Common use of Acquiring Seniority Clause in Contracts

Acquiring Seniority. All employees shall have a probationary period of one (1) year. An employee subject to this Agreement who has completed his probationary period shall have his name entered upon the seniority list for his job classification as of his last date of hire. A. An employee subject to this Agreement who has not completed his probationary period as of the effective date of this Agreement and all new employees hired after the effective date of this Agreement shall be probationary employees without seniority until they have completed the probationary period. B. Except as hereinafter provided, a probationary employee may be laid off or terminated, without regard to any provisions of this Agreement and without recourse to the Grievance Procedure. A probationary employee with more than six (6) months, but less than one year’s service, who is given a disciplinary suspension or discharge may grieve his disciplinary suspension or discharge up to and including arbitration, provided, however, the scope of the arbitrator’s authority in an arbitration of such disciplinary suspension or discharge shall be confined and restricted to the following determination: Was the basis of the Sheriff’s decision to discipline, suspend, and/or discharge the employee arbitrary, capricious, or done in bad faith or for discriminatory purposes. An arbitrator shall only have the authority to rescind a disciplinary suspension and/or discharge if it is established that the Sheriff’s actions were based upon arbitrary, capricious, discriminatory, or bad faith reasons or motives. C. Temporary employees shall not acquire seniority. As used in this Agreement, a temporary employee is: 1. An employee who is hired for a specified period of time, not to exceed six (6) months in any one (1) year; or 2. An employee who is scheduled to work less than twenty (20) hours in a calendar week. 3. An agreement must be reached between both parties before temporary employees are hired.

Acquiring Seniority. All employees shall have a probationary period of one (1) year. An employee subject to this Agreement who has completed his probationary period shall have his name entered upon the seniority list for his job classification as of his last date of hire. A. An employee subject to this Agreement who has not completed his probationary period as of the effective date of this Agreement and all new employees hired after the effective date of this Agreement shall be probationary employees without seniority until they have completed the probationary period. B. Except as hereinafter provided, a probationary employee may be laid off or terminated, without regard to any provisions of this Agreement and without recourse to the Grievance Procedure. A probationary employee with more than six (6) months, but less than one year’s service, who is given a disciplinary suspension or discharge may grieve his disciplinary suspension or discharge up to and including arbitration, provided, however, the scope of the arbitrator’s authority in an arbitration of such disciplinary suspension or discharge shall be confined and restricted to the following determination: Was the basis of the Sheriff’s decision to discipline, suspend, and/or discharge the employee arbitrary, capricious, or done in bad faith or for discriminatory purposes. An arbitrator shall only have the authority to rescind a disciplinary suspension and/or discharge if it is established that the Sheriff’s actions were based upon arbitrary, capricious, discriminatory, or bad faith reasons or motives. C. Temporary employees shall not acquire seniority. As used in this Agreement, a temporary employee is: 1. An an employee who is hired for a specified period of time, not to exceed six (6) months in any one (1) year; or 2. An an employee who is scheduled to work less than twenty (20) hours in a calendar week. 3. An agreement must be reached between both parties before temporary employees are hired.