Layoff definition

Layoff is a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a reduction in hours of work where such a reduction is permanent and eliminates an employee's health and welfare benefit entitlement, a reorganization, program termination, closure or other material change in organization.

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Layoff shall include a reduction in a nurse's hours of work and cancellation of all or part of a nurse's scheduled shift. Cancellation of single or partial shifts will be on the basis of seniority of the nurses on the unit on that shift unless agreed otherwise by the Hospital and the Union in local negotiations. A partial or single shift reassignment of a nurse from her or his area of assignment will not be considered a layoff. The parties agree that the manner in which such reassignments are made will be determined by local negotiations.

Layoff includes a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a reorganization, program termination, closure or other material change in organization, and where should work become available, employees will be recalled in accordance with Article 13 - Layoff and Recall or Article 31 - Auxiliary Employees;

Examples of Layoff in a sentence

• Any employee serving a trial service period may have their trial service period extended, on a day-for-a-day basis, for any day(s) that the employee is on leave without pay or shared leave, except for leave taken for military service or a temporary reduction of work hours under Section 35.7, Temporary Reduction of Work Hours or Layoff – Employer Option.

• Layoff shall take place by classification within the unit according to need as determined by the BOARD.

• If reassignment of an official duty station results in a commute in excess of thirty (30) miles in addition to the current commute, the employee may exercise their rights under Article 35, Layoff and Recall, unless the reassignment is the result of a disciplinary demotion.

• Restoration to the Agency Layoff List(s) shall be for the remaining period of eligibility that existed at the time of appointment from the Secondary Recall List.

• However, employees who fail to successfully complete this trial service period shall have their names restored to the Agency Layoff List(s) on which they previously had standing.

More Definitions of Layoff

Layoff means a reduction in the working force.

Layoff means a separation from employment that is implemented because of budgetary limitations, lack of work, abolishment of position, departmental reorganization, or for similar reasons.

Layoff means temporary cessation of employment because of lack of work in an employee's classification or the discontinuance of a function or facility of the University.

Layoff means an employee whose employment has been terminated because of lack of work or because of the discontinuance of a function;

Layoff means a Regular Employee who is either on partial layoff or on full layoff.

Layoff includes a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a re-organisation, program termination, closure or other material change in organisation. Where a regular employee is hired into a position in a program which is subject to seasonal closures, and such closures are identified in job postings and letters of employment, then the employee will only be eligible to bump other employees in accordance with Article 13.3, if the period of layoff exceeds the duration of the seasonal closure by two (2) or more weeks.

Layoff means to temporarily remove from a position of employment subject to the employee retaining such rights as set out under this Agreement.