Inverse Seniority a) Upon mutual agreement between the Company and the Union the parties may enter into an arrangement applying the concept of inverse seniority to layoffs.
Inverse Seniority. Upon request of the Local Union, the local parties shall enter into an agreement applying the concept of inverse seniority where: (1) the layoff is for a definite time and limited duration, and (2) all probationary employees have been laid off from the affected group referred to below. The Union agrees that any such local agreement shall give full consideration to and shall not impair plant operating efficiencies, including, but not limited to, those inefficiencies which might occur as a consequence of undesirable bumping or replacement of employees. Consistent with this requirement, it is further agreed that employees shall be laid off and recalled under the terms of this inverse seniority layoff procedure by groups (defined by classification and department) to be negotiated by the local parties. It is expressly under- stood that the local parties shall not enter into arrange- ments which permit employees on inverse seniority layoff to return to work to be replaced on layoff by other employees during the period of limited layoff. Nor will an employee who is laid off pursuant to an inverse seniority arrangement be permitted to return to work as a result of exhaustion of, or disqualification from, State Unem- ployment Compensation Benefits or Company-provided Supplemental Unemployment Benefits. Nothing in the foregoing shall preclude the Company from recalling any employee prior to the expiration of the limited layoff period. Local Unions which believe that a particular layoff which does not meet the above criteria warrants the application of inverse seniority may make a request to that effect to the National Ford Department. The National Ford Department may take up any such re- quests which it believes to be meritorious with Labor Affairs.
Inverse Seniority. When under the preceding sequence, a reduction will affect a regular employee; the least senior employee shall be laid off consistent with staffing all positions with qualified personnel at levels to be determined by the Employer.
Inverse Seniority. Lay-offs shall be made in inverse order of seniority within the affected classification, except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement for Chapter Chair and Vice-Chair. Except when moving into the Police Officer classification, a laid off member will be allowed to move into any parallel or lower classification where the laid off employee has more overall Department seniority than the least senior person in that classification. In the case where a laid off member seeks to move into the Police Officer classification, departmental seniority alone shall govern.
Inverse Seniority. The Company will meet with agreed upon Union representatives to work out the methods which will be applied in Inverse Seniority for the first layoff period in excess of 5 working days applicable to the second week or following weeks of a layoff of known duration. The Union will save the Company harmless from any monetary grievance demands or legal repercussions from E.I. The results will be measured subsequently by the same Company/Union Inverse Seniority Committee and a determination will be reached mutually as to the administration of future similar layoff situations. The usual contract provision involving layoff will not be changed for the term of this contract from the above procedure. Christmas and Model Change layoff periods are exempt from the inverse seniority provision.
