WORK FORCE REDUCTION. SECTION 1 – Layoffs
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. The Medical Center retains the right to determine whether a permanent or prolonged reduction in personnel is necessary, the timing of such reduction in personnel, the number of FTEs to be eliminated, and in which seniority pool(s) layoffs will be effected. The parties further agree:
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. (A) When employees are to be laid off, the state shall implement such layoff in the following manner:
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. (A) When employees are to be laid off, the state shall implement the layoff and “bumping” rights in accordance with the provisions of section 110.227(3)(a) and (b), Florida Statutes, in the following manner:
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. Permanent employees who are removed from their permanent positions or are laid off as a result of the elimination of permanent positions shall receive appropriate notice. When permanent full-time positions are to be reduced, the full-time employee with the least bargaining unit seniority in the job level to be affected within the unit reporting to a Director or organizational equivalent will be the first removed. When permanent part-time positions are to be reduced, the part-time employee with the least bargaining unit seniority in the job level to be affected within the unit reporting to a Director or organizational equivalent will be the first removed.
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. Whenever it becomes necessary due to lack of work or funds to reduce the size of the work force in any class of positions covered by this Agreement, the Fire Chief shall designate the number of positions from each class which shall be eliminated. The employee(s) to be laid off shall be determined by inverse classification seniority. All temporary and provisional appointees in that class shall in all cases be laid off first. For the purpose of this subsection, persons appointed to the same class on the same date shall be considered to have seniority in the order on which they appeared on the certification. When the number of employees in a class above Firefighter is to be reduced, affected employees in such higher classes who have held lower titles within this bargaining unit shall be entitled to a reduction to the highest of these titles to which classification seniority in such lower title (which includes time served in a higher title) would keep them from being laid off.
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. (A) Seniority shall be defined as the total length of continuous full-time service in classification with UPD. Seniority shall continue to accrue during all types of compensable leave approved by the University. Approved leaves of absence without pay shall not count towards the accrual of seniority. Probationary employees are excluded toward the accrual of seniority until such time as the employee satisfactorily completes probation; once completed, seniority will accrue from the date of continuous service in the classification.
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. Permanent non-licensed employees whose employment is proposed for termination due to a work force reduction, after all bumping rights per Section 11 have been exercised, shall be offered the option of 1) accepting the layoff, or 2) if qualified accepting an open position as an education assistant. If the employee chooses option 1), the employee shall have all of the rights provided in Sections 11 and 21 of the Contract. If the employee chooses option 2), the employee shall retain and accrue seniority and years of service and shall maintain their original hire date. The employee shall be placed on the same step of the Education Assistants salary Schedule C as at the time of the proposed layoff. The employee shall be placed on the appropriate lane of the salary Schedule C as determined by documentation of college credits or degree. The employee shall have sixty (60) days from the date of appointment to furnish the documentation. Employees choosing either option 1) or 2) shall be recalled to positions under the provisions of Section 11 with the most senior qualified individual being the first recalled. The Federation shall be provided a list of all such affected employees.
WORK FORCE REDUCTION. In the event of a reduction in the department work force, such reduction shall occur in accordance with Section 22 of the Civil Service Rules as of the date of the signing of this Agreement, except that recall rights shall expire after three (3) years of layoff.
WORK FORCE REDUCTION i) A permanent employee declared surplus as the result of a work force reduction may elect to claim the job held by the employee with the least seniority in the bargaining unit, provided the surplus employee has greater seniority and the qualification, ability, training, experience and physical capacity to perform the job being claimed.
