WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING Sample Clauses

WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. (a) The Contractor shall regularly analyze workforce requirements and will develop appropriate workforce restructuring strategies to ensure continued availability of the critical workforce knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for performance under this Contract. (b) When the Contractor determines that a change in the workforce is necessary, the Contractor shall accomplish the workforce restructuring in a manner consistent with the DOE General Workforce Restructuring Plan, if applicable, in effect for the facility or site. The General Plan lays out how contractor workforce restructuring will be conducted at the applicable site in a manner that is consistent with DOE policy. (c) The Contractor is only required to provide notification of Self-Select Voluntary Separation Programs (SSVSP) of 100 or more if consistent with the following parameters: 1) in accordance with approved laboratory and contractor policies and contract requirements; 2) no enhanced benefits (severance or pension); 3) no backfilling or re-employment of employees for a one-year period after severance is paid; 4) business case submitted 5 business days in advance of notification date that includes maximum number of voluntary separations, maximum dollars, positions/skills impacted; reasons separations are needed, including how conducting a SSVSP will better position the contractor to conduct the mission work; copies of the self-select application and any employee waivers or releases of claims, and a communication plan; and 5) voluntary separations offered to employees in a non-discriminatory and legally compliant manner. There is no backfilling where a separating employee is replaced by an internal candidate so long as:

WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Contract, when the Contractor determines that a reduction of force is necessary, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing and seek U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approval. The Contractor shall take no further action until receiving approval and direction by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall provide information as directed by the Contracting Officer related to workforce restructuring activities and to enable compliance with Section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 and any other DOE guidance pertaining to employees who may be eligible for provisions of the Act. The Contractor shall comply with the Hanford Site Workforce Restructuring Plan, as amended, and shall supply workforce restructuring related information and reports as needed by DOE. The Contractor shall extend displaced employee hiring preference in accordance with the Section I Clause entitled, DEAR 952.226-74, Displaced Employee Hiring Preference.

WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. Notwithstanding any other provision in this contract, when the Contractor determines that a reduction of force is necessary, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing in accordance with DOE 350.1 and other related guidance. The Contractor shall provide information as directed by the Contracting Officer related to workforce restructuring activities and to enable compliance with Section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 and any other DOE guidance pertaining to employees who may be eligible for provisions of the Act. The Contractor shall supply workforce restructuring related information and reports as needed by DOE. The Contractor shall extend displaced employee hiring preference in accordance with the Section I Clause entitled, DEAR 952.226-74, Displaced Employee Hiring Preference and Clause H.19, Workforce Transition and Employee Hiring Preferences.