Union each con tract year with a separate seniority list of all employees indicating their employment date.
a. First Grocery Clerks, First Produce Clerks, Head Meat Cutters, Night Shift Heads, and First Meat Cutters shall not be subject to bumping, except in cases of store closing due to fire or flood.
b. In order for bumping to occur, a bona fide job open ing (12defined to mean: an opening created by quit, discharge or retirement) consecutive monthsmust exist. Should Bumping may also occur in the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end case of the twelve (12) months or should layoff.
c. Union will notify the Company wish three (3) days in ad ▇▇▇▇▇ of proposed bumping where such is across departmental lines. The bumping employee must be qualified to return do the employee to his/her previous classification, new job.
d. The provisions of this section does not apply in the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 case of new store openings until the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing store has been opened for sixty (60) days.
a. When there is a vacancy reduction or layoff in the work force, Company seniority shall govern and if a qualified em ployee with seniority on day shift shall have the Company allows right to displace the least senior employee of the same job classification on day shift within first, the store, then within a ten mile radius of the store.
b. If there is no junior employee within a ten-mile (10) radius, then such employee shall have the right to return after twelve either displace the nearest day shift junior employee working in the same job classification in a store outside the ten (1210) consecutive monthsmile radius or displace the least senior employee working within a ten (10) mile radius in either department (1) Meat, (2) Grocery- Produce, in a classification with the same or a lower authorized rate.
c. If no day shift opportunity is available as set forth above, the employee shall continue have similar rights insofar as a job on the night shift is concerned.
d. The junior employee so displaced shall have the same job rights until all possibilities have been ex hausted.
e. The Company will inform the Union at least one (1) week in advance of proposed layoffs; should Com pany fail to provide such notice, employee shall be compensated one (1) week's normal straight-time pay (or appropriate pro rata fraction thereof) for the week (or fraction thereof) not included in advance notice.
f. Employees laid off shall be the first to be rehired in order of their seniority provided they possess the necessary qualifications to do the jobs available. Written notice of recall shall be sent to employee with copy to Union office. If employee does not answer within five (5) days, the Company has no further obligation.
Section 6 Any employee returning from the military service shall be put back on the regular job he had when leaving for military service subject to the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, provided he/she can reasonably perform the functions of the position, with all across-the-board increases or less any across-the- board deductions that may have become effective dur ing his/her benefits as entitled under absence. Because on-the-job experience and application are the unbroken predominating factors in upgrad ing within a rate range, military service criteriaitself will not qualify an employee for automatic promotion within such rate range, however, his/her seniority date but same shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesbased on payroll service only.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside Section 7 It is understood that stewards of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee Union shall maintain the payment of dues at all ' times be full-time day shift employees and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter last to be laid off in any case, subject to their ability to perform the date of entry into the classificationjob in question. The classification seniority Union shall furnish the Company with a complete list of stewards which shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall supplemented from time to time as may be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisnecessary.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 11.01 Seniority, as referred to in this Agreement, shall be established the length of continuous service as a regular part-time or full-time employee in the employ of the Employer as provided for in Article 11.02.
11.02 When an employee is hired, such employee shall be considered probationary for their first 90 days actually worked and maintained he/she will have no seniority during that period. If the employee’s contract is not terminated during the probationary period, then the employee shall be given seniority retroactive to the first day of work. A casual employee, hired for a permanent position, upon completion of his/her probationary period will also be credited seniority for hours worked in the 12 months prior to their date of permanent hire.
11.03 The Employer agrees to supply an updated seniority list to the Chair, and the Union Office, by January 31 of each year. The seniority lists shall contain the names of all employees within the bargaining unit and shall include date of hiring and classification for each employee. A copy of each seniority list shall be made available for posting in all sites in which bargaining unit members are assigned. All bargaining unit members will have access to the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during seniority lists by way of the first six (6) months of continuous employmentBoard’s electronic bulletin board/email system.
11.3 Upon successful 11.04 An employee shall accumulate seniority under any of the following conditions:
a) While he/she is at work for the Employer after completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established period as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementset out in Article 11.02.,
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3b) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a During any period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to when he/she is prevented from performing his/her previous classification prior to work by reason of injury arising out of and in the end course of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, employment for the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 Employer for which he/she is receiving compensation under the provisions of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,
c) During any absence due to illness, or
d) Under any authorized leave of absence given in writing.
11.05 An employee who does not qualify to accumulate seniority under Article 11.04 shall maintain his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy existing seniority unless and if the Company allows the employee until he/she loses same pursuant to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesArticle 11.06.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of 11.06 Seniority rights shall cease and an employee’s employment will be deemed to have terminated if an employee:
a) voluntarily resigns or quits, b) is discharged and is not reinstated through the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.grievance procedure or arbitration,
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees (a) An employee’s length of service in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees bargaining unit will determine an employee’s seniority. Current or former bargaining unit members who have, prior to 1997, accepted promotion to a supervisory position, may step down from the supervisory position to the bargaining unit and will be regarded as probationary during deemed not to have interrupted their length of service in the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of bargaining unit. In the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as event a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who member accepts a transfer or a promotion to an excluded position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her shall not accrue seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive monthsHowever, the employee shall continue with all retain his/her benefits as entitled under right to return to the unbroken service criteriabargaining unit, howeverprovided the leave has not exceeded one (1) year, and have his/her seniority date reinstated from the date they accepted the new position.
(b) An employee’s length of continuous service with the Employer will determine an employee’s vacation entitlement, severance pay and other applicable Company benefits.
(c) An employee’s continuity of service shall be his/broken, seniority lost, and employment terminated when he or she:
i) voluntarily terminates his or her re-entry date into employment;
ii) is laid off by the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed Employer for a period exceeding thirty (30) consecutive months;
iii) fails to between report for work within fourteen (14) days after being notified by the partiesEmployer of recall following layoff;
iv) is terminated for just and sufficient cause;
v) fails to report for work after the end of an authorized leave of absence without providing a satisfactory reason.
11.7 A bargaining unit (d) The Employer shall maintain a mutually agreed seniority list showing the date upon which each employee’s service commenced. An up-to-date seniority list shall be sent to the Union annually not later than March 31st of each year. The seniority list as at the date of signing of this collective agreement will be appended to the agreement as Appendix B for information purposes only.
(e) In the event of an employee may accept a position outside transferring from another department to the production department, his or her seniority will begin the day of the transfer. Other length of service rights are not affected.
(f) Employees who have the same start date in the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate have their seniority determined by their Company seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 10.01 Seniority' shall mean an Employee's length of service, calculated in regular hours worked and divided by one thousand eight hundred twenty (1,820) from the Appointment Date (Article 31.03 - Definitions). Seniority shall be established affected as described below in Article 10.02 and maintained for all employees 10.03, and Article 20.03 – Leave of Absence without Pay.
10.02 Seniority accrual will be affected in the Bargaining following circumstances:
(a) The seniority of Employees who were in YusApuY Unit 1 positions prior to the ratification of this Agreement, where hours of work were other than full-time, (one thousand eight hundred and twenty (1,820) hours per year), shall be determined on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the proportion of full-time hours worked, except as determined within provided for elsewhere in this agreementAgreement. It is agreed, however, that such Employees shall accrue seniority for unpaid hours to a maximum of four hundred fifty-five (455) hours per year. If, for reasons other than layoff, an Employee, affected by this article, accepts another position in the bargaining unit, seniority from the date that the Employee starts the new position will henceforth be calculated as outlined in Article 10.01 above, and the provisions of this Article will no longer apply.
11.2 (b) The seniority of Employees who were in YusApuY Unit 3 prior to the ratification of this Agreement, shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article
10.01. Seniority will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary periodcalculated from December 2, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement 1996 or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior appointment to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee (c) An Employee who takes a leave of absence without pay to fill a full-time position in YusApuY shall continue to accrue their applicable seniority during such leave.
(d) Temporary Employees may accept use their accrued seniority to apply for a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis as provided for in Article 12 - Job Posting, for a period maximum of up to twelve four (124) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end calendar months after completion of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification (e) Employees, while on sick leave, shall continue to accrue their applicable seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of for the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, entire sick leave.
(f) Employees on a rotating basiscombined leave (pregnancy and parental) shall accrue their applicable seniority for the duration of such leaves.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an An employee will be credited with seniority retroactive considered on probation until they have completed eighty (80) days of actual work in the service of the Corporation. The employees may be removed for cause, which, in the opinion of the Corporation, renders the employee unsuitable for its service during such period. The probationary employee shall have access to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementgrievance procedure.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the 11.2 A seniority list will be forwarded maintained for each seniority group showing seniority numbers, names, positions, location and date of last entry into the Corporation's service in a position covered by such seniority group, from which date seniority will accumulate. Seniority lists will be maintained by the Corporation and a copy furnished to the union officedesignated National or Regional Representative of the Union and the Local Chairperson concerned in February, June and October of each year.
11.3 The name of an employee shall be placed on the seniority list immediately upon being employed on a position covered by this Agreement. An employee transferred to an excepted position or on leave of absence will have appropriate notation placed opposite his name.
11.4 Protests respecting seniority status must be submitted in writing within 60 calendar days from the date seniority lists are posted. When proof of error is presented by an employee or his representative, such error will be corrected and when so corrected the agreed upon seniority date shall be final. No change shall be made in the existing seniority status of an employee unless concurred by the designated National or Regional Representative of the Union.
11.5 For employees who No change shall be made in the seniority date accredited an employee which has appeared on two consecutive annual seniority lists unless the seniority date appearing on such lists was protested in writing within the 60 calendar day period allowed for correctional purposes. Names which have not appeared on two consecutive annual seniority lists shall not be restored to such seniority lists except in accordance with Article 11.13 or by agreement with the same date designated National or Regional Representative of hire, their seniority ranking the Union. A supplemental bulletin will be determined issued by way the Corporation and posted by June 30th of a draw conducted in each year showing any corrections to the presence of a union representativeseniority list as provided for above.
11.6 A bargaining unit An employee who with less than one year's seniority who, while filling a position under this Agreement, accepts a non-supervisory position outside under another wage agreement shall forfeit his seniority under this Agreement and his name shall be removed from the seniority list. This shall not apply when the employee accepts temporary and/or relief work under another wage agreement but should such temporary and/or relief work extend into a continuous period exceeding six months, he shall forfeit his seniority under this Agreement and his name shall be removed from the seniority list.
11.7 An employee with one year's seniority or more who, while filling a position under this Agreement, accepts non-supervisory work under another wage agreement shall be permitted to perform such work for a continuous period up to six months without loss of seniority. However, provided he can hold work in his own seniority group, he must return to such group at or prior to the expiration of such six month period or forfeit his seniority rights under this Agreement and his name shall be removed from the seniority list. After return from work under another wage agreement, the employee must remain on a position covered by this Agreement for a continuous period of at least six months. If he returns to work under another wage agreement before the expiration of such six months, except when required for emergency work under another wage agreement, he will forfeit his seniority under this Agreement.
11.8 The provisions of Articles 11.6 and 11.7 shall not apply to an employee who, while holding seniority rights under another wage agreement, obtains employment and establishes seniority rights under this Agreement. If such an employee, while filling a position under this Agreement, exercises his seniority under the provisions of another wage agreement, his name shall be removed from the seniority list. An employee shall not be regarded as having exercised seniority rights when used for emergency service only.
11.9 Effective June 14, 1995, an employee holding seniority under this Agreement and who is presently filling or who may in the future be promoted to an official or any position with the Corporation which is excepted from any provision of this or any Collective Agreement, will have his name continued on the seniority list of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis group from which promoted at his home seniority terminal and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not will retain seniority rights and continue to accumulate seniority while so employed for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the Thereafter, such employee wish will cease to return accumulate any further seniority until he returns to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into position within the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must The Regional Representative shall be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept provided with a position outside copy of the bargaining unit on staff form when employees are promoted to a permanent or temporary basis for a period position of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesmore than 60 calendar days.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees defined as the length of continuous service within the bargaining unit within the following divisions. Accumulation of seniority will begin on the employee's most recent date of hire in the Bargaining Unit as division. In the event that more than one individual has the same starting date of work, position on the seniority list shall be determined within this agreement
11.2 by casting lots. Employees transferring between divisions will be regarded as probationary during have their seniority frozen in their former division and the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited placed at the bottom of their new division seniority list unless the employee has frozen seniority with the new division. The following seniority retroactive divisions will be maintained: Secretaries Vocational Education Paraeducators Special Education (including Special Education In-school Suspension), Paraeducators, and Bus Paraeducators Title I Paraeducators (including General Education In-school Suspension), Playground, Lunchroom Paraeducators, and High School Attendance Clerk Library Paraeducators Mechanics
B. Probationary employees shall have no seniority until the completion of a forty-five (45) work day probationary period at which time their seniority shall revert to their first day of work. The discipline and discharge of probationary employees is not subject to the grievance procedure.
C. The Board shall prepare, maintain and post annually in the month of October, the seniority list. If there are no potential errors identified within ten (10) business days of the posting, the list shall be deemed correct until the next annual posting.
D. Any employee who has been incapacitated at her regular work may elect to take a vacant position which she is able to perform. Such election shall be limited by the ability of the employee and the length of the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementseniority.
11.4 The Seniority list E. An employee on unpaid leave shall have her seniority "frozen" for the duration of the leave and no step advancement on the salary schedule will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officegranted.
11.5 For employees who have F. Seniority shall be lost by an employee upon termination, resignation, retirement from the same date of hirebargaining unit, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of or the failure to return from a draw conducted leave or layoff as elsewhere stipulated in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit this Agreement. An employee who accepts a position outside transferring out of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis shall retain all rights and who maintains benefits accrued while in the payment bargaining unit upon her return to the bargaining unit..
G. For purposes of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve Article 16 (12H) consecutive months. Should and Appendix B (1), employees may only attend and select an assignment if the employee wish was assigned to return to his/her previous classification prior to a position at the end of the twelve (12) months or should preceding school year which is subject to the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesaforementioned provisions.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority Section 1 There shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion a Seniority list by classification seniority of the probationary period, an employee will regular Officers of the Fire & Rescue Department and said list shall be credited with seniority retroactive to brought up-to-date by the employee's first day worked under the terms City on or before January 15th of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority each year. Said list will shall immediately be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant a bulletin boards board in each Fire Station for a period of not less than thirty (30) days, and a copy of the seniority list will same shall be forwarded mailed to the union officeSecretary of the Association. This list shall stand approved as posted unless challenged and reported to the Fire Chief on or before the posting period has expired.
11.5 For employees Section 2 Any laid-off or terminated Officer who have withdraws from the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues State's retirement system shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, automatically lose his/her seniority date rights.
Section 3 In matters affecting promotion, demotion, and/or transfers of Officers within the Department, the determination of an Officer's fitness and ability shall be his/her the sole right and responsibility of the City, as measured against the following consideration:
a) Has the physical qualification to do the work, as prescribed in Section21 of the Procedural Memoranda, Administration;
b) Has experience related to do the job;
c) Performs the work in the manner required by the City;
d) Cooperates with supervisors and other Officers and observes rules and regulations;
e) Protects the property and interest of the City;
f) Maintains harmonious relations with peers and subordinates;
g) Has a positive attitude towards advancement and the assumption of additional responsibility; Collective Bargaining Agreement IAFF Local 2909 FY12- FY14 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7
h) Any new Officer positions shall be offered to regular permanent Officers first;
i) There shall be no re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a testing for any permanent position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held existing as of the effective date of this Agreement unless the position being tested for entails a change in job function. An Officer may refuse a permanent promotion in his/her line of progression. He/she then forfeits his/her rights to that position until all other Officers have had an opportunity to accept or refuse. This shall not affect the Officer's current rank nor his/her seniority, and thereafter shall not be held against the Officer in any way for future promotions. Promotional examinations and/or evaluations conducted to fill vacancies in positions covered by this agreement shall be conducted in accordance with established departmental regulations. Such regulations may be amended from time to time by the department provided thirty (30) days notice is given prior to the amendment(s) taking effect. When an employee is promoted to a Lieutenant position, such employee shall receive an hourly pay rate that is equal to or greater than three percent (3%) above their subordinates pay rate, provided such rate does not exceed the maximum rate for the Lieutenant position. Lateral transfer of the Deputy and Assistant Chief positions will be allowed for incumbents at the date of entry into signing of this Agreement, thereafter it will be subject to the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisdepartment's promotional procedure.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 13-1 Seniority of full-time employees shall be established and maintained computed from the date of original appointment unless an employee has been out of the employ of the Department for over one (1) year (leave of absence not included), in which event, seniority shall be computed from the latest date of employment by the Department. In the event that more than one employee is appointed on the same date, the employee appearing in the highest order on the eligibility list shall be senior to the other(s). The Department shall maintain a seniority list of all employees in and shall furnish a copy of the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary list to the EGFFA during the first six (6) months week of continuous employmentNovember of each year.
11.3 Upon successful 13-2 All platoon employees shall be allowed to select station assignments and platoon assignments based on seniority. Employees may exercise their right to select station and platoon assignments in accordance with Section 13-3 of this agreement whenever a vacancy occurs or whenever additional professional firefighter positions become vacated or available. Seniority for officers shall be computed from the date the officer was appointed to that position, for the purpose of bidding for a vacant position only. In all instances, in the event that more than one employee is appointed on the same date, the employee appearing in the highest order on the eligibility list shall be senior to the other(s). A coin toss shall break any further tie.
13-3 When a vacancy occurs on the platoon system, or whenever new positions are added, the Department shall within five (5) days of the vacancy post a notice of the vacancy on the Department bulletin boards at both fire stations. Within ten (10) days of posting of the vacancy, the President of the East Greenwich Firefighters Association shall designate a date and time for the purpose of convening a bid session for the vacancy and any subsequent vacancies which occur during that bid session. The Secretary of the Local shall notify all members of the time and date of the bid session. The union executive board shall convene the bid session and ensure that the vacancy or vacancies are properly filled in accordance with seniority. Within five (5) days of the vacancy bid, Local #3328 shall notify the Chief of the outcome of said bid. Transfers to any new station or platoon assignments shall be made no later than 30 days following completion of the probationary periodbid session. The Chief shall work with the Association to implement a mutually agreeable timeline for instituting the new bid selection. In addition to the vacancy bid, an employee will annual bid shall be credited with seniority retroactive to held during the employee's first day worked under week of November each year for a voluntary bidding. These transfers would go into effect after January 1st and be completed by January 15. Within five (5) days of the terms Annual Bid, Local #3328 shall notify the Chief of this agreement or date the outcome of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementsaid bid.
11.4 The Seniority list will 13-4 Selections made during the bid session shall be revised every allowed providing that they do not adversely affect the following minimum assignment qualifications:
a. Each of the platoons shall have permanently assigned no more than three (3) months probationary firefighters. Two (2) at Station One and posted on designated plant bulletin boards one (1) at Station Two.
13-5 The Department and the Association agree that the requirements listed in section 13-4 a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded apply only to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date permanent assignment of hirepersonnel and that at various times these requirements, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, will not always be met by the employee shall maintain Department or the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end Local.
13-6 Members of the temporary assignmentplatoon system who shall at any time voluntarily elect to change platoons, when such change is permissible under the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date terms and conditions of this agreement, shall be established as seniority held as of responsible to work all hours necessary to effectuate the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter change without any financial cost to the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisDepartment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Personnel Policies and Contractual Agreement, Personnel Policies and Contractual Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 8.01 An employee, other than a student hired for the vacation period, shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined acquire seniority status after he has completed a probationary period of sixty (60) consecutive days within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentbargaining unit.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period(a) An employee, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to who, on the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy Agreement, was in the employ of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of Company within the bargaining unit on a permanent basis at the said Location, shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be credited with the seniority he possessed at such time.
(b) Except as hereinafter and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate above provided, in calculating seniority for the purpose of this Agreement all periods of a period person's employment with the Company at the said Location, whether within the bargaining unit or not, which employment was not interrupted otherwise than by a lay-off of up to less than twelve (12) consecutive months. Should , shall be included.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 8.02 (b) above, a person who has been in the employ of the Company or its predecessor at any Works or location other than the said Location shall not be credited with seniority for such periods of employment unless an operation or operations of the Company should be transferred to the said Location from another location, in which case any person who was employed by the Company at the other location in such operation and who, as a result of such transfer, becomes an employee wish to return to his/her previous classification at the said Location shall, on becoming an employee, be credited with the seniority he possessed immediately prior to his transfer.
(d) Seniority shall be lost upon termination of employment for any reason as well as upon transfer to a position outside the end bargaining unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and provided the period of employment outside the bargaining unit did not exceed twelve (12) months, and was not interrupted by a lay-off of less than twelve (12) months, seniority would be restored upon re-entering the bargaining unit.
8.03 Seniority shall govern in the case of employees who are equally qualified to do the job on all occasions when a lay-off which the Company expects to remain in effect for more than one (1) week is necessary, or when a promotion or transfer to a classification listed in Schedule "F" occurs. If any such temporary lay-off should subsequently become permanent or exceed one (1) week in duration, the provisions of this clause 8.03 shall apply immediately but such application shall be without retroactive effects. The Company's judgement shall not be exercised arbitrarily or unreasonably and the Company agrees to advise the Union of the reason for its decision on request.
(a) When it is necessary to increase the working force the Company shall not hire a person not formerly employed if there is available a former employee who was laid off within the previous twelve (12) months or should who had acquired seniority status prior to such lay-off and who is suitably qualified to perform the work available. Seniority at the time of lay-off shall govern between such former employees who possess equivalent qualifications.
(b) A former employee who has not filed his current address and telephone number with the Company wish to return shall be ineligible for re-employment under the provisions of clause 8.04 (a).
(c) The Company will advise an eligible former employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 by telephone or failing this by registered letter of the Collective Agreement or accept availability of a vacancy based on his/her seniorityjob opening. FurtherShould the former employee fail to reply within three (3) days (excluding Saturdays, providing there is a vacancy Sundays and if those holidays described in clause 6.03 of this Agreement) from the date of mailing of such registered letter to the last forwarding address filed with the Company allows he shall be deemed ineligible for re-employment under the provisions of clause 8.04 (a).
(d) A former employee who is unable or unwilling to return after accept re-employment when required by the Company may be bypassed by the Company in favour of another qualified former employee in accordance with the provisions of clause 8.04 (a) or if no such qualified former employee is available by other candidates for employment.
(e) A former employee who is ineligible for re-employment under the provisions of clause 8.04 (b) or 8.04 (c) or who is unable or unwilling to accept employment under the provisions of clause 8.04 (d) shall be removed from the list of former employees eligible for re-employment and shall not be reinstated on such list unless he specifically requests the Company to do so, by registered letter, within twelve (12) consecutive months, the months from his last date of lay-off.
(f) A former employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled who is eligible for re-employment under the unbroken service criteriaprovisions of this Article 8 may present a grievance at Step 3 of the grievance procedure and process the grievance in accordance with the grievance procedure set out in this Agreement if he believes the Company's action in not re-employing him was in contravention of this Agreement. Should such grievance succeed and should the individual not be otherwise disqualified, however, his/her seniority date he shall be his/her re-entry date into instated and compensated at the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed regular basic rate of the job to between which he is reinstated for the partiestime lost.
11.7 (a) The Company agrees to post seniority lists showing the seniority status of each employee and to furnish a copy of such lists to the Union.
(b) The Company agrees to alter the seniority lists from time to time and to correct any errors therein whenever proof of error is submitted by the Union or any employee. No change shall be made in the seniority status of an employee without consultation with the Union.
8.06 The Company agrees that before permanently filling vacancies in jobs under preferred classifications listed in Schedule "F" it will post, on plant notice boards for five (5) working days, notices soliciting applications for such vacancies.
8.07 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside Committee composed of one representative of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues Union and accumulate seniority. At the end one representative of the temporary assignment, Company shall meet from time to time to discuss the employee shall return filling of vacancies in jobs covered by clause 8.06 above and may make recommendations to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesCompany thereon.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as 8.08 In January of each year the effective date of this Agreement Company will meet with the employees and thereafter the date of entry into the discuss if any employees would like to change their job classification. The classification seniority shall If an employee makes such a request the Company will post the job and the most senior applicant will be used for vacation selection and job postings within awarded the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisposition.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority for the purpose o f this contract shall be calcu lated by continuous service from the last date of employment (except as otherwise provided). Seniority list for all full time employees and a separate list for all part time employees shall be set up by the Employer and shall be furnished to the Union upon request. Seniority areas governing this Agreement are outlined in Exhibit “ C,” attached hereto and made a part hereof. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees prevail in the Bargaining Unit following instances in the manner as determined within this agreementlisted hereafter.
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first B. The Employer agrees to give a week’ s notice or a week’s pay in lieu of a week’s notice to full time employees with six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every service and three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded days’ notice or three (3) days’ pay to the union office.
11.5 For part time employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the with twelve (12) months service who are laid off due to lack o f work. All employees like wise shall give a week’s notice prior to intended resignation. It is mutually agreed that after termination notice has been given by either party, no new request for sick benefits shall be granted.
C. Employees laid off due to the store closing or should reduction of employment shall be laid off by order o f the Company wish most recent hired and shall be rehired in the reverse order of the layoff, with due consideration given job classification. Employees laid off and subsequently recalled within six (6) months will retain former seniority. Employer agrees to return go beyond the seniority areas in the case of full time layoffs in distressed areas. How ever, Employer will decide what store to transfer the employee to. There shall be no bumping by seniority.
1. Full time employees to his/her previous classificationbe laid off shall have option of part time employment, and shall be placed at the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 top of the Collective Agreement part time seniority list, or accept may take a vacancy based complete layoff. They shall have right o f recall on his/her seniorityany full time opening, provided they can do the work. Further, providing there is a vacancy Full time employees reduced from full time to part time through no fault of their own will retain Blue Cross and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis Blue Shield coverage for a period of up to twelve six (12) consecutive months6)
1. During such temporary assignment, the employee This Agreement shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must not be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established construed as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classificationrestricting maonths. The classification seniority Employer will pay the monthly composite rate sales representative from inspecting any and all merchandise of his respective company for spoilage or replacement, nor shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on it apply to initial special displays unless they have a rotating basistend ency to become constant or too often.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 3.1 A new employee shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will not be regarded as probationary during permanently employed until he/she has completed sixty-five (65) working days cumulative service. In the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion meantime, unless removed for cause which, in the opinion of the probationary periodCompany renders him/her undesirable for its service, an the employee will shall accumulate seniority from the date he/she entered service and shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under regarded as coming within the terms of this agreement or Agreement. When a new employee is hired, the Company will supply the Union with name, employee number, and date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the employee
3.2 The seniority list will be forwarded open for investigation and copies shall be furnished by the Company to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have local committee and the same date Unit Chairperson concerned. The seniority list shall be compiled and posted in January of hireeach year, their seniority ranking will and shall be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority open for correction for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months60 calendar days after being posted. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior If exceptions are taken or requests made for corrections, same must be made in writing to the end of immediate officer in charge, with copy to Union representative and the twelve (12) months or should Unit Chairperson concerned, within the Company wish 60-day limit prescribed within this Article. If no exceptions are taken to return a seniority list date within the employee to his/her previous classification60-day limit after it is first posted, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as correct and not changed thereafter, except by mutual agreement between the Local
3.3 An employee’s seniority held as of shall date from the effective date of time entering the service in a position covered by this Agreement.
3.4 An employee holding seniority under this Agreement and thereafter who is presently filling an official or any position with the Railway which is excepted from any provision of this or any other Collective Agreement, will have his/her name continued on the seniority list and will retain seniority rights and continue to accumulate seniority while so employed. The Unit Chairperson shall be advised. Effective (on the date of entry into signing memorandum of agreement), employees accepting a permanent position not covered by this collective agreement shall have his/her seniority "temporarily suspended" until such time as he/she returns to the classificationbargaining unit. The classification In such event, only the seniority accumulated while in the bargaining unit shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basistaken into consideration when exercising seniority as provided in this or any other Rule.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9.01 An employee will be on probation and shall not acquire seniority until after twenty-five (25) worked days with the Employer and shall then count from the date of employment with the Employer. The principles of seniority shall be recognized by the parties on an individual store basis.
9.02 Lay off due to lack of work and recalls shall be made on the basis of seniority as set out below, providing the senior employee has the skill and ability to do the job in a competent manner. In the event of lay off, an employee may exercise his seniority to bump within his classification or if he chooses, bump into another classification. An employee may not bump up into a department head or assistant department head position as identified in Article 9.07.
(a) In the event an employee is laid off in accordance with Article 9.02, and he is subsequently recalled, upon completion of at least one (1) full week of recall, his recall rights shall be renewed.
9.03 The Employer agrees to post the seniority lists in the store semi-annually.
9.04 A person employed at a store covered by this Agreement, who is transferred into the Bargaining Unit, may be returned to his former position or to a lower position, and will be credited with seniority equal to his total length of service in the Bargaining Unit, providing such transfer occurs within twelve (12) months of his departure date from the Bargaining Unit. If such transfer occurs more than twelve months after his departure from the Bargaining Unit, such person who is transferred into the Bargaining Unit will not be credited with seniority and may not displace existing employees. One (1) year following such transfer into the Bargaining Unit, such person shall be credited with up to three (3) years' seniority. Such persons will not be entitled to promotions within the Bargaining Unit for one year from the date of their transfer into the Bargaining Unit, and shall be placed in the stock clerk, service clerk or meat cutter classification.
9.05 Seniority shall be established lost and maintained employment deemed to be terminated if the employee:
(a) voluntarily quits;
(b) is discharged for cause and the discharge is not reversed through the Grievance Procedure;
(c) is laid off for a period of eighteen (18) months;
(d) fails to report for work within seven (7) days after being notified by registered mail by the Employer following the lay-off; or fails to advise the Employer within two (2) days of his intention to report for work pursuant to the notification;
(e) fails to return to work at the expiration of a leave of absence without a reason satisfactory to the Employer; or
(f) has an unreported absence for three (3) consecutive working days without a satisfactory reason.
9.06 It shall be the duty of employees to notify the Employer promptly on forms supplied by the Employer of any change in address, telephone number, marital status, number of dependents, and other related information that may be required from time to time. If an employee fails to do this, the Employer will not be responsible for failure to comply with any part of this agreement where such information is necessary in order to comply. It is further agreed that where the Employer is advised of an employee's name change, such information will be forwarded to the Union.
9.07 Applications for promotion to and/or training for the positions of Grocery, Produce and Meat Department Head, Bakery Department Head, Head Cashier, Assistant Meat Department Head, Seafood Department Head, Night Leader, Deli Department Head, Bake-Off Department Head, Food Service Department Head, and Salad Bar Department Head will be available to all employees upon request. Such training shall be assigned by seniority providing the applicant has the qualifications and ability to warrant the training. Such forms shall be supplied by the Employer and may be submitted to the Employer at any time by an employee. Following their submission, such applications will be valid for a period of two (2) years but may be renewed at any time. The Employer may post a bulletin soliciting applications at any time. When an employee is promoted within a store, the name, seniority date, and classification of the employee concerned will be posted in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementstore.
11.2 9.08 Employees laid off from full-time jobs shall be offered part-time employment.
A. Part-time employees reclassified to full-time on jobs involving the same skills, will not be regarded as required to serve a further probationary period providing that such employees have completed their part-time probation.
B. A part-time employee, reclassified to full-time employment, shall carry one half (1/2) of his part-time seniority up to a maximum of one (1) year, to his full-time employment. Seniority thus acquired may be used for the purposes of lay-off, recall, vacation, and wage progression but shall not apply with respect to the employee's eligibility for the various benefits applicable to full-time employees. Furthermore, such employee shall not be allowed to take vacation during the first six three (63) months of continuous such full-time employment, except when less than three months remain in the calendar year, and providing he qualifies shall be entitled to a maximum of one (1) week of vacation during the vacation year. Thereafter, his full-time vacation entitlement shall be in accordance with his full-time seniority date.
11.3 Upon successful completion C. In the event that two or more employees are credited with the same seniority date under Article 9.09 B, the senior employee shall be deemed to be the one with the greatest continuous service.
D. An employee reclassified from part-time to full-time and subsequently to part-time again will be credited with his complete part-time and full-time seniority. A full-time employee converted to part-time will carry his full-time seniority to the part-time seniority list.
9.10 In making promotions, (except that this provision shall not apply to promotions outside of the probationary periodbargaining unit), the Employer will consider the following factors in determining which employee shall be promoted:
(a) seniority;
(b) qualifications and ability to perform the work;
(c) physical fitness It is agreed that where factors (b) and (c) are relatively equal, seniority as herein defined will govern. Employees on maternity or parental leave, who have made application under Article 9.07, will be considered for promotion subject to Article 9.10.
9.11 In the case of lay-off for employees with more than three (3) months seniority, an employee will be credited given at least one (1) week's notice or one (1) week's pay in lieu thereof. In the case of lay- off for employees with seniority retroactive to the employeemore than one (1) year's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit seniority, an employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.given at least two
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority Section 1: The CITY and the UNION agree that a seniority list showing date of hire in the Fire Department ("Department Seniority") and date of last promotion ("In-Grade Seniority") shall be established and maintained made current annually on or before September 1. This list shall be posted on Fire Department bulletin boards. If within thirty (30) calendar days of posting there are no protests by employees to seniority as shown, the seniority list shall stand as conclusive evidence of each person's seniority until the establishment of the new seniority list the following year. This list will be utilized for all employees seniority- based scheduling of vacations and reduction in force. There shall be no seniority credit for promotional exams.
Section 2: Department seniority is defined as full time continuous service with the Fire Department that is not broken by dismissal or resignation. .
Section 3: Departmental seniority shall be determined by the following order:
(a) date of full time employment;
(b) entrance examination grade;
(c) date of original application;
(d) in the Bargaining Unit as event factor (a) is not conclusive, factor (b) shall govern. If factor (b) is not conclusive, factor (c) shall govern.
Section 4: In-grade seniority for positions normally filled by promotional examinations shall be determined within this agreementby:
11.2 Employees will (a) date of eligibility list;
(b) date of promotion;
(c) promotional examination grade;
(d) departmental seniority;
(e) in the event factor (a) is not conclusive, factor (b) shall govern. If factor (b) is not conclusive, factor (c) shall govern. If factor (c) is not conclusive, factor (d) shall govern.
Section 5: The classification of Paramedic Ambulance Operators shall be regarded as probationary during the first six positions eliminated in a reduction in force. The City shall then, if further reduction is needed, determine which positions shall be eliminated. Thereafter, reductions in force in the Fire Department shall be as follows:
(6a) months The CITY shall exercise its discretion in respect to the lay-off of continuous employmentemployees who have not completed the initial probationary period. The CITY shall not exercise its discretion in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner prohibited by federal or Nevada law.
11.3 Upon successful completion of (b) Employees who have completed the initial probationary period shall be reduced in force based on departmental seniority. Thereafter employees may bump into any lower grade previously held based on in-grade seniority.
(c) Employees shall be rehired based on department seniority provided the employees have completed the initial probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to and provided further the employee's first day worked under rehire occurs within one year from the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate senioritylayoff. At the end discretion of the temporary assignmentCITY, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date an employee's rehire shall be established as seniority held as subject to medical certification of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisfitness.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 16:01 An employee will be considered on probation and will not acquire seniority until the employee has worked for a total of ninety (90) working days for the Employer, when their seniority shall commence from the date of last hiring.
16:02 The Employer agrees to observe the seniority of employees in connection with promotions, demotions, transfers, layoffs, and recalls, insofar as it is practicable to do so, providing their other qualifications are relatively equal. Promotions to supervisory positions shall not be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
16:03 When an employee is laid off, the employee shall have the option of displacing an employee in a lower classification providing the employee has more seniority in terms of service within the bargaining unit than the employee in the lower classification except for apprentices. It is understood that when an employee exercises this option, the employee shall be established and maintained paid the rate for all the lower classification.
16:04 In the event of a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees by date of commencing work as a Temporary Journeyman Electrician/Control Technician immediately prior to the date of last hiring. In the event that this ranking also produces a tie in seniority between two or more employees, the Employer will then interpret seniority standing for layoff purposes by ranking such employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementalphabetical order.
11.2 Employees 16:05 A seniority list by classification will be regarded as probationary prepared and forwarded to the Union office on or about the 30th day of November during the first six (6) months term of continuous employmentthis Agreement.
11.3 Upon successful completion of 16:06 An apprentice shall not acquire seniority until the probationary periodemployee has successfully completed the apprenticeship programme and has continued employment with the Employer, an at which time the employee will shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked date on which the employee was initially employed as an apprentice. All other rights and privileges under the terms Collective Agreement with the exception of this agreement or date of hire where established as a Articles 15:01, 16:01 16:02, 16:03, 33:01, and 36:01 shall apply to apprentice Electricians.
16:07 Employees who continue to be employed by the Employer in an acting position outside the bargaining unit employee prior until shall, subject to the effective date approval of this agreement.
11.4 the Union, continue to acquire seniority for the duration of the acting appointment. The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and employee may return to their normal duties at any time upon request. In the event of a copy layoff of an employee with greater seniority than that of the seniority list will be forwarded to held by the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted employee in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationacting position, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of in the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date acting position shall be his/her re-entry date into considered to be laid off in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must An acting position shall be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for defined as a period not to exceed one year. This period may be extended by mutual agreement to a maximum of up to twelve one (121) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesadditional year.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) For the purposes of determining a seniority date, an employee's aggregate paid hours will be converted by using the following formula: two thousand and eighty (2,080) paid hours equals one (1) year.
(b) An employee’s seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same calculated from his/her initial date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but provided he/she is not accumulate seniority absent from work for a any period of up to exceeding twelve (12) consecutive monthscontinuous months for reasons other than illness, injury, layoff or an approved leave of absence. Should the employee wish to return to hisIf he/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, howevershe has been so absent, his/her seniority date shall be accumulate from his/her re-entry last date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesof hire.
11.7 A (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing sub-clause, as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were previously covered by a Collective Agreement shall have placed to their credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor Collective Agreements. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement.
12.01 (d) Notwithstanding clause 12.01(b), as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were not covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement shall have placed to their credit seniority in accordance with Section 33(3)(b) or (c) of the Public Sector Labour Relations ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇, S.O. 1997, c.21, Schedule. B, which shall be calculated from their first date of hire with their predecessor employer unless they lost seniority in accordance with clause 12.02, in which case it shall be calculated from their subsequent date of hire. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement.
12.01 (e) Notwithstanding Clause 12.01(b), as of May 11, 2000, all employees who were covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement and who are not excluded from the Unit B bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside in accordance with Clarity Note 2 in Article 2 (Recognition) shall have placed to their credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor Collective Agreements. Following the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, accrue seniority in accordance with the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date terms of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisCollective Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. SENIORITY RATING
11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementLocal 1041 bargaining unit shall commence and accumulate from the point in time that an individual was appointed to a frontline foreperson's and/or frontline supervisor's position with the City of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or any predecessor municipality.
11.2 Those Employees who are promoted or appointed to a temporary position within the bargaining unit will be regarded accrue seniority within the bargaining unit for time served. Employees who are promoted or appointed to the same vacancy on a permanent basis through the posting process as probationary during set out in this agreement will have previous time served from the first six (6) months of continuous employmentaforementioned temporary assignments added to their seniority.
11.3 Upon successful Employees with less than one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days continued service with the Employer, in the bargaining unit, will be considered probationary. Such Employees shall attain seniority rights only after completion of the such probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive . Notwithstanding anything to the employee's contrary contained in this Agreement, the Employer shall have exclusive right to discharge Employees within the first day worked one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of their employment, and such discharge may not become the subject of any grievance under the terms provisions of this agreement or Agreement.
11.4 Notwithstanding 11.1 above, for the purposes of vacation entitlement an Employee's length of service shall commence and accumulate from the date on which he/she entered the service of the Employer.
11.5 The Employer agrees to compile quarterly, a seniority list showing the names of all Employees, each Employee’s number, the date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior and the respective seniority dates. Copies of the said listing shall be delivered to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy Secretary of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativeUnion and President.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who Protests regarding seniority standing must be submitted by the Union in writing to the Director of Labour Relations within sixty (60) calendar days from the date seniority lists are posted. When proof of error is presented by an Employee or his/her representative, such error shall be corrected, and when so corrected, the agreed upon seniority date shall be final. No change shall be made in the existing seniority status of any Employee unless concurred with by the Union. LOSS OF SENIORITY
11.7 Seniority will be lost and the employment relationship will be terminated if an Employee:
(i) Is dismissed for just cause
(ii) Voluntarily resigns in writing
(iii) Fails to report for work within a period of Seven (7) calendar days after receipt of written notice to return to work after layoff
(iv) Is absent without leave
(v) Is laid off for a continuous period of twelve (12) months. Further, seniority will be lost if an Employee accepts a permanent position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains unit.
11.8 Upon the payment date of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 ratification of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. FurtherAgreement, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date within CUPE 1041 shall be his/her re-entry determined alphabetically by surname when two (2) or more Employees start date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of within the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, is the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiessame.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) Seniority for full-time Nurses shall commence and accumulate from the date of employment. Seniority for regular part-time Nurses shall accumulate on the basis of the number of paid hours in each calendar year including stat, sick and vacation hours.
i) In the event a full-time Employee transfers to part-time status, her seniority will be maintained and accumulated on the basis of one (1) year of full-time service equalling eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer.
ii) In the event a full-time or part-time Employee transfers to casual status, her seniority shall be maintained on the basis of one (1) year of full-time service equalling eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer for purposes as defined at Article 5.1(a)(iv) below.
iii) In the event a part-time or casual Employee obtains a full-time position, her seniority will be credited on the basis of eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in service with the Employer equalling one (1) year of full-time service.
iv) Seniority shall accumulate for casual Employees on the basis of paid hours. It is understood that seniority for casual Employees shall only be established recognized for purposes of job postings. The casual Employee seniority ranking shall appear on the seniority list with a notation indicating “for purposes of job posting only”.
(b) A seniority list showing each Nurse's name and maintained for all employees professional category shall be posted in February on one bulletin board in each office and shall be revised yearly. For part-time Nurses only, seniority on such lists will be expressed in terms of total paid hours. Complaints concerning the accuracy of such list will be considered within twenty (20) worked days of such posting and if no complaint is received within that time such list will be presumed to be accurate. If a complaint is received it will be responded to within twenty (20) worked days from the date the complaint was received. A copy of such list will be sent to the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during President at the first six (6) months time of continuous employmentposting.
11.3 Upon successful completion of (c) Seniority dates on the probationary period, an employee above list will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to determine the effective date of this agreementsalary increments. Regular part-time Nurses will be entitled to one (1) increment within the salary schedule for each eighteen hundred and twenty (1,820) paid hours in the service of the Employer, being the equivalent of one (1) year of service.
11.4 The Seniority list will (d) A newly employed full-time Nurse shall be revised every three considered a probationary Nurse until she has completed four hundred and twenty (3420) months hours. A newly hired part-time nurse shall be considered a probationary nurse until she has completed four hundred and posted twenty (420) hours. After which the full-time and/or the part-time nurse shall be placed on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same with full seniority commencing from her date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativehire subject to article 5.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 20.01 An employee shall acquire seniority status after he has been in the employ of the Company at the said Works for a probationary period of one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days. It is agreed that the provisions of Article 23, Arbitration, shall not apply in the case of a layoff or dismissal of a probationary employee.
20.02 Seniority shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be calculated so as to include all periods of a person's employment with the Company at the said Works or its predecessor, which was not interrupted otherwise than by a layoff of less than thirty six (36) months.
20.03 Seniority shall be established and maintained lost upon termination of employment for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary periodany reason, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive or upon a transfer to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains unit. Notwithstanding the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteriaforegoing, however, his/her seniority date lost upon a layoff lasting less than thirty six (36) months shall be his/her restored upon re-entry date into employment; seniority lost upon a transfer to a position outside the bargaining unit shall be restored upon re-entering the bargaining unit together with full seniority credit for the time spent in the Company's employ outside the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between , provided that the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position period of such employment outside of the bargaining unit was not interrupted otherwise than by a layoff of less than thirty six (36) months.
20.04 Seniority shall govern the case of layoff which the company expects to remain in effect for more than two (2) weeks, or a transfer or promotion to a classification in Schedule "A", provided the senior employee is as well qualified as other employees. If any such temporary layoff should subsequently become permanent or exceed two (2) weeks in duration, the provisions of this clause
20.04 shall apply immediately but such application shall be without retroactive effects.
20.05 In the case of persons who are as well qualified as other persons who apply for employment when job vacancies occur, the Company will give preference according to seniority at the time of layoff to available former employees who were laid off by the Company due to lack of work within the previous thirty six (36) months.
a) The Company shall maintain a recall list. An individual's name will be put on the recall list whenever he is laid off from the Company. When hiring for jobs covered by this Agreement, the Company will give preference according to the seniority at the time of layoff to those individuals who are on the recall list.
b) The following provision shall apply when recalling individuals:
i) For part-time work an individual may refuse recall four (4) times per year. A refusal to accept recall will not be counted if the individual has a temporary basis legitimate reason for not being able to return to work or if he is off due to accident or illness.
c) For full-time employment the following procedure will be followed:
i) A registered letter must be sent to the individual.
ii) An individual will be allowed five (5) working days to accept recall from the date he receives his registered letter.
iii) An individual will have to report to work within a further seven (7) days or he will be removed from the list.
iv) The Company may extend these time limits to an individual.
v) An individual will not be removed from the recall list if he is unable to return to work because of sickness or accident.
20.06 Seniority shall be based on length of continuous service from date of hire.
20.07 The Company agrees to post seniority lists showing the seniority status of each employee and to furnish a copy of such lists to the Union.
20.08 An employee will lose all seniority and be deemed to have terminated employment if the employee is absent without leave from the Company for a period of up over five (5) working days without providing a reason satisfactory to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesCompany.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 18.01 Seniority shall only be established and maintained effective after an employee has completed his probationary period.
(a) Persons who were previously employed within the Bargaining Unit, or the area presently covered by the Bargaining Unit, may return to positions within the Bargaining Unit with seniority for all employees the purposes of this Clause based on their length of service in the Bargaining Unit provided they do not return to a position higher than the one previously held and further provided that no Bargaining Unit member is demoted or laid off.
(b) Employees from outside the Bargaining Unit may be transferred into the Bargaining Unit to fill a specific position with seniority for the purposes of this Clause based on their starting date with the Company where the Company is unable to fill the position with an employee in the Bargaining Unit. In such case, the employee will not exercise seniority accumulated outside the Bargaining Unit for a period of eighteen (18) months.
18.03 In cases of promotions, lay-offs, recall from lay-offs, and vacations, where ability and qualifications are approximately equal, seniority shall prevail. The Company agrees to exercise the greatest care when deciding questions of employee qualifications to ensure that its decisions are neither arbitrary nor unfair. In cases of layoff, employees can bump employees in Chief Clerk, Dairy Department Head, and Deli Operator positions provided they are qualified as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees outlined above. In addition, qualified employees can bump "red circled" employees. In such case, the employee doing the bumping shall not assume the "red circled" position, but shall be classified in accordance with the job function he will be regarded performing.
18.04 Any deviation from the principle of seniority as probationary stated above shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
18.05 Seniority lists shall be prepared and a copy supplied to the Union Office each May and October.
18.06 Seniority shall be considered broken and service terminated if an employee:
(a) is duly discharged by the Company.
(b) voluntarily quits or resigns.
(c) has been laid off continuously for a period of more than one (1) year, but in no case to exceed his bargaining unit seniority at the time of his lay-off, or if he is called back to work by registered mail during the first six recall period and does not return to employment within two (62) months weeks of continuous employmentthe mailing of such notice.
11.3 Upon (d) is absent for any reason for a period of over three (3) days without a written leave of absence, except in case of probable sickness or accident, or inability to communicate. This article, however, does not permit or sanction absences of up to three (3) days without reasons satisfactory to Management or beyond the control of the employee.
18.07 Employees who are laid off shall cease to be employees of the Company for the purpose of this Agreement as of the date of such lay-off. Employees so laid off who are eligible for recall shall have their name retained on the seniority list for a period of one (1) year, but in no case to exceed his bargaining unit seniority at the time of his layoff, for the sole and exclusive purpose of recall only.
18.08 The Company will not deny to a senior employee the necessary training within his department when a vacancy is foreseeable for which no qualified employee is available to fill.
18.09 Following successful completion of the full-time probationary period, an a part-time employee who is hired full-time will be credited with fifty (50%) percent of his part-time service up to a maximum of one (1) year. This credit will apply to matters of lay-off, promotion, vacation, and rates of pay; however, the normal waiting period will apply to Group Insurance, Absence from Work Pay, and other fringe benefits.
18.10 If a full-time employee, who has completed one (1) year's continuous service, wishes to revert to part time, he will be credited with his original unbroken start date with the Company as his seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked date and will be employed under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established and conditions as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementset out in Appendix "C".
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established The Company and maintained for the Association adopt the seniority list, effective January as attached at Appendix A. This seniority list supersedes all employees in previous seniority lists, which are declared null and void. Each new full-time Flight Crew Member hired into the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees Company will be regarded as probationary during assigned a seniority number. Such number will be appended to the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion end of the probationary period, an employee appropriate section of the current Seniority List. The determination of seniority number will recognize current employment with other Skyservice divisions or companies. A new Flight Crew Member transferring to the airline division will be credited with awarded the lowest (most senior) seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms number within any group of this agreement Flight Crew Members hired simultaneously. Where two (2) or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy more Flight Crew Member’s of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who same status have the same date of hire, their relative seniority ranking on the seniority list will be determined by way the Company once all Flight Crew Members within that group have completed their initial The Director of a draw conducted in Flight Operations will notify the presence Association of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside all new Flight Crew Member’s names, their seniority numbers, and their dates of hire. The Company will, within thirty (30) days of the bargaining unit first day of July of each year, or at any time significant changes have occurred, furnish all Flight Crew Members with a Pilot’s and Flight Engineer’s Seniority List. A copy of this list will be posted on a permanent basis suitable bulletin board. Such list will contain, in order of seniority, the names of all Flight Crew Members in each category and who maintains their respective date of hire. Protest in regard to seniority standing shall be submitted to the payment Director of Flight Operations in by the Flight Crew Member concerned within thirty (30)days of the equivalent date of Union dues posting. If a Flight Crew Member is on vacation, sick leave, or is out of the country when such a list is published, he shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve have fifteen (1215) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to days after his return to his/her previous classification prior to duty, or until the end of the twelve thirty (1230) months or should day period, whichever is later, to register such protest. If no protest is brought to the attention of the Director of Flight Operations within the specified time period, the Seniority List as posted shall be considered as final and binding, and no longer subject to challenge. However, by mutual agreement, the Company wish and the Association shall have the power to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her senioritycorrect errors at any time. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date Seniority protests that cannot be satisfactorily resolved shall be his/her re-entry date into processed through the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classificationgrievance procedure. The classification appropriate Flight Crew Member Seniority Number will govern all Flight Crew Members in case of reduction of force, vacation preference, their bidding of monthly blocks, their assignment or reassignment due to expansion or reduction in schedules equipment, their recall from furlough, and their choice of vacancies except as outlined in Article REDUCTION IN FORCE, FURLOUGH AND RECALL. Flight Crew Members transferred to non-flying or supervisory duty will retain and accrue their seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisprovided that all necessary licenses are maintained.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) In all layoffs and promotions the ordinary rules of seniority shall be applied, taking into account also the ordin ary rules of fitness for the work involved and the practicability of applying the rules of seniority in the particular case, (b) Seniority shall be established calculated from last date of hire, (c) For the purpose of determining increases within rate ranges, an employee shall be credited for a full week’s seniority for any part of a week worked.
Section 2. Employees laid off and maintained for all employees in subsequently rehired by the Bargaining Unit as determined Employer within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion the layoff date shall retain their former seniority. Employees laid off on account of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, ill health shall retain their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months.
Section 3. Should The Company agrees to furnish the Union each contract year with a separate seniority list of all employees indicating their employment date.
(a) First Grocery Clerks, First Produce Clerks, Head Meat Cutters, Night Shift Heads, Head Cashiers, Dairy Department Heads, and First Meat Cutters shall not be subject to bumping.
(b) In order for bumping to occur a bona fide job opening (defined to mean: an opening created by quit, discharge or retirement) must exist. Bumping may also occur in the case of layoff.
(c) When there is a reduction or layoff in the work force, Company seniority shall govern and a qualified employee wish with seniority shall have the right to return displace the least senior em ployee of the same job classification within first, the store, then within a ten mile radius of the store. If there is no junior employee within a ten mile radius, then such employee shall have the right to either displace the nearest junior employee working in the same job classification in a store outside the ten (10) mile radius or displace the least senior employee working within a ten (10) mile radius in either depart ment ( (1) Meat, (2) Grocery-Produce), in a classification with the same or a lower authorized rate. The Junior employee so displaced shall have the same job rights until all possibilities have been exhausted.
(a) Any employee returning from the military service shall be put back on the regular job he had when leaving for military service subject to the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, provided he/she can reasonably perform the functions of the position, with all across-the-board increases or less any across-the-board deductions that may have become effective during his/her previous classification absence. Because on-the-job experience and application are the predominating factors in upgrading within a rate range, military service itself will not qualify an employee for automatic promotion within such rate range, but same shall be based on payroll service only.
(b) Average weekly hours worked prior to entering military service will determine the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish position to return the which an employee to his/her previous classificationis assigned upon returning from such service, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteriait being understood, however, his/her seniority date that this will not constitute an indefinite guarantee of weekly hours in the case of part time employees.
Section 6. Layoff Procedures, (a) The Company will in form the Union at least one (1) week in advance of proposed layoffs; should Company fail to provide such notice, employee shall be his/her re-entry date into compensated one (1) week’s normal straight time pay (or appropriate pro rata fraction thereof) for the bargaining unitweek (or frac tion thereof) not included in advance notice. Any exceptions Union will, in turn, notify the Company three (3) days in advance of proposed bumping where such is across departmental lines. The bumping employee must be agreed qualified to between do the partiesnew job.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion 9.01 In recognition of the probationary perioddiscrepancies between the starting dates of the two amalgamating Boards for the school years 1992-1998, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's date for first day worked under will be adjusted for placement on the terms seniority list to be the same for both amalgamating Boards and other members of this agreement or date of hire where established as a the bargaining unit employee prior would then be placed on the seniority list relative to the effective date of this agreementadjusted first day worked.
11.4 9.02 By January 31, the Employer shall, in conjunction with the Bargaining Unit, have developed a list of all Bargaining Unit members in order of their acquired seniority. The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to determined in accordance with the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date provisions of this Agreement Article and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection the purposes of declaring surplus and job postings within redundant teachers only. The seniority list will record the same classification. Filling teacher’s qualifications and OSSTF category rating.
9.03 The seniority system will take effect the date of required positions on recognized holidays ratification of this Agreement or such earlier date as the parties may agree.
(a) Seniority shall be the length of continuous secondary teaching as a Bargaining Unit member with the Greater Essex County District School Board and the teacher’s immediate predecessor Board with seniority accruing from the first day worked after last date of hire. Approved absence, including layoff with recall rights, shall not be considered an interruption of continuous service.
(b) For the purpose of placing teachers on the seniority list, the seniority of those teachers who are on fractional timetables will be calculated as if they were working full-time.
(c) Teachers who taught credit courses in the Windsor Adult Day School program who were on Seniority List B in the 1994-1996 school year and who accept positions in the elementary or secondary panels will have their seniority back-dated to September 1, 1996.
9.05 Separate seniority lists shall be established for teachers, night school teachers, and summer school teachers.
9.06 Lists shall be rank ordered such that the most senior Bargaining Unit member is at the top of the list and the most junior at the bottom.
9.07 Seniority lists shall be posted in all secondary schools and copies forwarded to the President of the Bargaining Unit no later than January 31, of each school year.
9.08 Errors in the calculation of a member’s seniority shall be brought to the attention of the Employer by classification the member as soon as discovered, and shiftif not brought to the Employer’s attention within thirty (30) work days, at the time of discovery will be noted but not updated until the next year’s seniority list is prepared.
9.09 Bargaining Unit members who commenced teaching on or after January 1, 1998 shall be added to the seniority list based on their first day of work subject to 9.04(c).
9.10 Should a rotating basistie in rank ordering occur, the tie will be broken by a lot conducted by the Bargaining Unit.
9.11 The seniority rights of a secondary school teacher shall cease for any one of the following reasons:
(a) a secondary school teacher resigns,
(b) a secondary school teacher retires,
(c) a secondary school teacher is discharged and such discharge is not reversed through grievance/arbitration procedures;
(d) a secondary school teacher is not recalled subsequent to being declared redundant in accordance with Section 12.05 (a)
(e) a recalled secondary school teacher refuses a fractional or full-time position equivalent to the position which they previously held, unless a reason is given which is satisfactory to the Superintendent of Schools upon consultation with the Bargaining Unit President;
(f) a teacher’s contract is terminated with severance pay.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority
8.01 In all cases of promotions, demotions, transfer and recalls, seniority shall be established the governing factor provided the senior employee is qualified and maintained for competent to do the work.
(a) The Corporation shall prepare annually in January of each year a list of all employees covered by this Agreement. Such list shall include: the name, classification, and seniority date of the employees in the bargaining unit as at December 31, 1981, based on the length of service with the Corporation. Effective January 1, 1982, all employees entering the bargaining unit shall be placed on such list and their seniority shall be based on the length of service in the bargaining unit. A copy of this seniority list shall be provided to the Local 122 President and Recording Secretary in January of each year and copies posted on the Corporation bulletin boards.
(b) Protests with regard to the above-mentioned list shall be submitted, in writing, to the Director of Human Resources within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the list is posted on the Corporation’s bulletin boards. When proof of error is presented by the employee or his representative, such error will be corrected and when so corrected the agreed upon correction date shall be final. Once the seniority standing of an employee is confirmed by the posting of the seniority list, no further requests for changes to the seniority standing shall be made. The Local 122 President and Recording Secretary shall be notified immediately in writing of any protest concerning the posted seniority list. When an employee is absent from work for the entire thirty (30) calendar day period mentioned above, they may protest their seniority standing within the first thirty (30) calendar days following their return to work.
(c) When addressing seniority issues, all ties shall be broken by lot in the presence of the President of the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees or designate and, if so desired, the affected employees. Tie-breaking meetings will be regarded as held at a time and place mutually agreed by all parties. The names of affected employees will be placed in a hat, and the Director of Human Resources or designate will draw the names. The first name drawn is to be the most senior, and so on, until the names of all affected employees have been drawn.
(a) (i) An employee who accepts a permanent position outside the bargaining unit shall be required to pay union dues beyond the date of transfer. Such employee shall retain their seniority acquired to the date of leaving the unit including a probationary during the first period of six (6) months and they shall not accumulate any further seniority beyond this period of continuous employment.
11.3 six (6) months. Upon successful completion expiration of the six (6) months probationary period, an the employee will be credited with shall lose all bargaining unit seniority retroactive rights. The Employer shall notify the employee and Local 122, in writing, a minimum of thirty (30) days before the expiration of the six (6) month probationary period to ensure that the employee's first day worked under employee is fully aware of the terms of this agreement clause. During the aforementioned six (6) month period, if the employee’s performance is judged unsatisfactory by the Corporation or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit if the employee prior chooses to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded return to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains during the payment of aforementioned six (6) month period, they shall have the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up right to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish revert to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationtheir former department, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shiftrate, on a rotating basisas shall any other employee who was promoted or transferred by reason of such placement.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) A Regular Employee's seniority date shall be the date on which a Regular Employee's continuous service in the employ of the Centre commenced within the bargaining unit, including all prior periods of service as a Casual, Temporary or Regular Employee contiguous to present regular employment.
(b) An Employee who applies for and is successful at being appointed to a position within the same ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society Centre but in another AUPE bargaining unit or at another ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society Care Centre in another AUPE bargaining unit shall, effective the date of the appointment, transfer or promotion, have their seniority date adjusted to the date the Employee commenced at the Centre. The Employee’s total years of service with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society recognized for the purposes of all wages, benefits and entitlements in the Collective Agreement. If an Employee returns to their original Centre or bargaining unit, their seniority date shall be adjusted to reflect the seniority earned prior to their departure.
(c) An Employee who applies for and is successful at being appointed to a new classification shall, effective the date of the appointment, transfer or promotion, have their seniority date adjusted to the date the Employee commenced in the new classification. The Employee’s total years of service with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Society recognized for the purposes of all wages, benefits and entitlements in the Collective Agreement. If an Employee returns to their original classification, their seniority date shall be adjusted to reflect the seniority earned prior to their departure.
11.02 Seniority shall not apply during the probationary period; however, once the probationary period has been completed, seniority shall be credited from the seniority date established pursuant to Clause 11.01.
11.03 Seniority shall be established considered in determining:
(a) preference of vacation time as specified in Article 26: Annual Vacation;
(b) layoffs and maintained for all employees recalls, subject to the provisions specified in Article 35: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇;
(i) promotions and transfers and in filling vacancies within the bargaining unit subject to the provisions specified in Article 14: Recruitment and Selection -Appointments, Transfers and Promotions; and
(ii) shall include short-term movement from one place (neighbourhood or unit) to another place (neighbourhood or unit) in the Bargaining Unit Centre;
(d) the selection of available rotations by Employees on a unit affected by a new master rotation;
(e) the distribution and allocation of available additional shifts / "pick up shifts" / hours of work for Part-Time and Casual Employee as determined within specified in Clause 15.16.
11.04 Seniority shall be considered broken, all rights forfeited, and there shall be no obligation to rehire:
(a) when the employment relationship is terminated by either the Employer or the Regular Employee;
(b) upon the expiry of twelve (12) months following the date of layoff, if during which time the Regular Employee has not been recalled to work;
(c) if a Regular Employee does not return to work on recall, as provided in Clause 35.07. A Regular Employee filling a temporary position/ assignment retains all rights of a Regular Employee.
11.05 Within three (3) months of the signing date of this agreement
11.2 Employees Collective Agreement the Employer will provide to the designated Union representative, a seniority list containing the name and seniority date of each Regular Employee in the bargaining unit in chronological order. The designated Union representative shall be responsible for the posting of the seniority list on the bulletin board(s). The seniority list will be regarded as probationary during updated by the first Employer and provided to the designated Union representative not less frequently than every six (6) months of continuous employmentthereafter.
11.3 Upon successful completion of 11.06 The Union shall have thirty (30) calendar days in which to take issue with the probationary periodseniority list, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of otherwise the seniority list will be forwarded deemed to be correct. Should a difference arise regarding an Employee's seniority, the union officeEmployer will provide the Union with the information necessary to establish accurate seniority.
11.5 For employees who have 11.07 In the event seniority dates are the same, any disputes arising between two (2) Employees with the same date of hireas they relate to layoffs and recall shall be resolved by a coin toss. If the dispute involves three (3) or more Employees with the same seniority date, their seniority ranking then numbered cards will be determined by way used to determine the order of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativeseniority.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) Seniority, as used in this Article, is defined as the total length of continuous service with the City in a classification within a particular department, bureau, or division covered by this Agreement and subject to the provisions of this Article, except that anyone transferred from one department or location to another due to bidding on an open job shall retain Citywide seniority as long as the classification is covered under the Teamsters Local #145 contract.
(b) Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary accrued during the first six (6) months periods of continuous employmentlayoff.
11.3 (c) Upon successful completion of the probationary periodperiod provided for in Article XVIII hereof, employee’s seniority shall date from the date of employment.
(d) An employee shall lose all accrued seniority status if he is discharged for just cause, is laid off for a period in excess of his recall rights or quits. Furthermore, an employee who takes or is promoted to any other job in the City that is not covered by a Teamsters Local 145 contract, shall lose all accrued seniority and may not regain any seniority if he shall return to such position for any reason.
(e) Officers and Stewards of the Union shall be placed at the head of the Seniority List in the bureau to which they are assigned by the City. This preferred seniority status shall be effective only in connection with layoffs.
(f) The City will furnish the Union, annually, with a Seniority List showing employee’s seniority. These lists shall be credited with simultaneously dated and posted on the bulletin boards and any employee who feels there is an error in his seniority retroactive to date, as shown, must present his facts substantiating his position within thirty (30) calendar days of the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to posting. If no objection is raised, the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority on the list will be revised every three presumed to be correct.
(3g) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy The union will notify the City annually in writing, of the seniority list names and positions of all local Union officials and Stewards & Committeemen. The City will be forwarded to the union officepromptly notified in writing, of any changes.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 10.01 For the purpose of this Agreement, seniority is the total length of continuous service as an Officer.
10.02 If two or more Officers have the same seniority date, the eldest shall be established deemed to have the most seniority.
10.03 The Company will prepare and post on appropriate bulletin boards, by January 15 of each year, listings showing the seniority of Officers. One copy of these listings will be sent to the Guild.
10.04 In the event an Officer is promoted to a position outside this bargaining unit, he/she will continue to accrue seniority provided he/she has maintained for all employees his/her membership in the Bargaining Unit as determined Guild.
10.05 An Officer shall lose his/her seniority standing and shall have his/her name removed from all seniority lists in any one of the following cases:
a) Where the Officer voluntarily quits;
b) Where the Officer is discharged for cause;
c) Where the Officer is laid off and fails to return to work within fifteen (15) days after the Company has delivered written notice to him/her and to the Guild by prepaid registered post advising him/her to return to work;
d) Where an Officer has been laid off because of lack of work for a continuous period of more than twenty-four (24) months.
10.06 In the selection of Officers for promotion within the bargaining unit, where ability and qualifications are equal, seniority in the acting position will be the determining factor.
10.07 Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during , the first six Company may at its discretion promote a Company Officer in order to fill a temporary vacancy for a period not exceeding sixty (660), but at or before expiry of that sixty (60) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary day period, an employee will be credited the Company shall fill the vacancy in accordance with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date express provisions of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list 10.08 When a new Officer is hired by the Company, and is to be trained in a lower rank, he will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and not displace another existing Officer from his regular position or Tour of Duty in such a copy manner that would affect the normal income of the seniority list existing Officer. An existing Officer’s leave will not be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date carried further into the bargaining unithole than normally contemplated without the Officer’s consent. Any exceptions must This may require the Officer that is being trained to be agreed to between carried aboard the partiesvessel as a supernumerary.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority The recognizethat job opportunity and security shall increase in to length of service. It is therefore agreed that in all cases of vacancy, vacation preference, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, after layoff, cell and shift preference, senior employees shall be established entitled to preference provided they have the ability and maintained physical fitness to perform the available work. For the purposes of a layoff, from layoff or job posting, qualifica- tions will not be taken into consideration. The intention of providing preference in this article is for all the senior employee to have preference among available openings or options at the timeof a layoff or recall layoff. Senior employees entitled to preference will not be entitled to “bump” employees in exercisingtheir preference. To “bump” is defined as displacing existing employees who are not otherwise affected by a work- force reduction. During a workforce reduction only affected employees willbe entitled to exercise their seniority to select among available openings or options. When employees have been laid off, they shall be placed on a recall and when work is available they shall be recalled in order of seniority and with respect to ability and willingness to perform the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an job available. An employee will be credited with considered probationary for his first sixty (60)working days within a one hundred and twenty (120) day and will have no seniority retroactive rights during that period, and his employment may be terminated at any time during such probationary period. After sixty (60)working days’ service within the one hundred and twenty (120) day period his seniority shall date back to the date sixty (60)work- ing days within the one hundred and twenty (120) day prior to the date on which he completed his probationary period. Seniority shall terminatewhen an employee: Voluntarily quits for any reason; Is discharged and is not reinstated throughthe grievance procedure or arbitration; Has been on layoff for a period equal to his to a maximum of thirty (30) months; Failsto respond to recall within three (3)working days and present himself within five (5) days. Notification of recall will be by registered mail to the employee's first day worked under ’s last address registered with the terms Company and a copy of such notice shall be sent to the Union; Fails to return to work immediately afterthe expiration of a leave of absence, unless prevented from so doing by verified illness or without reasonable and substantialjustification; Is absent from work for a period of three(3) consecutive working days without previously notifying the Company, unless there was reasonable and substantialjustification for failure to such notice; Is absent from work for a period of three (3) consecutive working days without leave, unless there was reasonable and substantialjustification for such absence; Is not at work for a continuous period of thirty (30)months for any reason unless on approved leave of absence in accordance with Article or as otherwise provided for by law. During emergency situations, including interferenceswith the Company operations, beyond the control of the Company which cause a layoff reasonably anticipated by the Company to last for a period not in excess of one (I) working day, the Company shall have the right to waive the provisions of this agreement or date Article. The Company shall give at least five (5) working days notice whenever reasonably possibleto any employee laid off for a period in excess of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The five (5) working days. Seniority list lists will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded posted on the plant bulletin board. A copy of the list will be given to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have Union. Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall mean service in the employ of the Company within the bargain- ing unit, provided that persons hired on the same day shall be listed in accordance with Company hiring records. Each employee’s seniority date of hire, their seniority ranking and job classification will be determined by way listed. Once per year a copy of a draw conducted in such seniority list shall be mailed to the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside area office of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains Union. Such list shall contain the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous employee’sjob classification, current rate of pay and the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of employee’s latest address and telephone number on file with the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesCompany.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 15.01 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees defined as length of continuous employment with the Company in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will bargaining unit. Sen- iority shall be regarded as probationary during effective only after an employee has com- pleted the first six forty-five (645) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the calendar day probationary period, and shall be computed from the date of his first employ- ment. New employees hired as “Management Trainees” subsequent to date of ratification of this Agreement, shall serve a ninety (90) calendar day probationary period com- puted from the date of their first employment. Seniority shall be the governing factor in matters such as vacations, layoff, transfers, demotions, promotions, re- duction to part-time, rehire after layoff, and in the filling of new positions, providing the employee has the ability and willingness to perform the work as required.
(a) Full-time employees who wish to be considered for a promotion, transfer, or a new position shall inform the Human Resources Department using the proscribed form. When a promotion, transfer, or a new position becomes available, employees who have so informed the Human Resources Department will be given preferential considera- tion provided that they have the necessary skill, ability, ex- perience and qualifications. Where two (2) or more em- ployees entitled to such preferential consideration are ap- proximately equal in skill, ability experience and qualifica- tions, seniority will be the governing factor.
(b) Every month the Company will publish for dis- play, on each bulletin board, a list of promotions, transfers and new positions filled within the bargaining unit during the previous month. This list shall indicate the successful employee’s name, classification, seniority, and the store lo- cation where the position was filled.
15.03 Seniority rights shall be terminated and an employee will shalt be credited with seniority retroactive deemed to have quit if he or she:
(a) is duly discharged by the employee's first day worked under Company;
(b) voluntarily quits or resigns or retires;
(c) has been laid off or promoted out of the terms bargain- ing unit continuously for a period of this agreement more than twelve (12) months;
(d) is called back to work, by registered mail to her last known address, after a layoff and does not return within ten (10) days of the date on which the registered letter of call back was mailed by the Company. The employee is responsible for advising the Human Resources Department, in writing, of any change in his or date her address;
(e) fails to return to work on the completion of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior an authorized leave of absence, unless such failure is due to the effective date of this agreementprovable sickness.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every (f) is absent without leave for three (3) months consecutive shifts and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and fails to advise the Company without a copy of the seniority list legitimate reason.
15.04 The company agrees to give two (2) weeks’ notice prior to changing an employee’s status from full-time to part-time.
15.05 A part-time employee will be forwarded to placed on the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority perma- nent full-time staff where her normal work week exceeds thirty-one (31) hours per week for a period in excess of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.ten
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 14.01 Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months mean length of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of service with the probationary periodEmployer at its warehouse operations in Toronto and Brampton, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to Ontario, from the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same last date of hire. It shall have relevance only where specifically set forth and explained with respect to how it is to be applied. Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, their and every six months thereafter, a seniority list including separate seniority ranking number shall be posted in the main hallway by the Human Resources Manager. Employees will have two (2) weeks following such posting to clarify any disputes with respect to such seniority after which the list shall be accepted by the Union and all employees as correct.
14.02 If an employee is hired into the bargaining unit with recognized company service accumulated outside the bargaining unit, such service will be determined by way recognized for the purposes of a draw conducted in wage and benefit administration and entitlement. In the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A event that an employee elects to bump into the bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside pursuant to Article 14.06 from other Distribution Centre buildings, previous service earned at that Distribution Centre will be recognized by the Employer as if earned under this collective agreement, for all purposes under this collective agreement. It is further understood that all members of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains employed by the payment Employer as of the equivalent date of Union dues execution of this Agreement shall maintain but not accumulate receive full recognition for any service which may have been earned at the Employer's City View Distribution Centre for all purposes under this Collective Agreement.
14.03 An employee shall be considered on probation and shall have no seniority for a period of up to twelve until he has worked sixty (1260) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into working days in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must Upon completing such period the employee will be agreed placed on the seniority list as of his last date of hire. An employee on probation shall hold no seniority and the employer shall have the right to between the partiesdischarge, demote, suspend, reprimand, lay off or otherwise discipline a probationary employee providing they act in good faith and in a non-arbitrary manner.
11.7 A 14.04 When filling permanent vacancies and on lay offs, the skills, ability, dependability and qualifications of employees together with the results of any tests deemed by the Employer to be relevant shall be given consideration. If there is any choice to be made between two employees who are otherwise relatively equal, the employee having the greater seniority shall receive the preference. In all instances, regular full time (Material Handlers and Maintenance) will be given first preference by seniority and then material processors. The Company may consider personal leaves prior to any lay-off. Recalls from lay off will be conducted by seniority if the employee is capable of doing the job. Regardless of seniority, the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be the last employee laid off and the first to be recalled. When the work force is reduced, employees will be laid off in the following order: material processor and material handler. Permanent vacancies are defined as vacancies that are expected to or do last in excess of ninety (90) days, except where relieving for sickness, accident, vacation, leave of absence and maternity/parental leave, or for temporary assignments outside the bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of unit.
14.05 Employees within the bargaining unit on shall have the opportunity to apply in the event a temporary basis for a period of up permanent vacancy in the bargaining unit occurs, subject to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.criteria set out in article
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1. Strict seniority shall prevail in the layoff and rehiring of employees. In reducing the work force because of lack of work or other legitimate cause, the last employee hired shall be the first employee laid off and the last employee laid off shall be the first employee rehired. In the laying off and the rehiring of laid off personnel, the particular work performed by said employee could be considered as an important factor. It is understood that the employee must be able to perform the necessary work which is available in order not to be laid off from work. The Union and the Employer jointly shall decide the extent to which "work performed" shall hold weight in determining the layoff and rehire of personnel.
Section 2. The Employer shall post a list of the employees arranged in order of their seniority. This list shall be posted in a conspicuous position at the place of employment.
Section 3. Seniority shall be established and maintained broken only by discharge or voluntary quit; or layoff for all employees in a period of more than two (2)
Section 4. In the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months event of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary perioda layoff, an employee will so laid off shall be credited with given two weeks notice of recall to work, mailed to his last known address. In the event the employee fails to make himself available for work at the end of said two weeks, he shall lose all seniority retroactive to right under this Agreement.
Section 5. The Union Representative shall be granted super-seniority for purposes of layoff and rehire. For the employee's first day worked under the terms purpose of this agreement Section, elected or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to appointed Union representatives shall be ranked at the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy top of the seniority list will be forwarded in the following order: Local Union President, Local Union Vice-President, Local Union Secretary, Local Union Treasurer, and Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
Section 6. An employee in a classification subject to the union office.
11.5 For employees jurisdiction of the Union, who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted has been in the presence of past or will in the future be promoted to any supervisory position, and is thereafter transferred or demoted to a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside classification subject to the jurisdiction of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for while working in a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive monthssupervisory position. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior The Employee who is so transferred or demoted shall commence work in a job generally similar to the end one he held at the time of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy his promotion and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee he shall maintain the payment seniority rank he had at the time of dues and accumulate seniorityhis promotion. At the end of It is further understood that no temporary demotions in supervisory positions will be made during the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partieslayoffs.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees the Employee's length of continuous service in the Bargaining Unit employment of the Company as determined within defined by this agreement
11.2 Agreement. Attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement is a list of Departments. New Employees will have no seniority until they have completed their probationary period. They will be regarded known as Probationary Employees and will have no right to invoke the Grievance Procedure regarding discharge until they have attained seniority. The probationary during period will be sixty days worked. A new employee who completes his probationary period within six months from date of initial hiring will have his seniority back-dated to his original date of hire. In all matters pertaining to promotions and upgrading or new jobs within a department, the first six Employee with the most seniority in the classification in the department affected will be given preference in obtaining such promotion, upgrading or new job providing he has ability to satisfactorily perform the work required of him. All promotions between classes will be based on merit. When vacancies occur within a job class, the senior employee in the next lowest job class will be given a two (62) months week trial period to assess his ability for the promotion. In the event of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion failure, Article will apply. Where an Employee with greater seniority in the classification is by-passed in the above matters, he will be notified immediately by his ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Within two working days he has the right to request an ability test, if he wishes, in conjunction with the Employee, who has been given preference. It is mandatory that these tests will commence within two working days of receipt of the probationary periodrequest. The duration of such tests shall be compatible with the trade involved. A qualified Union and Company representative shall be present at the tests. If such ability test is passed satisfactorily, an employee clause will be credited apply with full classification seniority retroactive to rights and wage rates involved, immediately upon entering the employee's first day worked under new classification. If such ability test is not passed satisfactorily the terms Employee may not request another test for a period of this agreement three months or date of hire where established as mutually agreed between the Company and the Business Agent. When such a bargaining unit employee prior to test is given the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority Company will supply the Business Agent with a list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded men involved. All new hires are to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted ability test as above in the presence of a union qualified Union and Company representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit , except any former employee who accepts has applied to be rehired. The Human Resources Manager will inform the Business Agent or member of the Negotiating Committee of such former employees and together they will determine the necessity of such an ability test. In the case of an Employee being by-passed during his absence, he shall be notified immediately by his ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ upon his return to work and clause will apply. In the event of the said Employee failing this test he shall maintain his full seniority rights within his classification. Other than on a job posting, where an Employee is assigned to work other than his own regularly scheduled work, he shall receive his own rate of pay or the rate of pay of the job to which he is assigned, whichever is greater. An Employee transferred to a position outside of the bargaining unit on Bargaining Unit shall maintain his classification, departmental and plant wide seniority for a period of sixty (60) working days or as mutually agreed between the Company and the Union. After sixty (60) working days an Employee who is demoted, or transfers back to the Bargaining Unit shall be entitled to his plant wide seniority accumulated to the date of his permanent basis transfer for Pension and who maintains Vacation Pay only. Where a vacancy occurs or is about to occur within the payment Bargaining Unit, such vacancy shall be filled by promoting within the department affected without delay. If a vacancy cannot be filled from within a department, the Company will post notices of such vacancies for a period of three working days. Such posting of notices will only take place after Articles and have been satisfied. Applications for such vacancies, which may be for less skilled or lower paid jobs, shall be made to the Human Resources Department. The vacancy shall be filled with the applicant with the most plant-wide seniority provided such applicant is able to perform the job. The Business Agent will be informed of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain the successful prior to the vacancy or vacancies being filled. New Employees are ineligible for job until completion of their probationary period. The names of successful applicants will be posted as soon as possible but not later than five working days from the posting expiration date, or as mutually agreed between the Company and Union. The Business Agent will be informed of the successful applicants prior to the vacancy being filled. If after considering the applications there are no Employees qualified, the Company will then hire a new Employee. See also Article During the posting and selection period, the Company can temporarily fill the vacancy with any Employee in the Bargaining Unit and clause above will be applicable as far as rate of pay is concerned. Any Employee who obtains a posting to a higher paid job shall receive the higher wage rate and suffer no loss of seniority in the classification he is seeking, during any waiting period which may occur before his entry into the new classification. Permanent Transfers When an Employee transfers from one department to another by filling a posted vacancy, he shall retain and continue to accumulate his classification and departmental seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive monthssixty working days from the date of transfer. Should he return or be returned to his regular classification during the employee wish sixty working days there shall be no loss of department or classification seniority in his regular department. If lay-off occurs in his regular classification during the sixty working day period, he will receive lay-off notice provided he is in the group receiving notice in his regular classification. Upon arrival at the date when the lay-off is effective, such an Employee will remain in his new classification during the sixty day working period until he either signs a form of "Agreement to return Transfer" or he is returned or returns to his/her previous his regular classification. If he is returned or returns to his regular classification prior before the effective lay-off date; he will be laid-off on the effective lay-off date, if he is returned or returns to his regular classification after the effective lay-off date, he will be laid off immediately with no further lay-off notice. Transferred Employees in paragraph of this Article shall continue to accumulate plant wide seniority. During or at the end of the twelve (12) months or should sixty working day period, provided he is suitable, he is required to sign a form of "Agreement to Transfer" and at this time, his former classification and departmental seniority shall cease. However when an Employee is on lay-off from his classification and is assigned to other work as the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationresult of a job posting, the employee requirement to sign an Agreement to Transfer may exercise seniority be delayed until the Employee is either recalled to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of his classification or until he has had sixty working days on the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniorityposted job whichever occurs later. At that time he must either accept the end of recall or sign the temporary assignment, Agreement to Transfer. His seniority in the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must new department will be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the counted from his date of entry into the new department. If a member downgrades to any lower classification in his department of his own accord and later wishes to upgrade, his seniority will go to the bottom of the classification he is seeking to re-enter. When a lay-off occurs in any classification and work is performed in such a classification by an Employee from any other department for more than one full shift (8 hours), the Company will reimburse the who would normally have been recalled to perform such work, providing such were available for work. Temporary Transfers To facilitate production or for its own convenience, the Company may temporarily transfer an Employee for a period not to exceed ninety working days, or as mutually agreed between the Company, Business Agent and Negotiating Committee, for any period beyond ninety working days. An Employee who has been returned to his regular classification may not again be temporarily transferred to perform the same work for a period of thirty working days unless mutually agreed between the Company, Business Agent and Negotiating Committee. No Probationary Employee shall be temporarily transferred unless mutually agreed between the Business Agent and the Human Resources Manager. Temporary Transfer provision shall not be utilized in a classification while an Employee is laid off from that classification. The Business Agent will be informed prior to any temporary transfers being made. If an Employee is temporarily transferred to another Department and a lay-off occurs in his regular classification, the Employee will remain in his temporary classification seniority until he is no longer required in conjunction with Article before being laid off providing there are no men senior to him in his regular classification, or in higher classifications in his department, under lay-off notice who are capable of performing his temporary function. Seniority Lists The Company shall keep up-to-date, at all times, Seniority Lists showing the Employee's name, classification, classification date, departmental and plant-wide seniority. Such lists shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within revised as often as necessary, but at least every six months. Seniority Lists will be posted so that they are available to the same classificationEmployees at all times. Filling Copies of required positions on recognized holidays such lists shall be available to the Union. When an Employee feels that he is being treated unfairly regarding job allocation in his classification, he has the right to invoke the Grievance Procedure. Where an Employee is handicapped in the course of his duties, either by classification and shiftan industrial accident or disease, on a rotating basisManagement will provide suitable employment for such an Employee, providing the Employee is capable of performing the proposed alternative employment offered. When such alternative employment is found Article will not apply.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9:01 Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall mean length of continuous service within the Bargaining Unit.
9:02 The Hospital agrees to observe seniority of Employees in connection with promotions, demotions, and transfers, as far as it is practicable to do so, providing their other qualifications are relatively equal.
9:03 Lay-off and re-call to work after lay-off will be based on seniority provided that the persons remaining in the department shall have the qualifications to perform the available work.
(a) In the event of a lay-off or proposed lay-off of Employees resulting from an innovative change in the technology utilized in the Hospital’s power house, the Hospital shall, upon request of the Union, meet with it to consider alternative employment opportunities in the Hospital and the training required to prepare eligible Employees for such opportunities. If no immediate employment opportunities are available in the Hospital, the Hospital will request the Federal and Provincial Manpower Departments to assist the Employees in such training programmes as will qualify them for appropriate employment opportunities.
(b) The Hospital will notify the Union in advance, so far as is practicable, of the date Employees may be laid off as a result of the change in technology.
(c) An Employee whose position becomes redundant shall be established and maintained for all employees given the opportunity to fill any vacancy in the Bargaining Unit as determined bargaining unit for which he has seniority and if there is no vacancy, to bump the junior Employee working in the bargaining unit. In filling either position, the Employee must possess the necessary knowledge, proficiency and skill to perform the functions of his new position and shall be given a trial period of up to 30 days in which to demonstrate his suitability and retain his employment. Prior to the layoff due to redundancy of a junior employee, the hospital may offer an early retirement option in order to avoid potential layoff in the unit to the eligible, senior employee within the affected classification. Included in this agreement
11.2 Employees offer will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentseverance pay in accordance with article 21.03.
11.3 Upon successful completion 9:05 An employee shall lose all service and seniority and shall be deemed to have terminated if he:
(a) voluntarily leaves the employ of the probationary periodHospital.
(b) is discharged for cause.
(c) following lay-off, an employee will fails to advise the Hospital within five (5) days of receipt of notice to return to work (which notice shall be credited with seniority retroactive mailed to the employee's first day worked Employee by registered mail to the last address on record with the Hospital) of his intention so as to return or fails to report for work on the date and at the time specified in the said notice, but shall allow for proper notice to be given to present Hospital under the terms of this agreement the Operating Engineers’ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, or date any other time which has been mutually agreed upon between the parties following receipt of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior notice of return to the effective date of this agreementwork.
11.4 The Seniority list will (d) fails to take a medical examination by a duly qualified medical practitioner when asked to do so by the Hospital. If the Hospital requires the Employee to submit himself for medical examination, such medical examination shall be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards paid for by the Hospital, and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded medical report given to the union officeEmployee. If the Employee disagrees with the report, the Employee shall have the opportunity of submitting the report and himself for medical examination with his own family doctor. This shall be at the expense of the Employee. If there is a disagreement between the findings of the Hospital’s medical report, the Employee, at his own expense, may submit himself for a further examination to a specialist agreed upon by the two doctors involved, and the findings of the specialist shall be accepted by all parties as final and binding.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative(e) has been laid off for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive months.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts (f) refuses to continue to work or return to work during an emergency which seriously affects the Hospital’s ability to provide adequate patient care, unless a position outside of satisfactory reason is given to the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority Hospital.
(g) is absent from work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a satisfactory reason to the Hospital.
(h) is absent from work due to illness or disability for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months from the time such absence commenced.
9:06 Effect of Absence
(a) It is agreed and understood that during an approved unpaid absence not exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days or any approved absence paid by the Hospital both seniority and service will accrue.
(b) During an unpaid absence exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for service for purposes of salary, vacation, sick leave, or any other benefit under any provisions of the Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended for the period of the absence in excess of thirty (30) continuous calendar days, the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro rata basis and the employee’s anniversary date adjusted accordingly. In addition, the employee will become responsible for the full payment of subsidized employee benefits in which he/she is participating for the period of the absence except that the Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums for up to twelve (12) consecutive monthsmonths while an employee is in receipt of WSIB benefits.
(c) It is further understood that during such unpaid absence, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, or lay-off shall be suspended and not accrue during the period of absence. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall accrue for twelve (12) months or should the Company wish if an employee’s absence is due to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesdisability resulting in WSIB benefits.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1: Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees determined as follows:
a) By strict seniority in the Bargaining Unit department (start date).
b) If start date is the same then the first hired by the City of Biddeford.
c) Seniority by start date will take effect 10-1-2006; anyone hired prior to 10-1-2006 will use the seniority roster that was in effect as determined within this agreementof 9-30-2006, which was posted on 1-1-2006.
11.2 Employees d) The shift captain will be regarded as probationary during deemed the first six (6) months officer in charge regardless of continuous employmentrank and time in grade.
11.3 Upon successful completion Section 2: Except as otherwise specifically provided in this agreement or otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the parties, the City of Biddeford retains the right to determine the mission, policies, and set forth all standards of services to the public, direct the operation of the probationary periodFire Department that are provided to the public. In addition, these rights include the direct operation of the Fire Department and the right to direct the employees, including the right to plan, direct and control department activities; the right to schedule and assign work to employees; the right to determine the means, methods, processes and equipment; the right to maintain the efficiency of the department and the employees; the right to determine the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of jobs; the right to create and revise jobs and to eliminate jobs.
a) Choice of daily truck assignments.
b) Choice of daily cleaning chores.
c) Choice of time off for vacations.
d) Choice of sleeping quarters to be picked in January, or re-picked by job openings.
a) While seniority and qualifications are the determining factor for regular assignments, nothing shall prevent management from making temporary assignments according to the needs of the department. In which case selection would be done by the seniority method, which would allow appropriate coverage. An example of such an assignment would be when a junior man is being qualified on other pieces of apparatus other than the one in which they are assigned.
b) The City shall maintain a seniority list by start date, which shall be posted on the bulletin board, within the month of January. It will be posted for a period not less than thirty (30) days. Any objections to the seniority list as posted must be reported to the Chief and to the Union within ten (10) days from the date of posting, otherwise, it shall be approved.
c) When a new employee is hired or and existing employee gets promoted, then the new employee or newly promoted employee will be credited with seniority retroactive assigned to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior open shift until shifts are changed in January. Management agrees to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined post all annual shift changes by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish second week in December and changes to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 take effect January 2nd of the Collective Agreement or accept following year. If a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Furtherperson wishes to change their shift, providing there is a vacancy and if they must request to do so in writing, although Management has the Company allows right to deny the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classificationrequest. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings City agrees that shift changes should take place with as little moves as possible to realign Seniority within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisdepartment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 10.1 The purpose of the seniority provisions is to provide a policy governing work preference, lay-offs and rehiring. In the event of a reduction in the working force, the Company shall use the principle of last-on, first-off, insofar as it is consistent with management's obligations to maintain an efficient working force. The Company shall post a seniority list monthly which lists all employees of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Haulage Limited in the order in which all such employees were hired (herein termed the "Company Seniority List"), subject to the provisions of Section 4.5 hereof.
10.2 Following a lay-off rehiring shall be done conversely to the procedure outlined in Section 10.1.
10.3 Seniority shall be established branch wide with a separate seniority list for drivers and maintained maintenance employees. Employees shall not work in each others’ departments while departmental employees are available for all employees work. Employees who voluntarily agree to transfer from the driving department to the maintenance department shall retain their working seniority in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees department from which they transferred for a period of ninety (90) calendar days. If at the end of the ninety (90) day period they do not transfer back to their original department, their seniority upon transferring back will be regarded as probationary during lost and they shall revert to the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion bottom of the probationary period, an employee working seniority list. Time limitation will be credited with not affect employees involved in conditions under Section 10.6. Employees transferring into another department shall accumulate seniority retroactive to in their new department at the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy bottom of the seniority list from their date of transfer. At no time due to this type of transfer will the employee's Company seniority be forwarded disturbed. Employees may be required to do reasonable work in another department in order to fulfil their daily or weekly guarantee. Employees employed in the union officefuelling of equipment shall be classed as drivers and included on the seniority list for drivers.
11.5 For employees who have 10.4 Employee's name shall be placed on the same seniority list with the starting date shown as the first day he worked after completing ninety (90) calendar days of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativeprobation.
11.6 A bargaining unit 10.5 An employee who accepts shall lose his seniority if:
10.5.1 he voluntarily quits employment with the Company;
10.5.2 he is discharged and not reinstated through the Grievance Procedure;
10.5.3 he fails to respond to a position outside recall as herein provided;
10.5.4 he fails to return from a leave of absence in accordance with the bargaining unit on a permanent basis conditions prescribed in such leave of absence;
10.5.5 if an employee is laid off and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority recalled for a period of up to extending beyond twelve (12) consecutive working months.
10.6 Employees who lose their driving privilege through a suspension of their driver's permit shall be granted a leave of absence not to exceed twelve (12) plus MTO administration time. Should All benefits covering Welfare Program paid by the Company shall cease during the suspension. However, the employee wish involved may make his own contributions through the Company in the full amount of cost during such period, with the exception of weekly indemnity and long-term disability benefits. Only one (1) such leave shall be granted during the term of this Agreement.
(a) In the event that the drivers license of an employee has been suspended under Section 41 of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario and as a condition of reinstatement that he/she is prohibited from driving any motor vehicle that is not equipped with an approved ignition interlock device as described in Ontario Regulation 251/02 under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario, the company may refuse to return to reinstate that employee unless he/she pays for the cost of equipping any Company motor vehicle with such device including the costs of the equipment, its maintenance, testing and calibration on a continuing basis until such time as the condition has been removed from his/her previous classification drivers license.
10.7 Lists, showing the updated seniority of all employees, shall be prepared and posted by the Company quarterly, and the Union shall be supplied a copy.
10.8 An employee shall be recalled by:
10.8.1 being verbally contacted;
10.8.2 if verbal contact cannot be made or an employee upon being contacted requests time to report, a registered letter shall be sent to his last recorded address and an employee shall have up to eight (8) days after being verbally contacted or a receipt for such registered letter has been signed to report for work;
10.8.3 if an employee due to medical illness cannot report to work in the eight (8) day period then upon proof of his medical illness submitted within the eight (8) day period, he shall be granted a leave of absence in accordance with Section 11.1.
10.9 It is agreed that employees with seniority shall not be laid off work as a direct result of the Company adopting, extending or contracting out work to owner/operators (i.e. broker operators) or other transport companies including subsidiary companies hauling cement. The Company agrees that the hauling of cement from the St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cement Company in Mississauga to the silos in Buffalo will continue to operate as in the past by the employees of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Haulage Limited.
10.10 Employees, by seniority, will be given the opportunity to train on different types of equipment. All employees, before being laid off out of seniority, will be given an opportunity to train on equipment being used for the work available.
10.11 Employees for whom no work is available for two (2) consecutive working days shall, upon request, receive their unemployment contribution record and shall be considered laid off. However, the Company may call employees according to seniority on a day to day basis requesting them to report for work when available and if such employees performed such work on an irregular basis, while laid off, such lay-off shall not be considered to have terminated.
10.12 As a safety precaution, an employee, except an employee on a regular bid-run, who has not been called into work by 12:00 o'clock noon on any day after regular starting time but who is then after such time on such day called to perform work and declines such work, shall not be classed as unwilling to work until ten (10) hours have elapsed from such call-in. However, the Company may, for work which must be commenced prior to the elapse of such ten (10) hours, call in the next junior man on the Company Seniority List.
10.13 Any employee who is now employed by the Company who may become an owner/operator shall continue as an employee of the Company and all the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue to apply to such employees.
10.14 An employee with seniority may request a lay-off during the month of December to a specific date, by notifying the Company in writing on or before the immediately preceding November 15th. If such employee is then laid-off as requested, during such lay-off until the date specified as the end of the twelve (12) months or should lay-off, such employee shall be placed at the bottom of the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee Seniority List and may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 only be recalled if all those employees ahead of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based him on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows Seniority List have been recalled. After the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits date specified as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignmentsuch lay-off, the such employee shall return revert to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between his normal position on the partiesCompany Seniority List.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as 10.15 The Company and the Union agree to negotiate any impact of sleep apnea under a separate letter of understanding, if legislation is implemented during the effective date term of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisCollective Agreement.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 1. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in determined by the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementfollowing procedures:
11.2 Employees a. seniority will be regarded as probationary during computed by subtracting the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of within the bargaining unit from the current date;
b. time counted toward seniority shall include the following: sabbatical leave, approved study leaves up to one (1) year, layoff, personal leaves for reasons of illness;
c. time not counted toward seniority shall include personal leaves other than those described above, and time between resignation and rehire;
d. if a teacher requests less than a full-time position, seniority will be granted on a prorated basis.
2. Tie-breaking procedure. On March 19, 1980, all teachers and administrators employed, on layoff, or on leaves of absence drew or had drawn for them a "tie- breaking number" between "1" and "800". The number drawn became their permanent basis tie-breaking number. Employees hired after March 19, 1980, will draw a number, between "801" and "2000" at the time of their initial employment. The number drawn will become their permanent tie-breaking number. The "tie-breaking number" shall be used in the event of layoff or recall when more than one individual has the same seniority service. The lower the number, the greater the seniority.
3. The Board and the Association shall cooperate to gather and assemble information from teachers which is necessary for the development of a seniority list of teachers in the School District.
4. Any teacher who has been transferred to an administrative position and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues later returns to a teaching position shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up be entitled to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to hissuch rights, including full seniority, as he/her previous classification she may have had prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent accepting an administrative position. Any exceptions must be agreed Notwithstanding Section B.1.a. above, no seniority shall accrue to between an individual while serving in an administrative position, with the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held exception of those individuals who were in an administrative position as of the effective date first day of this Agreement and thereafter contract. Those administrators shall only continue to accrue bargaining unit seniority through the date last effective day of entry into the classificationthis current contract. The classification Thereafter, their accrued seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisis frozen.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Master Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) All maintenance employees shall serve a probationary period of seven hundred and fifty (750) working hours. All other employees shall serve a probationary period of five hundred (500) working hours. A probationary employee who is found by the Company to be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within unsuitable may be dismissed with written reasons provided during this agreementperiod.
11.2 Employees will be regarded as (b) A probationary employee shall not exercise seniority rights during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 “probationary period”. Upon successful completion of the probationary period, the employee’s seniority shall date from the first day of paid work.
11.02 Seniority lists shall be posted by the Employer on the bulletin board, semi-annually. The chief shop stewards and the Union Office shall also be supplied semi-annually with a seniority list.
11.03 In the event of lay-offs due to the reduction of the working forces, the Employer shall lay-off the employee with the least seniority, subject to qualifications, skill and ability.
11.04 When vacancies occur, the Employer shall rehire laid off employees, subject to qualifications, skill and ability according to their seniority with the Employer.
11.05 An employee who has been laid-off and fails to return to work within forty-eight (48) hours after receiving written notice to return at the address provided to the Employer shall lose his seniority and shall be terminated. It shall be the responsibility of the employee who is laid-off to leave a current address and telephone number with the Employer as to where he may be contacted.
11.06 An employee whose lay-off exceeds nine (9) months shall lose his seniority and be terminated. An employee, who has been terminated in this manner, shall have all monies owing paid to him and he shall be supplied with a Record of Employment (if not done previously).
11.07 Seniority shall continue when an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive is off work due to any non-occupational medically documented injury for up to 4 years from the employee's first day worked under onset of the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit claims acceptance. If the employee returns to work prior to the effective date of this agreement4 year time limit then they shall retain their last posted position accepted by him. Employees whose absence exceeds 4 years shall lose his seniority and shall be terminated.
11.4 11.08 When an employee incurs a compensable injury and/or illness as covered by Worksafe BC the Employer shall pay the employee all wages for all regular scheduled hours on the day of injury and/or illness.
11.09 The Seniority list will be revised every employee must inform the Employer of their clearance to return to work from either an occupational or non-occupational sickness or accident as soon as possible but no later that 8:00 a.m. the next business day subject to Article 15.07.
11.10 Employees returning to work after an absence and/or illness of three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of days or longer, or after repeated absences for illness shall, upon request by the seniority list will be forwarded Employer, provide to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hireEmployer, their seniority ranking will be determined a medical certificate completed by way of a draw conducted in the presence of licensed medical practitioner or a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should Doctor establishing that the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesfit for work.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 1. On October 1 and June 1 of each year the Board shall provide the Association with a seniority list for each member of the bargaining unit. The list shall contain the names and dates of all employees who hold seniority in the bargaining unit.
2. Such employees shall have thirty (30) calendar days to request necessary corrections. After thirty (30) calendar days, the Association President shall sign and deliver to the Board an approved copy of said list. After said list is signed and delivered to the Board, the list shall become the official seniority list and shall not be subject to grievance. Any employee who objects to their seniority date shall put their objection in writing before the thirty (30) calendar day time limit.
3. In the event that more than one (1) individual has the same last date of hire according to the aforementioned seniority list, a drawing shall be held to determine position on the seniority list. The Association and the employees so affected shall be notified in writing of the date, time, and place of the drawing. The drawing shall be conducted openly and at a time and place which will reasonably allow affected employees and Association Representatives to be in attendance.
4. Seniority shall be established measured from last date of hire. That date (adjusted, if need be, in accordance with the following principles) shall become the seniority date and maintained number for all employees each employee.
5. Employees who have, since their last date of hire, had approved leaves of absence without pay for more than thirty calendar days for reasons other than service with the Armed Forces of the United States shall not lose seniority nor gain additional seniority while on such leave. Upon return, they shall accrue seniority at the point where they left off at their departure.
6. Employees on leave of absence to serve with the Armed Forces of the United States will accrue seniority if given an honorable discharge and return to work in accordance with Michigan Laws relating to Veterans.
7. Employees who leave the bargaining unit to accept other positions in the Bargaining Unit as determined District shall not lose seniority nor gain additional seniority while not a member of the bargaining unit, if he/she returns within this agreementsixty (60) calendar days of departure. They shall accrue seniority at the point they left off at their departure. Said employees who do not return to the bargaining unit within sixty (60) calendar days shall lose all previously accrued seniority and be removed from the seniority list.
11.2 8. Employees on layoff shall retain, but not accrue, seniority during the entire period of said layoff.
9. Leaves of absence, voluntary and involuntary transfer, and/or promotions shall not interrupt continuous service, which means employment in the school's service without break or interruption.
10. Leaves of absence without pay of less than thirty (30) calendar days and leaves of absence with pay shall not interrupt continuous service nor be deducted from seniority.
11. Leaves of absence without pay in excess of thirty (30) calendar days, except for extended service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be deducted beginning with the thirty-first day of leave. Days deducted will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of limited to days when regular school is in session. Such deductions will apply in computing total service but shall not serve to interrupt continuous employmentservice.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee 12. No paraprofessional will be credited with seniority retroactive receive service credit for duties performed prior to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established in this unit.
13. Seniority will be based on the last date of hire as a bargaining unit employee prior to paraprofessional. Paraprofessionals who quit and are subsequently rehired shall start at Step #1 of the effective date of this agreementappropriate pay rate.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every 14. Employee shall lose his/her seniority for the following reasons:
a) Quit.
b) Is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance procedure.
c) Is absent for three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and working days without notifying the employer. The employer will notify the employee by certified letter at their last known address that they have been terminated. The Association President will receive a copy of the certified letter.
d) In the event of a layoff, employees will be dropped from the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officewhen layoff exceeds length of seniority or after two (2) years, whichever is greater.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Master Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1: Seniority shall be established on a program basis in accordance with the Employee's last date of hire, and maintained shall be by date of hire for all employees in Employees, including seasonal Employees. There shall be three programs within the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Agency. The three (3) programs are: Housing/Weatherization, Head Start, and Agency Services. New Employees will hired shall be regarded considered as probationary during Employees for the first six one hundred and eighty (6180) months calendar days of continuous their employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of . When an Employee finishes the probationary period, an employee will he/she shall be credited with entered on the seniority retroactive list of the Agency and shall rank in seniority from the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days prior to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date he/she completes his/her probation. Subsidized Employees who become regular Agency Employees shall have seniority back to their original date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to subsidized Employee with the effective Agency.
Section 2: The seniority list, on the date of this agreement.
11.4 Agreement, shall show the name and job title of all Employees in the department. The Seniority list Employer will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of keep the seniority list up-to-date and will be forwarded mail an updated copy to all Employees twice a year. The Employer will also post the union office.
11.5 For employees who have list on the same date Employee's bulletin board at each work site on or about the first of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority each year for a period of up fourteen (14) calendar days. If the application of the preceding sentences results in two (2) or more Employees having the same seniority date, within the same classification, the Employee who has the earlier birth date shall be deemed more senior.
Section 3: An Employee shall lose seniority for the following reasons only:
A) Resignation;
B) By discharge in accordance with procedures set forth in this Agreement;
C) The Employee is absent for one (1) entire work shift and fails to twelve (12notify Employer prior to next scheduled work shift. In proper cases, exceptions may, at the Employer's option, be made. After such absences, the Employer will send written notice to the Employee at the address last known that employment with the Agency is terminated and seniority lost. The Employer's decision shall be subject to the grievance procedure defined in Article 10 hereof; and,
D) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to If Employee does not return to hiswork when recalled from layoff as set forth in the recall section below.
Section 4: In the event it becomes necessary to lay off Employees for any reason other than seasonal layoff, probationary Employees shall be laid off first and regular (i.e., part-time and full-time) Employees last. Within each program, Employees shall be laid off by classification in the inverse order of their seniority. Layoffs shall apply only to specified program accounts and shall not affect Employees primarily paid by other program accounts. A senior Employee may exercise his or her seniority preference over a junior Employee in any program of work, provided he/her she has the necessary qualifications to perform the duties of the job involved, has worked in the previous classification prior classification, and has successfully passed probation. Employees may exercise their “bumping rights" in a lateral or downward direction only (i.e., in the same grade or lower grade). An exception to this bumping right would be that all teachers shall be considered lateral in the bumping procedure. Disposition of these cases will be a proper matter for the grievance procedure. Any Employee who is laid off on a seasonal basis, defined as a layoff of an employee whose contract is for the school year only and is a layoff relating to the end of the twelve school year, shall be given a written notice at least ten (1210) months or should the Company wish working days in advance. The notice to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under provide a return to work date for the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unitnext school year. Any exceptions must Employee who is to be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept laid off, other than a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary seasonal basis layoff, for a period of up time greater than thirty (30) calendar days shall be given a written notice at least ten (10) working days in advance. If a program is to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignmentbe eliminated, the employee Employer shall maintain give written notice to the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent positionUnion at least sixty (60) calendar days in advance. Any exceptions must Employee who is to be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date laid off, other than a seasonal basis layoff, for a period of time less than thirty (30) calendar days shall be established as seniority held as given a written notice of at least three (3) working days in advance. Employees who have been on continuous layoff from the effective date Agency for a period of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.twelve
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) For the purpose of this Agreement and subject to Clause 28.03, seniority shall be established the number of days of service (rounded to the nearest half-day) an employee has been employed with the Employer as defined in this Collective Agreement, and maintained shall include all periods of leave, granted in accordance with the Collective Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
(b) Notwithstanding Clause 28.01 (a) an employee shall accrue seniority for the purpose of this Collective Agreement as follows:
(i) When temporarily assigned to a vacancy outside the Bargaining Unit for a period up to sixteen (16) weeks;
(ii) When assigned as a temporary replacement to a position outside the Bargaining Unit for a period up to thirteen (13) months.
(c) The Employer and the Union agree that employees temporarily assigned in Clause 28.01 (b) shall be and remain members in good standing of the College Faculty Bargaining Unit.
(a) The Employer shall post seniority lists for all employees in each campus and submit the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded lists to the union officeon October 31 and March 31, listing the seniority which has been accumulated to August 31 and January 31, respectively. Each list shall be organized by area of instruction in descending order of seniority by campus.
11.5 For (b) Areas of instruction shall be defined and shall be uniform throughout the College.
(c) The Employer shall post a recall list of both permanent and temporary employees who listing seniority, areas of instruction and campuses to which the employees have recall rights and such recall list must be posted at the same date of hire, their time and places as the regular seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativelist.
11.6 A 28.03 The following conditions shall result in loss of seniority for an employee:
(a) he/she resigns in writing and is not re-employed within thirty (30) days;
(b) he/she is dismissed and is not reinstated;
(c) he/she has been laid off as a temporary or contractual employee in excess of thirteen (13) consecutive months;
(d) he/she has been laid off as a permanent employee in excess of twenty-five (25) months;
(e) he/she accepts a permanent position outside the bargaining unit employee who accepts and does not return to the bargaining unit within thirty (30) days;
(f) he/she is assigned as a temporary replacement to a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period in excess of up thirteen (13) months;
(g) he/she is temporary assigned to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period in excess of up to twelve sixteen (1216) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesweeks.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Faculty Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A) A separate Seniority Roster for Universal Studios Hollywood shall be established and maintained by the Employer for all Universal Studios Hollywood employees working in the Bargaining Unit jurisdiction of Local 724. For the purpose of this article, seniority shall be defined as the accumulated work time in a particular job classification covered hereunder.
B) Seniority will be the determining factor for days off, a.m./p.m./graveyard shift assignments, areas, and overtime, when the employees are trained and the Employer deems abilities (e.g., hydraulics, pneumatics, controls, welding, water treatment, diving, etc.) are equivalent.
C) Scheduling in Animations shall be as follows:
(1) The schedule shall be posted for bidding, at the discretion of the Employer, no more than four (4) times per year and no less than one (1) time per year. The Employer shall provide thirty (30) days’ notice of rebidding. The Employer shall administer the bidding process as it deems appropriate and shall provide the Employees with a minimum of seven (7) days between the time the open bid is posted and the first bid appointment (which may be included within the 30-day notice of rebidding). In the event the Union or an employee has an issue with the bid or process, the Union and/or employee shall promptly raise the issue to management, and shall do so no later than forty-eight (48) hours after management posts the open bid, and shall meet with management for a Step 1 meeting within forty-eight (48) hours of the notice, unless the parties agree to a different time. Once the Step 1 meeting is held and the parties have discussed the issue, or if no issue was raised within the initial forty-eight (48) hour timeline set forth herein, the Employer shall proceed with the administration and implementation of the bid as proposed by the Employer or per the agreed upon solution.
(2) The Employer may first select and/or assign Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or Designated Gang Bosses out of seniority, subject only to the limitation that the total number of Designated Foremen and Gang Bosses may not exceed one for every six (1 to 6 ) Technicians on the overall roster of Technicians. Employer shall not be required to replace a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Gang Boss on vacation, leaves or temporary vacancies so long as either a Gang Boss or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is scheduled. When such temporary vacancy lasts longer than a five –day workweek of the Gang Boss or the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a replacement shall be made for the duration of the Gang Boss’ or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ leave. If, during the term of the bid, there is a permanent vacancy or increase in ratio among the Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/Gang Bosses, the Employer may post among all Technicians, regardless of shift bid, to fill the position. Management will assess, in its sole discretion, whether to backfill any vacancy resulting from such assignment. Management will also determine in its sole discretion which Area and/or shift to use as the source for backfill, from which the Employer will offer the position to the most senior Technician qualified to do the work, or if there are no volunteers, will assign the position to the least senior Technician qualified to do the work. Employees shall not have bumping rights in such a situation. This paragraph is not intended to displace Technicians for overtime.
(3) The Employer shall establish, based on its sole determination of business need which shall be in good faith, the shifts (a.m./p.m./graveyard) available by Area (as determined by the Employer), and days off, and shall identify such shift bid slots on the bid. By way of reference only for selecting a bid shift: an "a.m." shift may start anywhere from 12:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.; a "p.m." shift may start anywhere from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; a "graveyard" shift may start anywhere from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00
a. m. Employee shall give his/her preference on location on bid. Shift bids shall not designate call times; rather, calls times shall be set by the Employer on the weekly schedule, based on shift bids (a.m./p.m./graveyard) which may be subject to change within those times based on business needs. The Employer shall endeavor to keep the start times consistent within the weekly schedule.
(4) If an employee is called in or scheduled to work either before or after their eight (8) hour start time window, after the scheduled shift is posted, the employee shall receive time and one-half their straight time hourly rate for the hours outside the eight (8) hour start time window. Employees scheduled for Diver and Welder shifts are excluded from this agreementprovision.
11.2 Employees (5) Instead of selecting a shift bid slot, Technicians may sign up on the Attractions Support List ("ASL"). There shall be no required minimum or maximum number of Technicians who sign up for the ASL. Technicians who sign up for the ASL will be regarded assigned, by the Employer, to work, including, but not limited to Areas, special projects and shifts, based on skills, abilities, and experience, as probationary during determined solely by the first six Employer. Technicians who sign up for the ASL will remain for the entire bid, but will not necessarily have the same schedule. Technicians hired after the bidding process is complete shall be placed on the ASL for the duration of that bid.
(6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion All Technicians, except Designated Foremen and Gang Bosses, shall select the shift bid slot, or elect to go on the ASL, as he/she desires, in seniority order. Any employee who has a scheduling conflict with a bid appointment time shall contact management to make arrangements to select a slot, which may include submitting written preferences in advance which management will apply at the time of the probationary periodappointment, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to calling in at the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement appointment time, or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of providing written authorization for a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit co-worker to select a bid on his or her behalf. Any employee who accepts does not select a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority shift bid slot or sign up for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to ASL at his/her previous classification prior appointed time, shall forfeit his/her right to select and will be assigned a shift bid by the end Employer. Failure of a Technician to make a selection when given the opportunity to do so in seniority order shall not delay the bid process, shall not serve as a basis for Technicians to decline or wait to participate, and shall not delay implementation of the twelve bid.
(127) months After all Technicians, except Designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Gang Bosses, have selected their slots, the Employer may determine, in its sole discretion, whether it needs additional Gang Bosses and/or Foremen, and if so, shall post for interested candidates among those who occupy the shift in question. This shall not result in any Technician being displaced from his/her bid selection.
(8) Selection and Removal of Animations Foremen and Gang Bosses. Foremen and/or Gang Bosses shall be selected in management’s sole discretion. When such a position becomes available, the Employer will post a notification of the open position, listing the requisite skills and experience for the position, as well as the general responsibilities of the position. The open position shall be posted for seven days. Interested employees shall notify management of their interest by following the instructions on the posting. The Employer will interview all internal candidates for the open position. Management will solicit input from the appropriate Foremen when selecting a Gang Boss. Management will make a selection based on its sole assessment of the candidates’ skills, abilities and experience for the specific position. The Employer shall notify all candidates who are not selected and explain the reasons that he/she was not selected. The Employer may remove any ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or Gang Boss in its sole discretion.
(9) The Employer shall schedule in accordance with the shift bid. However, nothing in the Article shall limit the Employer's right and ability to change an employee's days off, Area or should shift to accommodate bona fide business need, including, but not limited to, projects, training and covering absences. Once the Company wish to bona fide business need has been satisfied, the Employer shall return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniorityshift bid slot. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12The Employer shall not use a
D) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date Figure Finisher Scheduling in Figure Finisher shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesas follows: Employer will determine available work shifts and will offer shifts in seniority order.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee E) The work schedules for the Maintenance Department may accept a position outside change twice per year – for the approximate periods of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive monthsSeptember through May and June through August. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date Maintenance Department employees shall be established as seniority held as assigned shifts in order of seniority, after the effective date of this Agreement Employer has assigned ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection Gang bosses and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification employees with special skills and shift, on a rotating basis.abilities to special assignments (e.g.,
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Supplemental Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) Employees covered by this agreement will have System Seniority shall subject to Appendix “O”. Separate seniority rosters will be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion follows: Seniority Roster Classifications Electronic Technician Electronic Technician I, Electronic Technician II, Electronic Technician ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Telecommunications Maintainer Telecommunications Maintainer, Telecommunications Maintainer ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ The seniority date of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date roster shall be established as seniority held as of the effective first date he performs service in a classification on that roster.
(b) Seniority rosters will be posted, and a copy furnished to the Local and General Chairman, in January of each year.
(c) Seniority rosters of the previous year are not subject to change. Additions to the previous year's roster are subject to correction for 90 days, after which no protests will be given consideration except for typographical errors.
(d) Employees moving from one roster to another will retain and continue to accumulate seniority on their former roster.
(e) Any employee on the former Burlington Northern who was promoted to an official, supervisory or excepted position prior to January 26, 1981, may elect to retain and accumulate seniority within the craft or class represented by the organization party to this Agreement so long as he pays the current applicable seniority retention fees to the organization. If such an employee elects not to pay the fees to retain his seniority and thirty (30) days written notice thereof is given to the highest designated Carrier officer by the duly authorized representative of the organization party to this Agreement with a copy to the employee involved, that employee shall cease to accumulate seniority in the craft or class represented by the organization party to this Agreement and thereafter on each subsequent annual issuance of the seniority roster the employee's seniority date will move forward one (1) full year. Any employee who was promoted to an official, supervisory, or excepted position subsequent to January 26, 1981, may elect to retain and accumulate seniority within the craft or class represented by the organization party to this Agreement so long as he pays the current applicable seniority retention fees to the organization. If such an employee elects not to pay the fees to retain his seniority and thirty (30) days written notice thereof is given to the highest designated Carrier officer by the duly authorized representative of the organization party to this Agreement with a copy to the employee involved, that employees seniority shall be terminated and his name will be dropped from the seniority roster. In the event an employee who has exercised the option to pay the fees and is not delinquent in his fee payments is subsequently relieved from such position by the Carrier (other than through dismissal for cause), he shall be entitled if senior to displace one of three youngest employees on the roster or place himself on a un-bid position. In the event such an employee voluntarily demotes himself from his promoted position, he shall be entitled to displace the junior employee on the seniority roster or bid on a bulletined vacancy or place himself on an un- bid position. An employee who fails to exercise his seniority within thirty (30) days will be considered to have resigned. If the employee's seniority will not allow him to hold a position, he will be placed on furloughed status. Seniority retention fees may not exceed membership dues. Effective January 1, 1988, all employees promoted on the former Santa Fe subsequent thereto to official, supervisory, or excepted positions from crafts or classes represented by IBEW shall be required to pay an appropriate monthly fee, not to exceed monthly union dues, in order to retain and continue to accumulate seniority. A supervisor whose payments delinquent shall be given notice by the appropriate General Chairman of the amount owed and ninety (90) days from the date of entry into such notice to cure the classificationdelinquency in order to avoid seniority forfeiture. The classification Employees promoted on the former Santa Fe prior to January 1, 1988 to official, supervisory, or excepted positions from crafts or classes represented by IBEW shall retain their current seniority but shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shiftto pay an appropriate monthly fee, on a rotating basisnot to exceed monthly union dues, in order to accumulate additional seniority.
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Sources: Telecommunications Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority For the purpose of this Article there shall be established two (2) kinds of seniority: SERVICE SENIORITY being length of service with the Company as an Officer; CATEGORY SENIORITY being length of service with the Company in a specified category of Master, Mate, Chief Engineer and maintained for all employees in Second Engineer. An Officer shall acquire seniority as of his date of employment with the Bargaining Unit Company as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first an Employee provided he has completed six (6) months continuous employment as an Employee. The Company will provide the Guild with separate lists setting out both kinds of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion seniority. These lists shall include length of service in the probationary period, above named categories and total service as an employee Employee. A revised seniority list to be posted on vessels by March of each year. A new seniority list shall be final if not disputed within four (4) months of it being posted. vessel. Any changes will be credited in accordance with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms provisions of this agreement Article. In cases of layoff or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hirerecall, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection the determining factor, qualifications, experience and job postings within ability being sufficient to do the same classificationjob, Lay day positions will not affect the layoff sequence. Filling Re-alignment of required positions on recognized holidays due to layoffs shall be by classification in accordance with the sequence set out below subject to qualifications, experience and shift, ability being sufficient to do the job. Where an Officer who has positive lay days is subject to layoff pursuant to subsection above he shall be entitled at his election to continue on a rotating basisthe Company’s payroll as follows: His leave will be run out. He shall have the option of banking his annual vacation or cashing it out. Overtime converted to leave to be banked or cashed out at the Officers’ discretion. Any Statutory Holiday that falls in the Officer’s run-out time will not be paid. Recall to work shall be in accordance with the Collective Agreement.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 The Company and the Union agree with the principle that those with greatest seniority shall be given preference in promotions and that those with least seniority shall be first to be demoted, or transferred not withstanding the issue of qualifications. Fundamentally, rules respecting seniority are designed to give Employees an equitable measure of job security based on length of service with the Company and subject to the provisions of the Collective Agreement. Seniority shall will be established and maintained for all employees Employees in the Bargaining Unit on a plant wide basis. There shall be two (2) seniority lists as determined within this agreementfollows:
11.2 a) Skilled Trades Employees
b) Employees other than the Skilled Trades Employees Seniority rights shall be established from the date of hire and will be update and posted on the plant notice boards on a regular basis. A copy of such list will be given to the Chairperson of the Unit. Employees will be regarded as probationary during Employees for the first six ninety (690) months of continuous employment.
11.3 calendar days. Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee the Employees seniority will be credited retroactive back to their hire date. Where two or more Employees commence on the same entry date into the Bargaining Unit, the one with seniority retroactive the first birth month of the year shall be the more senior of the two or more Employees. Should two Employees have the same month it shall be the lowest day of the month to be the employee's first day worked under the terms of more senior. No Employee covered by this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list Agreement will be transferred to a position outside the Bargaining Unit without his/her consent. An Employee who is promoted out of the Bargaining Unit will lose all Bargaining Unit Seniority after they have been out of the Bargaining Unit for ninety (90) calendar days. Seniority lists should be maintained and revised every three (3) months by the Company and posted on designated plant the bulletin boards boards. Such seniority lists shall stipulate the Employee number, name, date of hire, and a current Employee classification. A copy of the seniority list will shall be forwarded provided to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside Chairperson of the bargaining unit Unit at time of posting. An Employee while on a permanent basis layoff and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior right to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationrecall, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her to accumulate seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesduring such period.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority Seniority, as referred to in this Agreement, shall mean length of continuous service in the bargaining unit for Full-Time and Part-Time Employees.
11.2 Seniority, as referred to in this Agreement, shall mean regular hours worked in the bargaining unit for Student Employees.
11.3 The following principles shall guide and govern the parties in the application of seniority:
(a) There shall be established separate Full-Time Employee, Part-Time Employee and maintained Student Employee seniority lists.
(b) Employees who relocate within the bargaining unit between Full-Time, Part-Time and Student Employee status will have seniority determined as follows:
(i) An Employee who relocates upward in status within their classification (for all employees example from Student to Part-time or Part- time in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees Full-time) will be regarded as probationary during inserted at the first bottom of the Seniority List for that Status.
(ii) Employees who relocate downward in status within their classification (for example, from Full-time to Part-time or from Part-time to Student) will be placed on the Seniority List for that status in accordance with their start date within the classification.
11.4 The Company agrees to post a seniority list for bargaining unit Employees every six (6) months months. If an Employee does not challenge the position of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of his name on the probationary periodseniority list within the first twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date his name first appears on the seniority list, an employee will then the Employee shall be credited with deemed to have proper seniority retroactive standing. The Employee must submit his challenge in writing to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a Company. A copy of the seniority list will be forwarded sent to the local union office.
11.5 For employees who have The seniority of an Employee shall be lost and his employment automatically terminated, when he:
(a) Voluntarily quits his employment with the same date Company;
(b) Retires;
(c) Is discharged and is not reinstated through the Grievance Procedure or Arbitration;
(d) Fails to return to work upon the expiration of hirean authorized leave of absence, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of unless a draw conducted in reason acceptable to the presence of a union representative.Company is given;
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of (e) Is off the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority payroll, for a period of up to twelve nine (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (129) months in the case of lay-off or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her refor twenty-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.four
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 1. Seniority shall be established defined as:
a. Total years of service to the School District in positions recognized and maintained for defined as part of the bargaining unit.
b. All other things, certification, and days employed, being equal, then the date of the initial employment contract with the School District shall prevail. If the date of initial employment is the same, all employees Teachers so affected will participate in a drawing to determine placement on the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees seniority list. The Association and Teachers so affected will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion notified in writing of the probationary date, place and time of the drawing. The drawing shall be conducted openly and at a time and place that will reasonably allow affected Teachers and Association representatives to be in attendance. The seniority list shall be posted in each building, with copies furnished to the Association at least ten (10) working days prior to November 20 and February 10. It shall be the responsibility of each Teacher to promptly check the seniority list. If a Teacher or the Association does not believe that a Teacher's seniority, certification, or endorsement is correctly shown on the list, the Superintendent shall be notified, in writing, of the alleged error no later than ten (10) working days after November 20 and February 10, respectively. If no challenges are made within the allowed period, an employee the seniority list shall be deemed to be accurate and the Board shall incur no liability (including back pay) for relying on such list. If the posted list is challenged, the Association will be credited with seniority retroactive notified by the Superintendent of said challenges. The parties will meet to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as produce a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 corrected accurate list. The Seniority corrected list will be revised every three posted within five (35) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of working days after the respective challenge period. When said corrected listing is approved in writing by the Association, then the seniority list shall be deemed to be accurate, and the Board shall incur no liability (including back pay) for relying on such list. Accurate seniority lists shall be frozen until November 20 and February 10, respectively. Updating of endorsement shall be allowed only during the seniority list challenge period. However, for notification purposes only, a Teacher may inform the Superintendent, in writing, of a change in certification (accompanied by proper documentation) at any time. Teachers who are on leave during this time will be forwarded notified of their placement on the seniority list by certified mail sent to their last known mailing address. It is the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside responsibility of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains Teacher to inform the payment school of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end address or any change of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesaddress.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept 2. Seniority shall not accumulate during a position outside Board approved unpaid leave of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis absence, except Voluntary Leaves (see provision for a period of up to twelve Voluntary Leave – Article VII(12)(d)); Military Leaves (12see Article VII(12)(f.ii.); and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesLeaves.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Master Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1
6.01 Seniority shall be established calculated after completion of 672 working hours including overtime.
6.02 An employee shall lose his/her seniority when he/she resigns or is discharged.
6.03 A laid off employee shall lose the seniority which he/she had at the date of his/her layoff whenever he/she fails to:
(a) Inform the Employer of the address at which he/she can be reached when required to report to work. Changes of such address may be forwarded by mail, addressed to the Industrial Relations Department, and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary acknowledged in writing.
(b) Notify the Employer of his/her intention to return to work within one working day after having been notified to do so by messenger or within three working days after a notice to do so has been sent by registered mail or telegram, in either case to his/her last address on the records of the Employer.
(c) Report for work within seven days after he/she has stated his/her intention to return to work, provided that the provisions of subsections (b) or (c) do not apply if the employee furnishes a reason satisfactory to the Employer within thirty days of his/her failure. In each of such cases, his/her employment and his/her seniority shall terminate at once without notice or other action on the part of the Employer.
(1) An employee with seniority who is laid off and is not recalled to work by the Employer during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentfollowing twenty-four month period shall thereupon lose his/her seniority.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary (a) In any one layoff period, an a former employee with seniority in layoff status who held less than five years of seniority at time of layoff, shall be entitled to accumulate seniority and service to a maximum of nine months and will be credited with such seniority retroactive and service upon return to work.
(b) In any one layoff period, a former employee with seniority in layoff status, 12
(c) who held five years or more of seniority at time of layoff, shall be entitled to accumulate seniority and service to a maximum of eighteen months and will be credited with such seniority and service upon return to work. The accumulation of seniority and service provided for in this subsection shall not exceed the employee's first period of service attained by the employee as of the last day he/she worked prior to his/her layoff.
6.05 An employee with seniority who is absent from work because of bodily injuries caused by accident or sickness and qualified to receive weekly indemnity benefits under the terms of this agreement or date the Health and Life Insurance Agreement in effect from time to time between the Employer and the Union shall be entitled to accumulate seniority and service during the period of hire where established as his/her absence on the following basis:
(1) An employee who has less than five years of continuous service with the Employer will be entitled to accumulate seniority and service for a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date maximum period of this agreementone year.
11.4 The Seniority list (2) An employee who has five or more years of continuous service with the Employer, will be revised every three entitled to accumulate seniority and service for a maximum period of two years.
(3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and It is understood that in applying the provisions of this Article 6, the Company will abide by the “Ontario Human Rights Code”.
6.06 An employee with seniority who is receiving Worker's Compensation benefits as a copy result of a compensable injury suffered while in the employ of the Employer will continue to accumulate seniority list during the period in which he/she is in receipt of such benefits.
6.07 The accumulation of seniority provided for in Sections 6.05 and 6.06 shall not exceed the period of service attained by the employee as of the day on which he/she last worked prior to such illness or accident. The seniority so accumulated will be forwarded credited to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to upon his/her previous classification prior return to work.
6.08 The probationer shall be a new employee during the end whole of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on hisprobationary period. His/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy employment may be terminated at any time without reference to seniority and if in no event shall the Company allows the employee employer have any obligation to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all hisrehire him/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, hisor to offer him/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partieswork.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Labour Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority rights for employees shall prevail in accord with this Agreement. Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees in broken only by discharge, voluntary quit, normal or early retirement, or more than a three-year layoff. In the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months event of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary perioda layoff, an employee will so laid off shall be credited with seniority retroactive given ten (10) days’ notice of recall mailed Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit his/her last known address. The employee prior must respond to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every such notice within three (3) months days after receipt thereof and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy actually report to work in seven (7) days after receipt of notice unless otherwise mutu- ally agreed to. Prior to the return to work of such recalled employee, casual or part-time employees may be used by the Employer without violating this recall procedure or the seniority list will be forwarded to provisions of this Agreement. In the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should event the employee wish fails to return to his/her previous classification prior to comply with the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive monthsabove, the employee shall continue with lose all his/her benefits as entitled seniority rights under this Agreement.
(1) Individual employees who are on layoff status may notify the unbroken service criteriaEmployer, howeverin writing, his/her seniority date at the time of layoff, or during the period of lay-off, that they do not wish to be recalled to work of a day-to-day nature. Any employee not electing to notify the Employer under this Section shall be his/her re-entry date into available for work in accord with this Agree- ment. Such notice shall relieve the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside Employer of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis responsibility for a period of up recall and shall further protect the employee’s seniority rights. The Employer shall not recall employees from layoff who have giv- en the written notice mentioned herein unless that Employer can normally expect that at least one full week’s work will be made available to twelve (12) consecutive monthsthe recalled employee. During such temporary assignmentIn the event the employee fails to comply with the above, the employee shall maintain lose all seniority rights under this Agreement. A list of employees arranged in the payment order of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification their seniority shall be used for vacation selection posted in a conspicuous place at their place of employment.
(2) When an employee, due to lack of work, has not worked in a seven (7) day calendar period, this employee will be considered to be on layoff status.
B. The Local Union and job postings within the same classification. Filling Employer shall agree, subject to the approval of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shiftthe Joint Area Committee, on circumstances under which persons who leave the classifications of work covered by this Agreement but remain in the employ of the Employer in some oth- er capacity, may retain terminal seniority rights upon their return to their original unit. In the absence of such express agreement, such employees shall lose all seniority rights.
Section 2. The Employer shall not require as a rotating basiscondition of continued em- ployment, that an employee purchase truck, tractor and/or tractor and trailer or other vehicular equipment or that any employee pur- chase or assume any proprietary interest or other obligation in the business.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: National Master Freight Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 21:01 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees defined as continuous length of service in the Local Bargaining Unit as determined within of the most recent date of hire as a probationary or permanent Teacher with this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded Board or its predecessor Board(s). “Continuous length of service” shall include all leaves or secondments taken with the approval of the Board or its predecessor Board(s) as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentoutlined in Articles 17, 18, 19, and 20.
11.3 Upon successful 21:02 In the eve nt that two or more Teachers have the same seniority date, the following criteria are to be successively applied:
a) Total teaching experience with the Board or its predecessor Board(s) prior to most recent date of hire;
b) Total teaching experience prior to most recent date of hire;
c) Qualifications in accordance with QECO Statement of Evaluation with preference given to higher qualifications;
d) By lot drawn in the presence of the Association President and the Superintendent of Human Resources.
e) Notwithstanding the above, Teachers in the employ of the local public board(s) of education who transferred as a result of the completion of the probationary periodseparate school system and hired by the Board or its predecessor Board(s) shall have all seniority credits transferred with the m. These Teachers shall be placed on the Seniority List at the appropriate point in recognition of such seniority. In the event of a tie in seniority between a transferred Public Board of Education Teacher and an incumbent Board Teacher and where a priority must be established, an employee will seniority accumulated while in service of the Board or its predecessor Board(s) shall be credited with seniority retroactive used to break the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementtie.
11.4 21:03 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months Board agrees to post, in all schools and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and work locations, a copy of the list of all Teachers showing their seniority date as specified in the definition above by February 15th of each year. A copy of such list will shall be forwarded provided to the union officePresident of the Association.
11.5 For employees 21:04 Any Teacher who have believes her/his seniority date is incorrect must advise the same date Association President and the Superintendent of hireHuman Resources, their seniority ranking will be determined in writing, by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification Friday prior to the end of the twelve (12) months March break.
21:05 An Acting Principal or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee Acting Vice-Principal shall continue with all his/her benefits to accrue seniority, as entitled under defined above, during the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesacting appointment.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (I) Employees with service with the Company shall be established and maintained for all given preference over non- employees in filling a vacancy in another department, provided they are willing and qualified to perform the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementwork and there is no detrimental effect to the operation of the Branch.
11.2 Employees will (II) A new employee shall be regarded as considered a probationary during employee and shall have no seniority rights for the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employment at which time he shall be considered a regular employee will and shall be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted placed on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded at that time with seniority from the original date the employee entered the bargaining unit. The dismissal or discipline of probationary employees is within the sole discretion of Management and is not subject to the union officegrievance procedure.
11.5 For employees b) In respect to filling posted vacancies, skills, qualifications, experience, abilities, aptitude and seniority shall be the guiding factors in selecting the employee who have is regarded the same date of hiremost suitable. Where skills, their qualifications, experience, abilities, aptitude are relatively equal between two or more employees, seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A this bargaining unit employee who accepts a shall be the deciding factor. Any position outside of within the bargaining unit on that becomes vacant and which the Company desires to fill, or any new position created by the Company shall be posted for a permanent basis period of ten (10) calendar days. In the event there are no suitable applicants, the Company may fill the job opening as it deems appropriate.
c) In all cases of layoff and who maintains the payment rehiring, employees shall be laid off and rehired in order of the equivalent of Union dues their bargaining unit seniority within their respective group, and shall maintain but not accumulate retain bargaining unit seniority and Company seniority for a period of up to twelve eighteen (1218) consecutive monthsmonths from the date of layoff. Group one is defined as Servicemen I, and group two is defined as Servicemen II. Should an employee in group one be affected by layoff, instead of being laid off he may displace an employee with lesser seniority in group two. Sickness and accident benefits and group insurance will not apply during layoff. If the employee wish withdraws his contributions to the pension plan during the layoff or authorized absence, he may subscribe to the plan again immediately.
d) Any employee laid off due to shortage of work who has been notified in writing by registered letter at his last known address to return to his/her previous classification work, and who within seven (7) working days has failed to return shall be considered to have quit his employment voluntarily and his existing seniority rights shall be terminated. When notice of aforesaid is sent to an employee, a copy shall be mailed immediately by registered letter to the Business Manager of the Union.
e) In the case of an employee transferred to a supervisory position being transferred back to a position subject to the Agreement, the seniority accumulated during the time serviced in the supervisory position shall be added.
f) The Company shall provide the Union with an up-to-date list of seniority standing of all employees covered by the agreement, showing Company and bargaining unit seniority and agrees to bring such list up-to-date each six months.
g) In all cases of layoffs due to lack of work, the Company shall by registered mail notify the Business Manager and employees affected, seven (7) days prior to layoff.
h) An employee promoted to another position who fails to meet the end requirements of the twelve new position during a three (123) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationmonth probationary period, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unitpermitted to revert to his former position and salary. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date The Union shall be established as seniority held as notified in writing of the effective date of this Agreement all promotions, demotions and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basistransfers.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 1. The Company shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on its premises an up to date list of all employees covered by this Agreement showing the date when each commenced employment with the Company, this will be known as Company Seniority, and shall forward a copy of this list to the Union as soon as it is posted. New employees shall be added to the seniority list after sixty (60) working days.
2. The seniority system shall operate as separate seniority for Sechelt, Producers and the Lower Mainland Distribution, this will be known as Site Seniority. A third level of seniority (maintenance and production) will apply and will be known as Departmental Seniority. The Company, when laying off employees, shall lay them off in reverse order of their seniority, first according to the effected department using their department seniority, subject to qualifications. If an employee cannot maintain a position in their department they will go to the labouring pool. When laying off in the labouring pool, it shall be by reverse order according to their site seniority. No employee can hold department seniority in more than one department. The reverse shall apply when recalling employees from lay off. (See Letter of Understanding #4) A Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be involved in the planning of layoffs.
3. Should any dispute arise as to the competency or seniority it shall be settled as a Grievance, under the Grievance Procedure.
4. All new employees shall have a probation period of sixty (60) working days. The Company will complete and discuss the evaluation form at the 20th and 40th working day with the employee. A copy of these forms will be sent to the Union Office. .
5. The Company shall post and keep posted for not less than one hundred and twenty (120) hours or five (5) consecutive calendar days in a conspicuous place at the site, notice of vacant positions or new positions. Site employees of the Company covered by this agreement may apply for any such vacant or new positions and the Company shall fill such positions with the applicant employee who has the greatest site seniority. It is understood that training will not be posted. The successful applicant shall be on probation in his new job for twenty-one (21) working days. If the employee does not make satisfactory progress he shall be returned by the Company to his original position and maintain full posting rights. If the Company believes the employee has made satisfactory progress, but the worker chooses to return to his original position, he shall be disqualified from postings of any kind for two (2) full years. The Union shall receive copies of all the postings and the assignments of the postings.
6. Seniority of an employee shall be completely lost if he:
(a) quits;
(b) is discharged;
(c) is laid off or terminated for lack of work upon completion of probation period but shall retain their seniority for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of layoff.
(d) works for another employer while absent from his employment with the Company when he is on official leave of absence, except when the Company approves such other work in writing.
(e) if he is recalled to work and fails to report within ten (10) days from mailing of notice.
7. Seniority shall be established maintained and maintained accumulated during:
(a) absence due to an occupational accident while the employee is performing work for all employees the Company.
(b) absence from employment while serving in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months non permanent armed forces of continuous employmentCanada.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked (c) temporary illness or non occupational accident causing absence not exceeding one hundred and eighty (180) days.
(d) authorized absence under the terms of this agreement Agreement for Union activity.
(e) authorized leave of absence.
(f) if a laid off employee is called back to work with the Company within his right to recall period, there shall be deemed to have been no break in such an employees service with the Company by reason of such layoff.
8. Seniority shall be maintained but not accumulated during:
(a) temporary illness or date non occupational accident exceeding one hundred and eighty (180) days.
(b) if the transfer of hire where established as a bargaining unit an employee prior from one location to another is requested by the Company, such request shall be made in writing to the effective date Local Union. The transfer must have the written approval of this agreementthe Local Union. Without approval the transfer of the employee cannot be made.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3c) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy employees elected to Municipal, Provincial or Federal Office for the duration of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officeterm.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1: Seniority shall be established and maintained for mean the length of continuous service of an employee of the Town.
Section 2: Continuous service" shall mean employment by the Town without a break in such employment. A break in employment shall cause a loss of all employees seniority rights. A break in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreementemployment of an employee shall occur upon the happening of any one or more of the following events:
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months 1. If an employee shall quit of continuous employmenthis own accord.
11.3 Upon successful completion 2. If an employee shall be discharged.
3. The employee shall be absent in excess of three consecutive days without obtaining approval for such absence under the probationary periodprovisions of this Agreement.
4. The employee shall fail to return to work within three working days after the end of an absence authorized under the provisions of this Agreement.
5. If, after a layoff under Section 4 of this Article, an employee shall not return to work within two weeks after receipt of notice from the Town that he will be credited with seniority retroactive rehired under said Section 4.
6. An employee shall be absent due to the employee's first day worked a layoff under the terms Section 4 of this agreement or date Article for a continuous period of hire where established as more than one and one-half (1 1/2) years.
Section 3: Seniority prevails only within the Public Buildings Department and does not imply that an employee who is transferred to another Town department will be in a bargaining unit employee position to supersede the service record of those employees already in the other department.
Section 4: If there is a decrease in the workforce, employees will have bumping rights. All employees affected and the Union shall receive (2) weeks notice prior to any decrease in the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 workforce. The Seniority list Town shall lay off the least senior employee within the pay classification. An employee who is laid off will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and have the right to bump to a copy position of the next lower grade which is occupied by an employee with less seniority list and which he/she is qualified to fill. An employee displaced by bumping will be forwarded to then have corresponding bumping rights over all employees of equal or the union office.
11.5 For employees who have next lower grade and less seniority. This procedure will continue until the same date least senior employee has been notified of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of his/her employment status. Reinstatement or rehiring into the bargaining unit on shall be in reverse order of seniority; that is, the person with the highest seniority shall be rehired or reinstated first if qualified to do the job. Nothing herein shall restrict the option of an employee to accept a permanent basis and who maintains layoff in lieu of a reduction in job classification without loss of his right to be rehired hereunder. It is understood that layoff under this Section shall, in all aspects except the payment right to be rehired under this Section, constitute a termination of employment by the equivalent of Union dues Town. The right to be rehired hereunder shall maintain but not accumulate seniority exist for a period of up to twelve one and one-half (121 1/2) consecutive months. Should years from date of layoff.
Section 5: In the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end scheduling of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationworking hours, shifts, vacations and days off, the employee may exercise seniority Town agrees, except in an emergency, to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her give preference to employees with seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria; provided, however, his/her seniority date that the Town reserves the right to plan, direct and control the work of the Town at all times.
Section 6: An employee who is laid off shall be his/her re-entry date into receive severance pay in the form of one week's regular salary for every two years of employment as a member of this bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A Only employees who have worked at least two years as a member of this bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classificationentitled to such severance compensation. The classification seniority Employees laid off with greater than two years service shall be used paid one week's salary for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling every additional two years of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisemployment pro rated under this contract.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 9.1 A new employee shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will not be regarded as permanently employed until after 125 working days' service, which service must be accumulated within the preceding twenty-four months. Within such period he may without investigation be removed for cause which in the opinion of the Company renders him undesirable for its service. If retained in service, such employee shall be accorded seniority in the classification in which he was first employed. Probationary employees will not be permitted to exercise seniority to positions until the completion of their probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentperiod.
11.3 Upon successful completion (a) Seniority lists shall be updated and posted at the headquarters locations of all employees concerned, on or before June 30 and December 31 of each year. A copy of said list shall also be furnished to the union representatives of the probationary period, an employees.
(b) Seniority lists shall be open for correction for a period of sixty calendar days on presentation in writing of proof of error by the employee will be credited with seniority retroactive or his representative to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or immediate supervisor.
(c) Except by mutual agreement, seniority standing shall not be changed after becoming established by being posted for sixty calendar days following date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementissue, without written protest.
11.4 The Seniority list will 9.3 When two or more employees commence work in the same seniority group on the same day, the employee with the greatest previous service with the Company shall be revised every three (3) months and posted senior, otherwise seniority standing shall be determined by the hour that the employee commences work. All things being equal, they shall be placed on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list in alphabetical order of the surnames.
9.4 For the purpose of promotion and seniority employees, on a Region by Region basis, shall be grouped as shown below:
9.5 Employees now filling or promoted to an official or excepted position with the Company and employees elected as Representatives of the employees covered by this Agreement (who shall be considered as on leave of absence), will be forwarded continued on the seniority list for the group or groups in which they had previously established seniority, and will continue to the union officeaccumulate seniority while so employed.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire(a) Employees promoted on or after January 1, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on 1979 to a permanent basis and who maintains non-schedule, official, or excepted position with the payment of the equivalent of Union dues Company, or its subsidiaries, shall maintain but not continue to accumulate seniority on the seniority list from which promoted for a period of two (2) consecutive years. Following the two-year period in such capacity, such employees shall no longer accumulate seniority but shall retain the seniority rights already accumulated up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classificationtheir promotion. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.(If
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 2.01 Upon completion of ninety (90) calendar days employees covered by this Appendix shall be deemed to have served their probationary period and then shall be placed on the part time seniority list.
(a) Seniority shall be established acquired and maintained for all exercised on a departmental basis. Seniority shall begin after the employee's probationary period has been served.
(b) The Company shall maintain a seniority list of part time employees stating names and job classifications, which shall be posted quarterly in a position where the Union or any employee has access to it. The Union or any employee has the right to protest any listing within thirty (30) days following the posting of the seniority list. This additionally will be provided to the Union disk to disk.
(c) An employee who becomes a full time employee will be given seniority credit of fifty (50%) percent of their part time seniority up to a maximum of one (1) year. They will receive the greater of their part time rate or the rate which their full time seniority credit gives them and shall proceed from that point in the full time wage progression.
(d) In the event two (2) or more employees are hired on the same date the employee with the lowest employee number will be deemed to be the most senior employee.
(e) Layoffs shall be done in accordance with Letter of Understanding #4.
(f) Part time employees in a store which is closing concurrent with a new store opening shall have the Bargaining Unit opportunity to move to the new store.
(g) Part time employees are expected to attend work in accordance with their schedule of hours. When unable to attend, the employee must notify the Manager, Relieving Manager or Customer Service Manager prior to their scheduled starting time, giving the reason why they are unable to attend.
(a) When a part time employee applies for a job posting as determined within this agreementoutlined in Article 8 of Appendix "F" and there is no suitable applicant from among the full time employees, the Company shall offer the job to the most senior part time employee who is willing to take the job and who has the knowledge, skill, ability and qualifications to perform the work. If there is still not a suitable applicant, the Company may transfer or promote any bargaining unit employee or hire any non-bargaining unit person to fill the job.
11.2 Employees (b) The Company shall provide the Union with a copy of the posting and a list of all applicants submitted, as well as, provide the Union and the applicants with the name and the seniority date of the successful applicant.
(i) When a full time employee changes their status to a part time employee they shall carry full seniority to the part time seniority list.
(ii) An employee who becomes a full time employee will be regarded as probationary during given seniority credit of fifty (50%) percent of their part time seniority up to a maximum of one (1) year. They will receive the first greater of their part time rate or the rate which their full time seniority credit gives them and shall proceed from that point in the full time wage progression.
(d) Part time employees who are getting no hours, due to lack of work will be able to transfer to a new store location ahead of new hires.
2.04 An employee will lose their seniority automatically and cease to be an employee of the Company for any of the following reasons;
1. If they quit.
2. If an employee is discharged for just cause and not reinstated through the grievance procedure.
3. If they are absent from work for more than seven (7) calendar days without notifying the Company or without having obtained a prior leave of absence.
4. If they exceed a granted leave of absence without the Company’s previous consent in writing, or unless an acceptable reason is given by the employee. Provable sickness or provable inability to communicate with the Company shall be considered a satisfactory reason.
5. If they accept gainful employment while on a granted leave of absence without the Company’s previous consent in writing.
6. If they are laid off for a continuous period of not more than six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary periodmonths, where an employee will be credited with has less than one (1) year’s seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a continuous period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months where an employee has one (1) year’s seniority or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesmore.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept 7. If they are recalled for work following a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis layoff and fails to report for a period of up work within seven (7) working days after notice has been sent by registered mail to twelve (12) consecutive monthstheir
8. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return If they are absent from work due to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used sickness or disability for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.more than three
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority 8.1 In case of an indefinite layoff for lack of work, employees shall be established laid off and maintained for all employees recalled by non interchangeable occupational groups in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six accordance with their seniority (6) months length of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of service with the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to Company since the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same most recent date of hire).
8.2 The non interchangeable occupational groups are as follows: Group Skill 1 Maintenance 2 Machining 3 Inspection 4 Aircraft Mechanic 5 Material 6 Aircraft Schedulers 7 Aircraft Electrician 8 Flight Operations-Crew Chief 9 Aircraft Painters 10 Composite Workers 11 Rivet Machine Operator 12 Trainers
8.3 Whenever layoffs are necessary to reduce the working force in any occupational group, the following procedure shall be applied. Employees with seniority, classified in an affected occupational group, but whose seniority is insufficient to entitle them to remain in their occupational group shall be transferred or laid off in accordance with the following:
(a) An employee with seniority ranking will be determined by way who is excess as a result of a draw conducted reduction in force in his/her occupational group will displace an employee of lesser seniority in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority occupational group he/she previously occupied for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should months or more.
(b) An employee whose seniority is insufficient to displace any other employee in the occupational group he/she previously occupied for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or more, shall be laid off.
(c) For a period of twelve (12) months following any such transfer or demotion, an affected employee wish to return who has not been laid off from the new job shall retain a right to his/her previous job classification and/or labor grade, by seniority, prior to such job being filled by an employee with less seniority.
8.4 Whenever there is an increase in the working force after a layoff, the reverse of the above layoff procedure shall be followed.
8.5 Any employee who is involuntarily demoted to a lower rated job as a result of a reallocation following a layoff or redeployment, shall be placed in such lower rated job at the maximum base hourly rate of the lower rated job or at the base hourly rate the employee is being paid immediately prior to the end demotion, whichever is the lower; provided, however, that any resultant reduction in the employee’s base hourly rate shall not be more than ten cents ($0.10) beginning twenty-six (26) weeks from the effective date of the twelve demotion nor more than an additional ten cents (12$0.10) months or should per hour at each subsequent sixteen (16) week interval.
8.6 The non interchangeable occupational groups mentioned in Section 8.2 have been mutually agreed upon and are incorporated and made part of this Agreement.
8.7 Nothing herein shall preclude the Company wish from offering a transfer to an employee scheduled to be laid off from a job in one occupational group to a job in a different occupational group, nor from recalling without loss of seniority an employee laid off from one occupational group to a job in a different occupational group in which no laid–off employee retains seniority.
8.8 Due to the great amount of work involved in a layoff, it is agreed that in any layoff of twenty-five (25) or more employees, the Company shall have a maximum period of ten (10) days from the date of the layoff during which the Union agrees that grievances arising out of the layoff will not be filed.
8.9 The Company, however, agrees to investigate and correct, where necessary, any claimed violations of this Article which are brought to its attention during this period. The Company shall be liable for back wages claimed for any part of this period and arising out of an alleged violation of this seniority article. The seven– day limitation on the presentation of grievances as provided in Section 6.2 of Article VI will not begin until the period mentioned in Section 8.8 has expired.
8.10 Before new employees are hired in a given occupational group, the employees with seniority who are still laid off from that occupational group shall first be offered employment in that occupational group from which they were laid off at the then existing rate of pay for the job to which they are recalled in accordance with seniority. Employees who were demoted as a result of a reallocation of employees following a layoff shall be considered to be on the recall list for their former job as though they had been laid off at the time of their demotion for the period of seniority retention provided in Section 8.22 and will be given the opportunity to return the to that job as openings become available in accordance with their seniority.
8.11 If an employee to on layoff or an employee scheduled for layoff accepts an available job opening in an occupational group other than his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing own in which there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive monthsno one on layoff with recall rights, the employee he/she shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, retain his/her seniority date shall be in his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis original occupational group for a period of up sixty (60) days at the expiration of which time his/her seniority will be transferred to twelve the new occupational group.
8.12 Except in an emergency or for reasons or conditions over which the Company has no control, where there are general layoffs for an indefinite period, as much notice as is practicable shall be given in writing to the Union before the layoff. A list will be supplied indicating the names of the employees to be laid off and their seniority status in relation to the remaining employees in the occupational group.
8.13 The Company agrees to furnish the Union with the following data for employees covered by this Agreement on a monthly basis: service record in clock number order, seniority by occupational group, and addresses in alphabetical order. Additionally, the Company agrees to furnish the Union on a monthly basis the following lists relative to the previous month’s activities: hires, recalls and rehires, rehires with rights, terminations, transfers into the Union, and transfers out of the Union. Additionally, the Company agrees to furnish the Union with a promotion list on a bi-weekly basis for promotions taking place during the previous two (122) consecutive monthsweek period.
8.14 An employee shall be considered a probationary employee for the first ninety (90) days of his/her employment, and thereafter his/her seniority shall be from his/her most recent date of hire. During In the case of probationary employees, there shall be no seniority rating nor responsibility upon the part of the Company for continuous employment nor for reemployment if laid off before the completion of their continuous probationary period. It is understood and agreed that during such temporary assignmentprobationary period, layoff or discharge shall be left to the discretion of the Company.
8.15 No employee shall be eligible by reason of his/her seniority to be transferred or recalled to a higher–rated job as a result of layoff.
(a) Any promotion from a job within one occupational group to a higher rated job within the same occupational group shall be made as follows:
(1) The most senior employee in the job code from which the promotion is to occur shall be given a trial period of sixty (60) working days to demonstrate he/she can perform the duties of the higher graded job.
(2) If supervision determines the employee is qualified to perform the higher graded job, the employee shall maintain will receive the payment of dues and accumulate senioritypromotion to the higher graded job. At the end of the temporary assignment, If supervision determines the employee is not qualified, he/she shall return to his/her previous permanent assignment. If the senior employee is determined not to be qualified and is returned to his/her previous assignment, he/she may grieve the promotion of the junior employee on the basis of the coequal standards of seniority, ability and fitness of the employee.
(3) Should it be determined that the senior employee is not qualified for the promotion, the decision to promote another employee may then be made by supervision and the next most senior employee will be given an opportunity to fill the position. Any exceptions must If it is subsequently determined through the grievance procedure the most senior person is qualified to be agreed to between promoted, the partiesjunior employee who had
(4) The senior employee who is not qualified for the promotional opportunity shall not be eligible for a new trial period should the same opening occur within three (3) months from the initial trial period.
11.8 A classification seniority date (b) For all other promotions other than to supervisory jobs they shall be established as seniority held as made on the basis of the effective date coequal standards of seniority, ability and fitness of the employee.
(c) Promotional opportunities to positions in which there are no employees in lower graded jobs in the same occupational group shall be posted on Company bulletin boards for a period of five (5) working days.
8.17 Temporary layoffs due to breakdown, shortage of materials, or causes of a like nature not to exceed seven (7) days may be made by the Company irrespective of any provisions of this Agreement and thereafter Agreement. In such cases, the date Company will, in lieu of entry into layoff whenever possible, reassign employees to other jobs during the classificationperiod of such layoff.
8.18 The Company will give consideration to the request of an employee for transfer to a preferred shift. The classification Company agrees to the principle that the seniority shall of employees should be used for vacation selection and job postings within given consideration when filling available jobs in accordance with such requests. However, it is recognized that it is impossible to operate the same classification. Filling of required positions plant with all the more senior employees on recognized holidays shall be by classification and any one shift, and that seniority alone cannot be the sole determining factor in making such transfers. Employees will fill available openings on a rotating basis.shift within a particular job code, strictly by seniority. However, the Company may, for a period not to exceed six
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 12.01 Fundamental rules respecting seniority are designed to give employees an equitable measure of security based upon length of continuous service with the Company.
12.02 Seniority will be recognized on a plant-wide basis subject to the provisions of Article 14 - Lay Off.
(a) Effective with the ratification of this Collective Agreement, employees hired by the Company shall be established and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded considered as probationary during employees for the first six sixty (660) months working days of continuous their employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of . (A working day is defined as four (4) hours or more). After employees have finished the probationary period, an employee they shall become seniority employees and their names will be credited with entered on the seniority retroactive list upon the sixty-first (61st) working day of their employment.
(b) Probationary employees shall be subject to the employee's first day same hours and conditions of work and overtime payments as seniority employees and shall receive wages as outlined in Article 27 and in the starting schedules for the applicable time period.
(c) Students may be employed from May 1 to September 15. On September 15th, the student may indicate his/her intention to continue working in a letter to the Company and the Union. In such case, all time previously worked under shall be counted toward the terms attainment of seniority, that is after sixty (60) working days. Retroactive Union dues will be deducted from their pay cheques. Students shall be eligible for overtime after seniority and probationary employees.
12.04 A seniority list, including seniority and probationary employees, shall be updated and posted monthly. A copy of such lists shall be forwarded to the Local Union. The copy to the Union shall also include the address and phone number of such employees. The Company agrees to correct any errors in the seniority lists whenever there is proof of error.
12.05 The appointment or selection of employees for supervisory positions or for any position not subject to the provisions of this agreement Agreement, is not covered by this Agreement, but if any employee on a seniority list is so transferred or date of hire where established as appointed and later transferred back to a position which is governed by this Agreement, then the seniority which he/she had shall be accredited to his /her seniority standing, provided he/she returns to the bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every within three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union officemonths.
11.5 For 12.06 The Company and the Union agree with the principle that those with the greatest seniority shall be given preference in promotion and that those with the least seniority shall be first to be demoted or transferred. Providing in either case that the employee or employees who have involved possess the necessary skill and ability and meet the criteria as per ▇.▇.▇. regarding testing and meet provincial licensing requirements.
12.07 In the case of two (2) or more Union employees having the same date of hireseniority date, their seniority ranking will standing for seniority purposes shall be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representativelot (draw).
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Section 1. There shall be a dual seniority system, Division Seniority, (Water, Highway, Sewer, and Park Division) and Department Seniority. Department Seniority shall begin when an employee was or shall first be established employed by the Public Works Department, except that where an employee has been dismissed and maintained rehired or has voluntarily left the employ of the TOWN and has been rehired, seniority shall begin when such employee was last hired. Division Seniority shall begin when an employee was or shall first be employed by the Division, except that where an employee has transferred into another Division of the Department and remained in said division for all employees a period in excess of thirty days, said employee's seniority in the Bargaining Unit Division he leaves shall remain as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees of the date he left the Division and his seniority in the Division he transfers into, shall begin as of the date he commenced work in the Division. In the event an employee re-transfers to a Division, he shall be credited with his old seniority in said Division; except in the case where an employee loses his Department Seniority in which event, he will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employmentlose all Division seniority.
11.3 Upon successful completion Section 2. New employees shall be deemed to be on a probationary period for six months from the date of the hiring. Seniority does not accrue during probationary period, an employee will but on completion thereof shall be credited with seniority retroactive computed to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire.
Section 3. The TOWN shall have the right in its discretion to employ emergency or temporary personnel and seniority shall not apply to such temporary or emergency personnel.
Section 4. It is the intent of the parties to protect insofar as possible the divisional seniority or employees covered by this contract with respect to hiring, their seniority ranking transfers, promotions or layoffs within the Water Division. Hiring, transfers and promotions will be determined awarded to the qualified employee within the Department having greatest seniority, unless there is no more than one (1) year between seniority dates. If there is no more than one (1) year between seniority dates between the two (2) most senior qualified applicants, then the Board has the right to choose between said two (2) candidates. Such jobs will be posted and will be filled by way employees outside the Water Division only if no qualified employee with seniority within the Water Division claims the job. Lay offs to the force will be made in inverse order of a draw conducted in seniority to the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside extent that this procedure may be followed and the Division at the same time retain on its active force employees qualified to effectively and efficiently perform all of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis duties and who maintains the payment responsibilities of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesDivision.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return hired after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement shall be regarded as probationary employees for the first one hundred and thereafter eighty (180) calendar days commencing after date of hire and there shall be no responsibility on the part of the Company for the re-employment of probationary employees if they are discharged or laid off during this period. This period may be extended by mutual agreement between the Company and the Union. If retained in the service after the probationary period, the names of such employees shall then be placed on the seniority list for their respective classification in the order of the date of entry into the classificationtheir original hiring. The Company will furnish the District 142 General Chairman with the names, classification, department and rate of pay of all new employees within five (5) days after Employment.
(b) Seniority lists by classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection furnished by the District 142 General Chairman and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be posted in each location January 1 of each year and shall be revised each six (6) months thereafter. Such lists shall be subject to correction upon protest for a period of thirty (30) days; if no complaint is made within thirty (30) days after posting, the list as published will be assumed to be correct and no changes will be made except under extraordinary circumstances.
(c) Employees will lose their seniority status and their names will be removed from seniority lists under the following conditions:
1. He quits or resigns the Company
2. He is discharged for just cause.
3. He is absent from work for three (3) consecutive work days without properly notifying the Company of the reason for his absence and then if a satisfactory reason is not given for not so notifying the Company.
4. He does not inform the Company in writing or by classification and shifttelegraph of his intention to return to service within seven (7) days of receipt of a notice offering to re-employ him.
5. He does not return to service on or before a date specified in the notice from the Company after a lay-off, on a rotating basis.which date should not be prior to fifteen (15) days after sending such notice; provided that notices pursuant to subdivisions four
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established a) For the pu rpose of this Ag reement, senio rity is the total length of continuous se rvice with the Company as an Office r.
b) An Office r becomes eligible fo r seniority and maintained for all employees in placement on the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees senio rity list only when the re is a pe rmanent vacancy on the seniority list. The date the position on the senio rity list becomes available will be regarded the senio rity date assigned to the Office r. The Company will make every effo rt to fill a pe rmanent senio rity position as probationary during soon as possible but no late r than 90 days afte r the first six (6) months of continuous employmentdate the position becomes available.
11.3 Upon successful completion c) Classification (g rade) senio rity will begin on the date of pe rmanent p romotion into the highe r classification.
d) All Office rs p romoted f rom a classification to a higher job classification within the Ag reement shall serve a t rial pe riod of ninety (90) working days. At any time du ring the t rial pe riod, the p romoted Office r may be retu rned to thei r p reviously held job classification, at the disc retion of the probationary period, an employee Company or the Office r.
e) The Company will be credited with seniority retroactive to notify the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as Guild by email when a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementpe rmanent senio rity position becomes available.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three 10.02 If two (32) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who or mo re Office rs have the same date senio rity date, the Office r fi rst hi red shall be deemed to have the most senio rity.
10.03 The Company will prepare and post on appropriate bulletin boards, by January 15 of hireeach year, their listings showing the seniority ranking of Officers. One ( 1) copy of these listings will be determined by way of a draw conducted in sent to the presence of a union representativeGuild.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts 10.04 In the event an Officer is promoted to a position outside this bargaining unit, the Officer will continue to accrue seniority provided the Officer has maintained their membership in the Guild.
10.05 An Officer shall lose their seniority standing and shall have their name removed from all seniority lists in any one of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis following cases:
a) where the Officer voluntarily quits;
b) where the Officer is discharged for cause;
c) where the Officer is laid off and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish fails to return to his/her previous classification prior work within fifteen (15) days after the Company has delivered written notice to the end Officer and to the Guild by prepaid registered post advising the Officer to return to work;
d) whe re an Office r has been laid off because of lack of wo rk fo r a continuous pe riod of mo re than twenty-fou r (24) months.
10.06 In the twelve (12) months or should selection of Office rs fo r p romotion within the ba rgaining unit, whe re ability and qualifications a re equal, seniority will be the dete rmining facto r.
10.07 Notwithstanding any other p rovisions contained in this Ag reement , the Company wish may at its disc retion p romote a Company Office r in o rde r to return fill a tempo rary vacancy for a pe riod not exceeding sixty (60) days, but at or befo re the employee to his/her previous classificationexpi ry of that sixty (60) day pe riod , the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of Company shall fill the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if in acco rdance with the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date exp ress provisions of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisAg reement.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1
4.1 Seniority until August 13, 1985, shall be established and maintained for all employees defined as an employee's most recent date of employment in a fulltime position in the Bargaining Unit Agency. Seniority beginning August 14, 1985, shall be defined as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first calendar day worked under of employment in a fulltime position in the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior and shall be ranked from the highest to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three lowest within the bargaining unit. When more than one (31) months and posted employee is hired on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hiredate, their seniority ranking rank will be determined by way the highest number (9999) of a draw conducted in the presence last four (4) digits of a union representativethe individual's Social Security number.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside 4.2 Only members of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment can accrue seniority. Employees of the equivalent Agency as of Union dues August 13, 1985, who were not included in the bargaining unit, but who had previously held a position included in the bargaining unit and are returned to the unit, shall maintain but be given bargaining unit seniority credit for the time they held a position included in the bargaining unit. Members of the bargaining unit who are transferred or promoted out of the unit shall have their seniority frozen and will not accumulate accrue seniority for until a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior the bargaining unit. Reentry will not cause the layoff of a non-probationary member. Former members of the bargaining unit may re-enter the unit by accepting a vacant position for which the Employer determines they are qualified. Former members of the bargaining unit who are laid off may bump a probationary employee from positions which the Employer determines the former member of the bargaining unit is qualified.
4.3 A seniority list of employees will be developed during negotiations, by the Employer with the approval of the Union, which will state the date of the first calendar day of work for seniority within the bargaining unit, and also the date of the first calendar day of work for retirement purposes.
4.4 The Union shall, within ten (10) calendar days of ratification of this contract, make a seniority list available to its members through RESA email. A revised master list shall be furnished to the end Union by the Employer once a year, and posted by the Union within ten (10) calendar days of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 Employer's provision of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her senioritylist. FurtherThe first time an employee's seniority date is posted, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the an employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, who believes that his/her seniority date is incorrect must follow the grievance procedure. Thereafter, except for seniority dates changed as a result of grievance filed, such lists shall be his/her re-entry date into binding on all employees in the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis 4.5 Employees shall lose their seniority and their seniority shall be terminated if they:
a. resign or quit;
b. are discharged or terminated;
c. are laid off for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall two years;
d. retire;
e. do not return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between work within the partiestime limits of a leave of absence or an extended leave of absence.
11.8 A classification seniority date 4.6 New employees shall be established as seniority held as of considered probationary employees for the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.first twelve
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 7.1 For the purpose of seniority, employees will be grouped as follows: Atlantic Region St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Region Great Lakes Region Prairie Region Mountain Region Seniority Lists
7.2 Seniority lists will be maintained for each seniority group as defined in paragraph 7.1 showing seniority number, name, classification, location and last date of entry into service on a position in such seniority group from which date seniority will accumulate. Note: See Appendix 4 for Mechanic Seniority.
7.3 Seniority lists shall be established updated and maintained for posted at the headquarters locations of all employees in concerned (including outlying points) on or before March 31 and September 30 of each year. A copy of the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees applicable seniority list shall be furnished to chief shop stewards and the designated representative of the Union. The date on which the seniority list is posted at each location will be regarded as probationary during shown on the first six (6) months of continuous employmentseniority list.
11.3 Upon successful completion 7.4 The name of the probationary period, an employee will shall be credited with placed on the applicable seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as list immediately upon being employed on a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of position covered by this agreement.
11.4 7.5 When two or more employees commence work in the same seniority group on the same day, the procedure for establishing their relative seniority standing shall be as follows:
(a) The Seniority list employee who commenced work at the earlier hour of the day shall be senior.
(b) When employees commenced work at the same hour of the day, the employee who signed the company’s application for employment first shall be senior. Promotion to Management or Non-Schedule Positions
7.6 Employees transferred to an excepted position or on leave of absence will have the appropriate notation placed opposite their names.
7.7 The names of employees holding seniority under this agreement who:
(a) Prior to June 14, 1995, were promoted to a permanent management or non-scheduled position with the Company, its subsidiaries or parent Company, will be revised every three (3) months and posted continued on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list and shall continue to accumulate seniority up to June 30, 1996. Following this period, such employees shall no longer accumulate seniority but shall retain the seniority rights already accumulated up to June 30, 1996.
(b) On or after June 14, 1995, are promoted to a permanent management or non-scheduled position with the Company, its subsidiaries or parent Company, will be forwarded continued on the seniority list and shall continue to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up one year after the date of promotion. Following this period, such employees shall no longer accumulate seniority but shall retain the seniority rights already accumulated.
(c) Subsequent to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish April 1, 2001, is temporarily promoted to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months a non scheduled, official or should excepted position with the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive twenty four months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and will continue to accumulate seniority. At Should the end employee remain on such a position for a period of time in excess of twenty-four months, the requirements of sub Article 11.9(a)(ii) will apply and the employee will, at the completion of the two year period, no longer continue to accumulate seniority but continue to retain the seniority rights already accumulated. Employees temporarily promoted pursuant to this Article and subsection will continue to pay union dues for the purposes of accumulating seniority only.
NOTE 1: In the application of this paragraph, should an employee holding a non-scheduled, official or excepted position be set back to a position covered by this Collective Agreement for a period of less than forty five days, such time will be considered as part of the twenty four months.
NOTE 2: When employees are temporarily promoted:
(1) For less than 180 days by reason of the regular incumbent having elected maternity or child care leave; or
(2) For less than 120 days in all other cases, their positions will be filled in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 14.2 of Article 14. When released from such management or non-scheduled position, employees must return to their regular assignment.
(d) The appropriate Regional Representatives of Unifor Council 4000 will be notified 24 hours in advance when bargaining unit employees are to be promoted on either a temporary assignmentor permanent basis. In cases of temporary promotion, the employee shall return Company will advise of the approximate duration for such promotion. When promoted employees are to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed released from a non- scheduled position of more than thirty (30) days and returned to between the partiesbargaining unit, the Company will advise the applicable Regional Representative in advance of their return.
11.8 A 7.8 When employees are released from excepted employment, except at their own request or as provided in paragraph 12.19, such employees may exercise their seniority rights to the position held by the junior employee on the same shift, classification and department that they held at the time of being promoted. Should they have insufficient seniority date shall be established as to displace the junior employee, then they must displace the junior employee on any position for which they have the seniority held as and qualifications. Employees must make their choice of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter a position, in writing, within ten calendar days from the date of entry into release from excepted employment and commence work on such position within 30 calendar days from the classificationdate of release from excepted employment. Failing this, they shall forfeit their seniority and their names shall be removed from the seniority list. Corrections to Seniority Lists
7.9 Protests respecting seniority status must be submitted, in writing, within 60 calendar days from the date the seniority list is posted. When proof of error is presented by an employee or representative, such error will be corrected. Seniority standing shall become established by being shown on the posted seniority list for 60 calendar days without written protest. Thereafter, seniority standing will not be changed except by mutual agreement between the designated representative of the Union and the proper officer of the Company.
7.10 No change shall be made in the seniority date accorded an employee which has appeared on two consecutive seniority lists unless the seniority date appearing on such lists was protested, in writing, within the 60 calendar day period allowed for correctional purposes. Discharged Employees Re-entering Service
7.11 An employee who has been discharged and subsequently returned to service on a position covered by this collective agreement will only be allowed seniority from the date of return to service unless reinstated with former seniority status. An employee who is not reinstated with former seniority status within two years of the date of discharge may only be so reinstated by mutual agreement between the proper officer of the Company and the designated representative of the Union. Transfer of Work
7.12 The seniority status of an employee transferred with their work from a staff not covered by this collective agreement to a staff covered by this collective agreement shall be decided by mutual agreement between the proper officer of the Company and the designated representative of the Union. The classification seniority basis of such decision shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classificationseniority to which they would have been entitled had their service on such other staff been governed by the terms of this collective agreement. Filling List of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.Classifications
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Supplemental Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority (a) In case of an indefinite layoff for lack of work, employees shall be established laid off and maintained recalled by noninterchangeable occupational groups within specified seniority areas in accordance with their seniority; provided, however, the employees in job grade levels designated as "I" (interchangeable) within a job family and seniority area shall be laid off and recalled in accordance with their seniority within such job family. Employees’ seniority dates will be adjusted to include all prior periods of employment in positions covered by Article 2 of this Agreement from which employees were involuntarily terminated without cause.
(b) Pursuant to Letter 17, nothing herein shall preclude the Company from transferring an employee scheduled to be laid off from a job in one occupational group, job family and seniority area to a job in a different occupational group, job family or seniority area in which no laid-off employee retains seniority, nor from recalling without loss of seniority an employee laid off from one occupational group, job family or seniority area to a job in a different occupational group, job family or seniority area in which no laid-off employee retains seniority. If the employee is transferred or recalled, his or her seniority thereafter shall be in the occupational group, job family and seniority area to which he or she transferred or to which he or she was recalled and he or she shall have no seniority in his or her former occupational group, job family or seniority area.
Section 2. The noninterchangeable occupational groups, the job families (including job grades designated as Level "I"), and the seniority areas mentioned in Section 1 have been mutually agreed upon and are incorporated and made part of this Agreement as Appendices "A" and "B" attached hereto.
(a) Before new employees are hired in a given occupational group in a particular seniority area, the employees with seniority who are still laid off from that occupational group or job family in the area shall first be offered employment in that occupational group from which they were laid off or job family in jobs included in the "I" level at the then existing rate of pay for all the job to which they were recalled in accordance with seniority. Employees who remain in the same job family and were demoted as a result of a reallocation of employees in the Bargaining Unit presence or absence of a layoff and employees who were recalled to a lower grade job in the same job family shall be considered to be on the recall list for their former job as determined within though they had been laid off at the time of their demotion for the period of seniority retention provided in Section 14 of this agreement
11.2 Employees Article. Demoted employees with seniority retention rights, will be regarded given the opportunity to return to their former job as probationary during openings become available in accordance with their seniority and before promotions are made to that job within their seniority area.
(b) Employees on layoff will have ConnOps-wide recall rights by occupational group and job family. Recall shall be made in order of seniority from the first pool of such employees on layoff without regard to the seniority area from which they were laid off.
(a) When it is necessary to readjust personnel in conjunction with a layoff, employees shall be demoted as required in accordance with their seniority within each noninterchangeable occupational group; provided, however, that such demotions or lateral transfers to job grade level "I" shall be made within the employee's job family in their seniority area without regard to the noninterchangeable occupational groups within such job family.
(b) Any employee who suffers a demotion and who is currently paid at a rate above the maximum for the labor grade to which he or she is demoted shall have his or her wages frozen for a period of six (6) months from the effective date of continuous employmentthe demotion before suffering any actual loss in wages. Any subsequent reduction in wages shall be at the rate of $.10 per hour every sixteen (16) weeks until such time as the employee reaches the maximum rate of the lower labor grade. Any employee who is demoted, but at the time of the demotion is paid at a rate less than the maximum rate of the lower labor grade, shall continue with his or her automatic progression until such time as he or she attains maximum rate.
11.3 Upon successful (c) Any shift imbalance in specific business units and ensuing reallocation of employees will be done in a manner which permits the more senior employees to be assigned to the shift of their preference.
Section 5. Except in an emergency or for reasons or conditions over which the Company has no control, where there are general layoffs for an indefinite period, as
(a) An employee shall be considered a probationary employee for the first ninety (90) days of his or her employment, and thereafter his or her seniority shall be from his or her most recent date of hire. In the case of probationary employees, there shall be no seniority rating nor responsibility upon the part of the Company for continuous employment nor for reemployment if laid off before the completion of the their continuous probationary period. It is understood and agreed that during such probationary period, layoff or discharge shall be left to the discretion of the Company.
(b) In the case of an indefinite layoff for lack of work, probationary employees in the occupational group or job family in the seniority area affected by the layoff shall first be terminated.
(a) No employee shall be eligible by reason of his or her seniority to be recalled to a higher-rated job as a result of layoff except where the job held by the employee at the time of layoff has been upgraded or where the essential elements of that job have been combined with another and the resulting job is of a higher labor grade. In all such cases, the employee shall have recall rights to the higher-rated job. However, nothing shall preclude the Company from offering an employee the opportunity to be recalled to a higher-rated job.
(b) Laid-off employees who were previously demoted under the conditions defined in Section 4(a) of this Article and who would have been considered to be on the recall list for their former job, as defined in Section 3 of this Article, may be offered recall to their former job in accordance with their seniority retention, as provided in Section 14(c) of this Article.
(c) No employee shall be eligible by reason of his or her seniority to be transferred to a higher-rated job as a result of layoff.
Section 8. Whenever promotions are made to higher-rated jobs other than to supervisory jobs, they shall be made as follows:
(a) Whenever promotions are made to higher-rated jobs, except as provided in 8(b) below, they shall be made on the basis of the most senior qualified employee in the line of progression in the occupational group in which the promotion is made.
(b) Whenever promotions are made to all working leader positions, they shall be made on the basis of the coequal standards of seniority, ability and fitness of the employee.
(c) It is understood that the employees who may file a grievance concerning such a promotion, as defined within this Section, are those assigned to the business unit in which the promotion occurs, or in the business unit from which the promotee was transferred.
(d) All promotions will be credited made on shift, provided the promoted employees have the necessary seniority. In the event that such promotions create an imbalance, the resulting imbalance will be adjusted as provided by Letter 17 of this Agreement. This provision shall not apply for promotions to working leader or promotions resulting from job posting.
(a) Temporary layoffs due to lack of work not to exceed thirty (30) days may be made by the Company irrespective of any provisions of this Agreement. In such cases the Company will, in lieu of layoff whenever possible, reassign employees to other jobs during the period of such layoff.
(b) Selection of employees for such temporary layoffs will be made by taking volunteers in seniority order, beginning with the most senior employee in the affected classifications by department by shift. An employee who volunteers shall not be temporarily laid off under this Section more than once until all other employees in the same classification in the department and shift affected shall have been offered an opportunity to volunteer. In the event that an insufficient number of employees volunteer, then in reverse order of seniority retroactive in the affected classifications by department, by shift, the Company will notify the least senior employees that they will be temporarily laid off. An employee shall not be temporarily laid off under this Section more than once until all other employees in the same classification in the department affected shall have been temporarily laid off once under this Section.
(c) If there is a series of such temporary layoffs, the Company will so far as it is practicable make an equal distribution of such lost time.
(d) While on such temporary layoff, employees shall continue to accrue their seniority, pension credits, and the employee's first day worked Company shall continue to provide coverage for their health and dental insurance. In addition, it is agreed that such layoffs will not affect vacation pay, sick pay, service awards, incentive vacation, life insurance coverage, automatic wage rate progression increases, eligibility for job posting or apprenticeship programs, educational assistance and Employee Assistance Programs. It is further understood that employees affected by temporary layoffs will not be denied any of the contractual benefits provided under the terms of this agreement Agreement. Upon return to work, the employees shall be returned to the job they held at the appropriate rate of pay and on the shift where they worked at the start of such temporary layoff.
Section 10. The Company will survey employees for shift transfers. Such transfers will be made on a seniority basis within a business unit.
(a) If any person is transferred from any plant or facility operated by ▇▇▇▇▇ & Whitney (Government Engine Business) or any ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sundstrand unit represented by Local Lodge No. 743 of the I.A.M.A.W. into the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement, or from one noninterchangeable occupational group or from one seniority area to another noninterchangeable occupational group or area within the bargaining unit, his or her seniority in the bargaining unit shall include his or her total length of continuous service with ▇▇▇▇▇ & Whitney (Government Engine Business) or any ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sundstrand unit represented by Local Lodge No. 743 of the I.A.M.A.W. except as provided in (c) of this Section.
(b) If any bargaining unit employee is hired from any plant or facility operated by ▇▇▇▇▇ & Whitney (Government Engine Business), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sundstrand or UTC Aerospace Systems, Sensors & Integrated Systems, Cheshire, Connecticut, which are represented by the I.A.M.A.W., or Sikorsky Aircraft represented by IBT Local Union 1150, and such person retains recall rights, his or her seniority in the ▇▇▇▇▇ & Whitney (Connecticut Facilities) bargaining unit shall be established at the date of hire for purposes of layoff, promotion and shift transfer. His or her ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sundstrand, UTC Aerospace Systems, Sensors & Integrated Systems, Cheshire, Connecticut seniority date, or Sikorsky Aircraft seniority prior to November 6, 2015 will be used for health and welfare benefits and those relating to sick and personal time and vacation eligibility.
(c) For the purposes of layoff only, and except as provided in Sections 1(b) and 4(a) of this Article, an employee promoted, demoted or laterally transferred from one noninterchangeable occupational group or from one seniority area to another shall have his or her seniority transferred to the noninterchangeable occupational group and seniority area to which he or she is transferred ninety (90) calendar days after the date on which the transfer becomes effective.
(a) Upon written application by the Union, the Company will grant a leave of absence of not less than one (1) year to any employee who enters the employ of either the local Union or the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Such leave of absence shall terminate automatically if the employee's assignment by the local Union or the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is to any organization other than a local Union which represents the employees of a plant of the Company. This provision shall not prevent a necessary and temporary short- term assignment to a local Union which does not represent employees of the Company, where established as a bargaining unit advance notice of such assignment is given to the Company. The resultant reassignment shall not, absent mutual agreement, exceed twelve (12) calendar weeks in any contract year. An extension of such leave for an additional period shall be granted upon written application made prior to the expiration of such leave of absence. During such leave of absence such employee shall be considered to head the seniority list in the occupational group in which he or she worked immediately before the beginning of his or her leave for the purpose of layoff consideration. It is understood and agreed that for any leave of absence commencing prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list Agreement, such an employee will be revised every three (3) months and posted not accumulate Continuous Service Credits for the purpose of computing Pension benefits under the Company's applicable Plan during such a leave of absence. For any leave of absence or any extension of a leave of absence commencing on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of or after the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same effective date of hirethis Agreement, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the such an employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of Continuous Service Credits from the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter through completion of the date leave of entry into absence for the classification. The classification seniority purpose of computing Pension benefits under the Company’s applicable Plan during such a leave of absence or any extension.
(b) If an employee who has been granted such leave of absence reports for work at the beginning of the first regular workday after the termination of such leave, he or she shall be used reemployed on the same general type of work which he or she did last prior to his or her leave at the wage rate existing in the plant at the time of his or her return for vacation selection the job on which he or she is reemployed.
(c) During such leave of absence, such employee shall accumulate his or her seniority. His or her reemployment shall be subject to the condition that he or she is able to perform the duties required of him or her and that he or she would have retained his or her seniority under this Article had he or she been in the employ of the Company during the period of his or her leave of absence.
Section 13. A salaried employee who once held a bargaining unit position may be returned to the bargaining unit to a job postings that has been posted and not filled from within the same classificationbargaining unit; provided, however, that such employee will return to the bargaining unit without seniority for all purposes other than benefits.
Section 14. Filling An employee shall lose his or her seniority rights under any one of required positions on recognized holidays the following circumstances:
(a) If he or she resigns.
(b) If he or she is discharged for just cause.
(c) If the employee is laid off or continuously absent from work for any other reason, he or she shall be retain seniority rights as follows: 91 days up to 2 years 24 months 2 years up to 5 years 36 months 5 years or over 60 months
(d) If he or she fails to acknowledge acceptance of recall within ten (10) working days and report to work within fifteen (15) working days after due notice by classification and shiftthe Company to the employee's last known address to return to work after layoff, on a rotating basisor fails to give reasons satisfactory to the Company within such ten (10) days for not reporting to work.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1
9.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all employees is defined as the length of service in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee and shall include service with the City prior to the effective date certification or recognition of this agreementthe Union.
11.4 9.2 The Seniority list will be revised every three following order for the application of seniority shall apply:
(3a) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded first to permanent Employees;
(b) second to temporary Employees.
9.3 Subject to the union officeprovisions of other related articles in the Collective Agreement, seniority shall be used in, but not limited to, determining:
(a) preference when filling relief assignments, vacancies, and new positions;
(b) the order of layoff;
(c) the order of recall;
(d) preference for vacation scheduling.
11.5 For employees who 9.4 Seniority for permanent Employees shall be based upon the date the Employee commenced in a permanent position, plus any pro-rated seniority based upon the Employee's accumulated regular hours paid as a temporary Employee.
9.5 Seniority for temporary Employees shall be based upon their accumulated regular hours paid.
9.6 Where two (2) or more Employees have the same amount of seniority, preference shall be given to the Employee with the earlier start date of hirein the bargaining unit. If there continues to be a tie, their seniority ranking will it shall be determined broken by way of a draw conducted of names by the President of the Union, or his designate, in the presence of a union Human Resources representative. Seniority shall be credited in the order their name was drawn.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee 9.7 An Employee who accepts is appointed to a position outside of the Union's jurisdiction within the City service and, who after serving the trial period, is the successful applicant to a bargaining unit on a position, shall upon being declared permanent basis and who maintains in the payment of position, have his bargaining unit seniority reinstated. Said seniority shall be that which the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification Employee held prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into leaving the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must Further, the Employee shall retain all continuous City service for the purpose of this Collective Agreement; however, shall not be agreed permitted to between exercise non-bargaining unit service or seniority for the partiespurpose of layoff, recall or promotions.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a 9.8 An Employee shall continue to accumulate seniority during periods of:
(a) Approved sick leave for permanent Employees (paid or unpaid)
(b) Approved paid sick leave for temporary basis for a period of up to twelve Employees
(12c) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.Workers’ Compensation
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.(d) Long-Term Disability
(e) Maternity Leave
(f) General Holidays
(g) Family Sick Leave
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 SECTION 1. Seniority under this Agreement shall be established computed from the employee’s most recent day of hire. Seniority of those employees who start to work on the same day shall be determined by their employee identification number. Employees hired prior to 3/3/2008 will still use their last four (4) numbers of their Social Security Number for determining seniority order when their hire date is the same. The employee hire date will become the anniversary date for pay progression step increases. The Employer retains the right to restrict the movement of personnel for an additional ninety (90) days after the probationary period in order to insure an equitable distribution of new employees on each shift and maintained other legitimate business consideration. All openings for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees team and shift will be regarded as probationary during the first six posted for minimum of ten (610) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary periodcalendar days, an employee at this time, all interested officers will be credited with seniority retroactive turn in their names to the employee's first day worked under Security Operations Supervisor (SOS) and the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list SOS will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and forward a copy of this list to the Union President. For all bargaining member positions, the senior officer will be awarded the position. All shift and team assignments will be posted unless the Employer and the Union agree to a change, to include Echo team. The Employer may not move employees from one shift to another without posting unless an emergency or temporary staffing condition(s) exist, but no more than ninety (90) days unless agreed to by both parties.
SECTION 2. An employee promoted to a Supervisory position shall not retain their seniority in the event he/she is returned to the bargaining unit.
SECTION 3. An employee who voluntarily resigns or retires and decides at a later date that he/she wishes to return, the following conditions will exist. If the Employer decides to rehire the individual and forty-five (45) days have not passed since their last workday, then the employee will retain their previous seniority provided they re-establish good standing in the Union and International for the period of non-employment with the Employer. If the Employer decides to rehire the individual and it has been longer than forty-five (45) days since their last workday, then the employee shall not retain their previous seniority, seniority will begin with their new date of hire.
SECTION 4. Layoffs and recalls shall be based upon an employee’s seniority, and qualifications to perform the necessary duties of the position. Laid-off employees shall have callback rights for a period of twelve (12) months, or length of employment, whichever is less, and shall retain their accumulated seniority as of the date of layoff. In case of re- employment, employee’s who have been laid-off shall be notified, at their last known address, in order of Employer seniority to report to work. The notice will be by certified mail return receipt. In the event a former employee so notified fails to report to work within five (5) days after receipt of such notice, his seniority shall be terminated; however, if the employee is prevented from reporting because of sickness or emergency involving the employee or immediate family, or other legitimate reason, and so notifies the Employer within the five (5) day period, his recall status will remain unchanged until such time as the sickness or emergency has been resolved, up to the one (1) year limitation specified above. It will be the responsibility of the laid-off employee to keep the Employer notified of any changes of address.
SECTION 5. The Employer agrees to prepare seniority lists covering employees covered by this Agreement, a copy of which will be furnished to the Union. The seniority list will be forwarded kept up to date quarterly by the Employer.
SECTION 6. The decision as to the union officenumber of employees to be scheduled for training/retraining, and the number of Security Officers to be utilized at any due time shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, SECTION 7. Employees may lose their seniority ranking will be determined by way standing for any of a draw conducted in the presence following:
A. Twelve (12) months, or length of a union representativeemployment, whichever is less, absence from duty from layoff date.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside B. Absence because of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority illness or injury for a period of up to more than twelve (12) consecutive months, including an illness or injury, which is compensable under ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Compensation or an award of compensation for permanent total disability on account of occupational injury or illness. Should Employees shall not suffer a loss of seniority for purposes of pay progression for up to one (1) year, if unable to work due to a work related injury.
C. Discharge for just cause, not overturned by arbitration
D. Failure to report for work for two (2) scheduled days without notifying the Employer within that period, unless failure to report is caused by reasons beyond the employee’s control.
E. Fails to return from an approved leave of absence on the scheduled date of return; however, if the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification is prevented from reporting because of sickness or emergency involving the employee or immediate family, or other legitimate reasons, and so notifies the Employer prior to the end expiration of the twelve leave, his leave may be extended for up to a maximum of thirty (1230) months additional days. Employees must be able to provide proof of said sickness or should emergency.
F. Give false reason for leave of absence or engages in other employment during such leave unless said employment is approved by the Company wish Employer.
G. Failure to return accept and report to work on a timely basis upon recall from layoff, as provided in Section 4, above.
H. If he voluntarily resigns, or retires.
I. Is permanently denied unescorted site access for a security position. It is understood that the employee has the right to his/her previous classificationappeal denial of site access in accordance with the requisite provisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
SECTION 8. Officers interested in changing teams will notify the SOS who will maintain an up to date list of volunteers. If an opening exists on a different team (this can also include when new officers are being assigned to teams), the employee may exercise seniority SOS will review the request with Union leadership and determine if the move is acceptable based on team dynamics and shift commitments. If multiple officers request to bump a junior employee as per article 15 change teams, any approved changes will be based on seniority. Officers accepting these changes will be subject to the loss of previously approved STO, if not available on the new team. The exact transition date to the new team will be at the sole discretion of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy SOS. The officer will be notified of the change date and every effort will be made to facilitate the change within thirty (30) days of the approval based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiescurrent operational needs.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 A. Seniority shall be established and maintained for defined as all employees consecutive years of teaching experience with the Birch Run Area School District. Seniority shall remain unbroken but shall not accumulate when a bargaining unit member is on a voluntary unpaid leave of absence. Bargaining unit members on layoff shall accumulate seniority on layoff up to the number of years they worked in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees district and then seniority will be regarded frozen.
B. In the event it becomes necessary as probationary during a result of a layoff or recall or other reason whereby a determination of a teacher's placement on the seniority list is imperative, two (2) representatives of the Association and two (2) representatives of the Board shall supervise a drawing.
C. All teachers so affected will be notified in writing of the date, place and time of the drawing and will personally draw a slip.
D. The slips shall contain each person's name, and be drawn from a hat or other similar container and placement on the seniority list shall be based upon the first six (6) months of continuous employmentname drawn having the greatest seniority.
11.3 Upon successful completion E. If, in the event a teacher(s) affected does not attend the drawing, a representative of the probationary periodAssociation shall draw for the teacher(s).
F. After each such drawing, an employee a new seniority list shall be developed by the Board and a copy shall be presented to the Association.
G. Teachers who teach in the Birch Run School District for a full semester and who later are given a full-time contract will be credited with given a ninety (90) day earlier hiring date, a one (1) year earlier hiring date for two (2) full semesters insofar as seniority is concerned only. The above policy does not affect their salary step, and is not intended to affect any legal rights which the teacher might have.
H. Teachers who substitute teach and later are permanently employed for that position shall receive all rights and compensation as other bargaining unit members. Such pay and benefits will be retroactive to the employee's thirty first (31st) day worked under in that assignment. For salary schedule purposes, half steps will be given if the terms of this agreement or teacher works more than half the semester.
I. As there are changes, the Board shall develop an updated seniority list and present such to the Association. The current seniority list reflects the official seniority date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementeach teacher.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9.01 Seniority is defined as total length of service in a position covered by the scope of the bargaining unit calculated from the last date of hire into a bargaining unit position at the Fort ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ locations.
9.02 When a new Employee is hired, it is agreed that he/she shall be established on probation for eight hundred forty (840) straight time hours worked. During this probationary period, if there are performance issues, the Employee may appeal to his/her Manager but will have no access to the grievance procedure regarding termination, provided the Employee has been notified of any deficiencies in writing and maintained for all employees in given the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon opportunity to correct them. After successful completion of the probationary period, an employee the Employee’s seniority shall be dated from the day their employment began.
9.03 When two (2) or more Employees are hired on the same day seniority will be credited determined by using date of birth. The new hire with lowest month will be most senior. Should two or more new hires share the same month then lowest date will be used to determine seniority. Should the new hires have the same month and day for a birth date then the lowest year will be used to determined seniority.
a) Employees who accept a temporary or permanent position outside the bargaining unit other than as Chargehand may accrue seniority retroactive for a period not to exceed eight hundred forty (840) hours in a calendar year subject to the employee's first day worked under the terms remittance of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreementunion dues.
11.4 b) Employees who accept a temporary position of Chargehand pursuant to Articles 9.06, 9.07 or 9.08 may accrue seniority for a period not to exceed eight hundred and forty (840) total hours in such roles in a calendar year subject to remittance of union dues. The Seniority list will Company may ask that the Union agree to extend the eight hundred and forty (840) hour period and such consent shall not be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and unreasonably withheld. Employees accepting these positions must sign a Chargehand acknowledgement, a copy of the seniority list which will be forwarded to the union officeunion.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit c) An employee who accepts a position of Chargehand in anticipation of that employee accepting an existing or anticipated permanent Supervisor position pursuant to Articles 9.10 or 9.11 may accrue seniority for a period not to exceed eight hundred and forty (840) hours subject to remittance of union dues. Employees accepting these positions must sign a Chargehand acknowledgement, a copy of which will be forwarded to the union.
d) An employee who accepts a permanent Supervisor position with the Company outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up pursuant to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.Articles 9.10 or
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 16.01 Seniority is defined as an Employee's length of service with the Employer, since the Employee's most recent date of hire as a Regular Full-time or Regular Part-time Employee.
16.02 Seniority lists shall be established as follows:
(1) Where two or more employees' service commences on the same day, their seniority shall be determined at a Union meeting by lot with the person picked first having the most seniority. The employees and maintained for all employees the Union Representative shall have the right to be present to witness the procedure. The Union shall provide the Employer with a signed copy of the names in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months order of continuous employmentseniority.
11.3 Upon successful completion (2) A seniority list, showing the names, seniority status and classification of all regular full-time and regular part-time employees, shall be prepared by the Employer. After consultation with, and the approval of, the Executive of the probationary periodUnion, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will as finally approved shall be initialed by a representative of the Union and the Director of Human Resources or designate. Such lists shall be conclusive evidence of the seniority of regular full-time and regular part-time employees, subject to the right of the Employee to bring errors to the attention of the Employer and the Union and have the agreed error corrected. The said list shall be revised every year. A copy of said list is to be forwarded to the union officeUnion every year by January 30th.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their 16.03 An Employee's seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in lost (and the presence of a union representative.Employee's employment therefore terminated) when:
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of (a) the bargaining unit on a permanent basis Employee is discharged for just cause and who maintains not reinstated;
(b) the payment of Employee resigns;
(c) the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish Employee fails to return to work while on recall within seven (7) days after notification has been sent to the Employee by registered mail to do so, unless through sickness or other just cause. It shall be the duty of the employee to keep the employer informed of his/her previous classification prior to medical condition and current address;
(d) the end Employee is laid off for more than one (1) year;
(e) the Employee retires with the understanding that effective January 1, 2003 the date of retirement for all employees shall be the day in which the employee turns sixty-five (65) years of age or thirty (30) days thereafter, at the discretion of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classificationemployee, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, further that the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under provide reasonable notice to the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside Employer of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective their intended date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basisretire.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority rights shall prevail on an Operating Center basis except Operating Centers in the Broadway Building shall operate from one seniority list, and operating centers in the Eagan and Maple Grove buildings shall operate from one seniority list. The senior employ- ees in point of service with the Employer shall be established and maintained for all employees provided full-time employment when work is available in their respective job classifi- cations. If an employee is laid off in excess of two (2) weeks he/she may exercise his/her seniority rights in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees event an employee jun- ior to him/her is working in the classification in another Center in the same Local Union area; in which case he/she will then replace the most junior employee in the classification in that Center and must remain in that Center for at least two (2) years. In reducing the personnel because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons the last employee hired shall be the first laid off and re-employment shall be in the reverse order. Whenever a Center is closed and the work is transferred to or absorbed by another Center, the affected employees will be regarded as probationary during entitled to follow their work and their seniority shall be dovetailed at the first six (6) months of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion new Center. Whenever a Center is partially closed and the work is transferred to or absorbed by another Center, the affected employees may either follow their work and have their seniority dovetailed in the new Center or be allowed to exercise their seniority and remain in their present Center. If any of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive employees whose work is transferred elects not to follow their work then the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted remaining employees on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded from which the work was transferred may elect in sen- iority order to follow the union office.
11.5 For transferred work and have their seniority dovetailed in the new Center. The employees who have elected not to fol- low their transferred work will then in seniority order select the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined jobs vacated by way of those employees who chose to follow the transferred work. In the event that a draw conducted permanent job opportunity develops in the presence clas- sification of work at the original center from which an employee moved as a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside result of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment change of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should operation, the employee wish shall be allowed to return to at his/her previous classification prior expense on a one (1)-time basis to the end of the original center. This opportunity must take place within twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniorityoriginal move. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if This Section shall supersede the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her resix- for-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesone provision elsewhere provided in this Agreement.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Local Union Supplement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained shall, for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months purpose of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion determining an appropriate order of layoff, consist of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to total uninterrupted period of service from the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior the most recent appointment to the effective date of State service in any job classification covered in this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must The parties agree that a promotion shall be agreed to between the partiesnext higher level title within position classification series (Highway Maintainer to Lead Worker and Lead Worker to Lead Lead Worker) that represents an increase in salary. Employees hired on or after July 1, 2004 shall not be eligible to bid, be appointed, or otherwise be assigned to any position where he/she would be in a direct line supervisory or subordinate position with a relative. Relatives include spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, ▇▇▇▇▇, father-in law, mother-in law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside 11.2 Application of these seniority rights on layoff shall be made in accordance with the procedures of the bargaining unit Department of Central Management Services and take into consideration the ability and qualifications of an employee to perform the required work. Employees on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee layoff shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter reemployment rights for two years from the date of entry into layoff, seniority shall continue to accrue during such layoff period for a maximum of two years. Where ability and qualifications (including physical fitness) to perform the classificationrequired work are among the employees concerned, relatively equal, seniority alone shall govern. Employees shall be notified of recall to a position by their latest e-mail on file for positions in which they have recall rights. The classification seniority employee with recall rights has to electronically indicate their recall rights for the position via the internal portal for positions. Employees shall be used removed from having recall rights for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.following reasons:
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 (a) Seniority for employees governed by this Agreement shall be established defined as the period of employment with the Employer in the work covered by this Agreement, at the terminal (or terminals) within the jurisdiction of the Local Union(s). It shall be deemed to include any seniority presently held by an employee through agreement between the Employer and maintained the Local Union prior to this Agreement. Where the current practice of a Master Seniority List exists, it will continue in effect for all the duration of this Agreement.
(1) All new employees shall be hired on a thirty (30) calendar days’ trial basis and shall work under the provisions of this Agreement, within which time they may be dismissed without protest by the Union. However, the Employer may not discharge or discipline for the purpose of evading this Agreement or discrimi- nating against Union members. After thirty (30) days’ trial period they shall be placed on the seniority list as regular employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first accordance with their date of hire, provided, however, that an employee must work a minimum of ninety-six (696) months hours during his thirty days’ trial period. In case of continuous employmentdiscipline within the thirty (30) day period, the Employer shall notify the Local Union in writing.
11.3 Upon successful completion of (2) During the probationary period, an the employee will may be credited terminated without further recourse; provided, however, that the Employer may not terminate the employee for the purpose of evading the Agreement or discriminating against Union members. A probationary employee who is terminated by the Employer during the probationary period and is then worked again at any time during the next full twelve months at any of that Employer’s locations within the jurisdiction of the Local Union covering the terminal where he first worked, except in those jurisdictions where the Local Union maintains a hiring hall or referral system, shall be added to the regular seniority list with a seniority date as of the date that person is subsequently worked.
(3) Probationary employees shall be paid at the new hire rate of pay during the probationary period; however, if the employee is termi- nated by the Employer during such period, he shall be compensat- ed at the full contract rate of pay for all hours worked retroactive to the employee's first day worked under in such period. All new employees (probationary, casual, etc.) shall start only on established starting times on the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established working schedule except as a bargaining unit employee prior to replacement for absenteeism or sickness or for the effective date purpose of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit mak- ing pickups only. An employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues so qualifies for seniority status shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her have his seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed revert back to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings his first day worked within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.thirty
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Supplemental Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 Seniority shall be established and maintained for all 9.01 Fundamentally, the rules herein respecting seniority are designed to give employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees will be regarded as probationary during the first six (6) months an equitable measure of security, based on length of continuous employmentservice with the Company, consistent with consideration of merit, ability and aptitude.
11.3 Upon successful completion (a) As far as accumulation of the probationary periodseniority is concerned, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this Agreement, seniority shall be as presently recorded by the Company.
(b) As far as accumulation of seniority is concerned, while on probation employee hours will not be acquired while on medical leave, leave of absence, or modified duties prior to the date of this agreement. Seniority shall be presently recorded by the Company.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3a) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy Upon completion of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hireninety (90) days worked or 720 hours worked, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for whichever occurs first within a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, an employee shall be entitled to have their name placed on the seniority lists.
(b) Employees hired as summer students shall not attain seniority status and shall not be entitled to have their names placed on the seniority lists. Summer student employees will be hired for a maximum period of 89 days worked between April 1st and the Friday prior to Labour Day.
(a) An employee shall be considered a TPT, Summer Student or Probationary employee until they become entitled to have their name placed upon a seniority list as above provided; and as such, shall not have any seniority rights. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this agreement, no grievance shall be lodged or prosecuted against the discharge or discipline by the Company of a TPT, Summer Student or Probationary employee unless the employee alleges that they have been discriminated against in such discharge or discipline by reason of Union activity, and the Umpire shall continue not reverse their discharge nor alter the disciplinary penalty on any other ground.
(b) A TPT, Summer Student or Probationary employee who feels they have been unjustly dealt with all hismay have their case reviewed by the Area Manager, the Manager, Human Resources, Plant Chairperson and the Committee person /her benefits as entitled ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ concerned, the decision reached will be final and binding.
(a) Employees names shall appear on the plant seniority list in order of their respective dates of hiring. Skilled Trades employees’ names shall appear under a Skilled Trades section of the unbroken service criteriaplant wide seniority list in order of their respective dates of hiring in their skilled classification.
(b) When two (2) or more employees are hired the same day, however, his/her seniority date the first hired shall be his/her re-entry date into placed on the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiesseniority list first.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside 9.06 Copies of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up lists, as revised from time to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, time will be furnished to the employee shall maintain Bargaining Committee and to the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end Sub Regional Office of the temporary assignmentUnion, the employee ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
9.07 The company shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the partiespost a revised seniority list as required every (4) months.
11.8 A classification 9.08 The following departmental seniority date shall lists will be established as seniority held as subdivisions of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification plant wide seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.lists:
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. 11.1 9.1 The purpose of this Article is to provide employees with as large a measure of security as possible based on their continuous employment with the Company in their classification of work, and seniority shall be considered in the case of promotions, transfers, lay-offs, and recalls after lay-offs.
9.2 Seniority lists of employees shall be posted on the plant bulletin board. Such lists shall show the last date of hiring of each employee and shall be kept up to date quarterly.
9.3 Employees who have less than forty-five (45) days worked of service shall be considered probationary employees and shall have no seniority rights. After forty- five (45) days worked, seniority will be established and shall be dated back to the last date of hiring.
9.4 Those promoted to supervisory positions or those positions not subject to this Agreement will retain their seniority after promotion and if demoted for any reason, or if they voluntarily request reinstatement in their former position in the bargaining unit within nine (9) months, the time served in such other position shall be included in their seniority rating. Such employees shall forfeit any and all recourse to the grievance procedure as outlined in this Agreement should they be subsequently discharged in such a position beyond the jurisdiction of this Agreement. If an employee is promoted to a supervisory position and such supervisory position is subsequently abolished within a period of nine (9) months, such an employee will revert to his former position without loss of seniority.
9.5 When it is necessary to lay off or to re-hire employees who have been laid off, the employees to be laid off or re-hired shall be selected on the basis of seniority within their classification combined with qualifications and demonstrated performance.
9.6 In all lay-offs the Company shall consider:
(a) seniority of the employee (b) training, skill and efficiency of the employee Where the qualifications expressed in (b) are relatively equal, the employee's seniority shall be the determining factor.
9.7 It is agreed that seniority will not be operated in a manner which will prevent the Company from maintaining a working force qualified and able to do the work which is available.
9.8 Employees recalled to work after a lay-off shall be recalled in the inverse order to that in which they were laid off, provided that such recall will not prevent the Company from maintaining an efficient working force.
9.9 Seniority shall be established based on an individual plant basis, and maintained for all employees in the Bargaining Unit as determined within this agreement
11.2 Employees once seniority has been acquired, it will be regarded as probationary during lost only for the first six following reasons:
(6a) months voluntary resignation
(b) discharge for cause
(c) lay-offs in excess of continuous employment.
11.3 Upon successful completion of the probationary period, an employee will be credited with seniority retroactive to the employee's first day worked under the terms seniority, with a maximum of this agreement or date of hire where established as a bargaining unit employee prior to the effective date of this agreement.
11.4 The Seniority list will be revised every three (3) months and posted on designated plant bulletin boards and a copy of the seniority list will be forwarded to the union office.
11.5 For employees who have the same date of hire, their seniority ranking will be determined by way of a draw conducted in the presence of a union representative.
11.6 A bargaining unit employee who accepts a position outside of the bargaining unit on a permanent basis and who maintains the payment of the equivalent of Union dues shall maintain but not accumulate seniority for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. Should the employee wish to return to his/her previous classification prior to the end of the twelve (12) months or should the Company wish to return the employee to his/her previous classification, the employee may exercise seniority to bump a junior employee as per article 15 of the Collective Agreement or accept a vacancy based on his/her seniority. Further, providing there is a vacancy and if the Company allows the employee to return after twelve (12) consecutive months, the employee shall continue with all his/her benefits as entitled under the unbroken service criteria, however, his/her seniority date shall be his/her re-entry date into the bargaining unit. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.7 A bargaining unit employee may accept a position outside of the bargaining unit on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months. During such temporary assignment, the employee shall maintain the payment of dues and accumulate seniority. At the end of the temporary assignment, the employee shall return to his/her previous permanent position. Any exceptions must be agreed to between the parties.
11.8 A classification seniority date shall be established as seniority held as of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter the date of entry into the classification. The classification seniority shall be used for vacation selection and job postings within the same classification. Filling of required positions on recognized holidays shall be by classification and shift, on a rotating basis.twelve
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Sources: Collective Agreement