Accumulation of Seniority The seniority of an employee shall continue to accrue during an absence due to:
(a) accident or illness;
(b) maternity or parental leave;
(c) any unpaid leave of absence of up to twelve (12) months;
(d) any paid leave of absence provided for under this Agreement.
Super Seniority For purposes of layoff and recall only, the President shall head the seniority list, provided however, that such officer must have the necessary skill and experience to perform the required work. The Sheriff agrees that this section shall not be applied in an arbitrary manner.
Seniority Accumulation (i) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked in the bargaining unit. (The foregoing is for clarity only and therefore does not modify an employee’s level of seniority under this collective agreement or previous collective agreements.)
Sick Leave Accumulation (a) An employee is eligible to accumulate sick leave with full pay at the rate of 16 working hours for each 173 1/3 hours of service.
(b) The maximum number of days of sick leave which may be awarded to an employee during any consecutive twenty (20) year period of service shall not exceed 3840 hours.
Accumulated Sick Leave The Employer shall inform all employees at least once each year of the number of sick days accumulated and shall make the information available to an employee on request.
Vacation Accumulation (a) Vacations are not cumulative from year to year.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, the Employer may grant a special request from an employee to carryover a maximum of five (5) vacation days into the next year. The employee shall specify in her request to the Employer the purpose for which she is seeking the carryover.
(c) During the first year of employment, a full time employee with at least six
Accrual of Seniority Seniority shall accrue during:
(a) the first one hundred and nineteen (119) calendar days of sick leave including time on E.I. sick benefit or Income Replacement Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Act;
(b) unpaid leaves of absence up to and including one hundred and sixty-eight (168) work hours in a calendar year;
(c) hours absent while receiving benefits from the Worker’s Compensation Board;
(d) temporary positions, out-of-scope of any union, with the Employer not to exceed twelve (12) months unless extended by mutual agreement with the union;
(e) bereavement leave, pressing necessity leave, family responsibility leave, medical care leave;
(f) jury duty and court service;
(g) vacation leave;
(h) leave for elected Public Office;
(i) union leave;
(j) all maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave;
(k) education leave up to twenty-four (24) months.
(l) Long-term disability or Income Replacement Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Act.
(m) If an Employee’s hours of work are reduced due to a disability, full-time Employees shall maintain their pre- disability accrual rate. Other than full-time Employees shall accrue seniority as follows:
(i) For those who have worked one (1) year or more: Paid Hours in Previous 52 Weeks = Seniority Hours Per 52 Week of Leave
(ii) For other than full-time Employees who have worked for less than one (1) year:
Classification Seniority Classification Seniority" is defined as the length of service in a specific job classification within the bargaining unit, beginning with the date an employee starts to serve a probationary appointment. Classification Seniority shall be interrupted only by separation because of resignation, discharge for just cause, failure to return upon expiration of a leave of absence, failure to respond to a recall from layoff, or retirement.
Unpaid Leave - Affecting Seniority and Benefits Any employee granted unpaid leave of absence totalling up to twenty (20) working days in any year shall continue to accumulate seniority and all benefits and shall return to her/his former job and increment step. If an unpaid leave of absence or an accumulation of unpaid leaves of absence exceeds twenty (20) working days in any year, the employee shall not accumulate benefits from the twenty-first (21st) day of the unpaid leave to the last day of the unpaid leave but shall accumulate benefits and receive credit for previously earned benefits upon expiration of the unpaid leave.
SENIORITY (a) Newly hired full-time employees shall be considered on a probationary basis for a period of three (3) months from the date of hiring. After three (3) months of continuous service, his/her seniority shall date back to the day in which his/her employment began.
(b) Persons on probation may be terminated without recourse to the grievance procedure. However, such persons shall be given the reason(s) for termination in each case. The rate for probationary employees shall be that of this Agreement.
(a) A seniority list for all full-time employees and a separate seniority list for all part-time employees shall be drawn and posted on the bulletin board. This list shall be revised as of January 1 of each year and forwarded to the Union by the end of February of each year. Employees' names and classifications shall appear on the seniority list in order of their respective dates of employment. Additions and deletions shall be forwarded to the Union as they occur.
(b) The Employer and Union agree to place employees on a seniority list as per Article 11; however, in the event that employees share the same seniority date the following process for placement on the seniority list, in order, will be used: i) date of hire ii) date probation is completed as per article 11.01 iii) first to complete their next scheduled shift iv) time of clock in if worked same shift
11.03 In all cases of lay-off due to lack of work or recall following a lay-off, the employee with the greatest amount of seniority will be retained in employment or recalled to work, whichever is applicable, provided he/she is qualified to perform the work available.
11.04 Seniority previously accumulated will be lost whenever an employee:
(a) quits his/her employment, or retires;
(b) is discharged and not reinstated;
(c) is absent from work without reasonable explanation;
(d) she/he is a part-time employee who has not been available for three (3) consecutive calendar months and is not on an approved absence as per the provisions of this agreement;
(e) is laid off for twelve (12) consecutive months or time equal to the employee's length of service, whichever is greater;
(f) fails to return from lay-off within six (6) days of work after being notified to do so; the employee to be recalled must keep the Employer informed of his/her current address and telephone number. Notice of recall may be by telephone, but in all cases a registered letter shall be used either as notice or confirmation.
11.05 The selection or appointment of employees for supervisory positions, or for any position not subject to this Agreement, is not governed by this Agreement. However, if any employee is or has been transferred or appointed, and later transferred back to a position which is governed by this Agreement, then the seniority which he/she has accumulated under this Agreement shall be credited to the employee. Subject to the time period set out in 11.04 (e) any time spent working outside the bargaining unit shall be deemed a lay-off for the purpose of this article.
