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Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely to the new location will be arranged at the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminal. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Supplemental Agreement, Supplemental Agreement

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Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any an Employer at a terminal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees employee(s) of the Employer involvedCompany with the most classification seniority in the classification where additional help is needed, on a voluntary basis. Those employees The employee(s) accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company Company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal, the employee will be given an opportunity to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely go back to the employee’s regular terminal and, if the employee elects to remain at the new location terminal, then the employee no longer will hold terminal seniority position at the old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the date the employee transferred into the same; and the employee’s layoff at said new terminal will be arranged at in accordance with the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company employee’s terminal seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. . (b) When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/his/ her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in within sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that the former terminal. (bc) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty thirty (6030) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty thirty (6030) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laidLaid-off employee employees to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, willingness to accept a work assignment at which another Company terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignmentsand/or branch in the employee’s regular classification, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he the employee is qualified by experience with the Employer Company to perform the work. His election An employee requesting transfer must be made at submit a written request for transfer between January 1st and February 1st each calendar year of the time of layoff on a form to be supplied contract, which written request shall remain in effect until changed or withdrawn by the Employeremployee, which said form shall contain a list in writing. The provisions of all terminals. If this Section obligate an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him additional work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity to laid-off employees falling within the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) Western Area. All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Central-Southern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Central-Southern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. The parties acknowledge that the above rules are intended solely as general standards and further that many factual situations may be presented to the Committee which necessitate modification or amendment. Accordingly, the Employers and the Union acknowledge that questions of accrual, interpretation or application of seniority rights may arise which require different treatment. Accordingly, it is understood that the Employers and the Union jointly involved, and/or the respective grievance committees, may mutually agree to such disposition of questions of seniority which in their judgment is appropriate under the circumstances. The Area Joint Arbitration Committee provided in the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement or the Supplemental Agreements shall have the authority to determine the establishment and application of seniority in those situations presented to them. In all cases, the seniority decisions of the National Committee or Area Joint Arbitration Committee, established by the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement and the respective Supplemental Agreements, shall be final and binding. When employees are required to transfer to another terminal of the Company to maintain employment, the subject of continued health and welfare coverage shall be determined by the appropriate Area Committee and/or the National Committee. (ge) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid laid-off drivers of commonly commonly-owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any an Employer at a terminaltermi- nal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental sup- plemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees employee(s) of the Employer involvedCompany with the most classification seniority in the classification where additional help is needed, on a voluntary basis. Those employees The employ- ee(s) accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company Company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal, the employee will be given an opportunity to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely go back to the employ- ee’s regular terminal and, if the employee elects to remain at the new location terminal, then the employee no longer will hold terminal seniority position at the old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the date the employee transferred into the same; and the employee’s layoff at said new terminal will be arranged at in ac- cordance with the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company employee’s terminal seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. . (b) When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in within sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that the former terminal. (bc) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty thirty (6030) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty thirty (6030) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laidLaid-off employee employees to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, willingness to accept a work assignment at which another Company terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignmentsand/or branch in the employee’s regular classification, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he the employee is qualified by experience with the Employer Company to perform the work. His election An employee requesting transfer must be made at submit a written request for transfer between January 1st and February 1st each calendar year of the time of layoff on a form to be supplied contract, which written request shall remain in effect until changed or withdrawn by the Employeremployee, which said form shall contain a list in writing. The provisions of all terminals. If this Section obligate an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him addi- tional work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity to laid-off employees falling within the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) Western Area. All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Central-South- ern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional addi- tional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements Agree- ments have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Central-Southern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements Agree- ments will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal termi- nal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned as- signed a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities oppor- tunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section Sec- tion 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal ter- xxxxx or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. The parties acknowledge that the above rules are intended solely as general standards and further that many factual situations may be presented to the Committee which necessitate modification or amendment. Accordingly, the Employers and the Union acknowl- edge that questions of accrual, interpretation or application of se- niority rights may arise which require different treatment. Accord- ingly, it is understood that the Employers and the Union jointly involved, and/or the respective grievance committees, may mutual- ly agree to such disposition of questions of seniority which in their judgment is appropriate under the circumstances. The Area Joint Arbitration Committee provided in the National Master Automo- bile Transporters Agreement or the Supplemental Agreements shall have the authority to determine the establishment and application of seniority in those situations presented to them. In all cases, the seniority decisions of the National Committee or Area Joint Arbi- tration Committee, established by the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement and the respective Supplemental Agree- ments, shall be final and binding. When employees are required to transfer to another terminal of the Company to maintain employment, the subject of continued health and welfare coverage shall be determined by the appropriate Area Committee and/or the National Committee. (ge) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company senioritysenior- ity, those laid laid-off drivers of commonly commonly-owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminaltermi- nal, including terminals of commonly owned Employers signatory to this Part II, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master AgreementAutomobile Transporters Agree- ment, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another anoth- er terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal termi- nal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the em- ployee’s regular terminal, he will be given an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely if he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his terminal seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in accordance with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home his terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalseniority. (b) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred trans- ferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contractPart II. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an em- ployee or for a laid-off employee to return to the former terminal under Section 5(a4(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty thir- ty (30) days. (d1) A laidAt terminals with a common seniority list, a transfer will be offered by seniority to regular qualified employees regardless of classification position to be filled. (2) At terminals with separate seniority lists, a transfer will be offered by seniority within classification before offer is made to other qualified employees. (3) Laid off probationary employees shall not have addi- tional help rights under this Article. (e) Laid-off employee employees to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, their willingness to accept a work assignment at which another company terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, and/or branch in his their regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who they are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform per- form the work in work. The Employer will supply a form at the classification in questiontime of layoff. (f) Employees seeking to transfer to other facilities must desig- nate, in writing, at time of layoff which facilities they will or will not transfer to at the time of layoff. Employees will be offered a particular location only one (1) time during their layoff period. (g) All laid laid-off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Cen- tral-Southern and Western Area Supplemental Agreement Agreements after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Supple- mental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern Central- Southern or Western Area Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.be

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any an Employer at a terminaltermi- nal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental sup- plemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees employee(s) of the Employer involvedCompany with the most classification seniority in the classification where additional help is needed, on a voluntary basis. Those employees The employ- ee(s) accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company Company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal, the employee will be given an opportunity to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely go back to the employ- ee’s regular terminal and, if the employee elects to remain at the new location terminal, then the employee no longer will hold terminal seniority position at the old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the date the employee transferred into the same; and the employee’s layoff at said new terminal will be arranged at in ac- cordance with the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company employee’s terminal seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. . (b) When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/his/ her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in within sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that the former terminal. (bc) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty thirty (6030) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty thirty (6030) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laidLaid-off employee employees to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, willingness to accept a work assignment at which another Company terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignmentsand/or branch in the employee’s regular classification, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he the employee is qualified by experience with the Employer Company to perform the work. His election An employee requesting transfer must be made at submit a written request for transfer between January 1st and February 1st each calendar year of the time of layoff on a form to be supplied contract, which written request shall remain in effect until changed or withdrawn by the Employeremployee, which said form shall contain a list in writing. The provisions of all terminals. If this Section obligate an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him addi- tional work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity to laid-off employees falling within the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) Western Area. All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Central-South- ern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional addi- tional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements Agree- ments have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Central-Southern or Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements Agree- ments will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal termi- nal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned as- signed a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities oppor- tunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section Sec- tion 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.

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Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a7 (a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest most senior laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee's regular terminal he will be given an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely if he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his terminal seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in accordance with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home his terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalseniority. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A All laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Central-Southern and Western Area Supplemental Agreement Agreements after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern Central-Southern or Western Area Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, staffing pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, Section shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (gc) If additional drivers are still needed by Laid-off employees transferred under (a) and (b) above shall have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days notice to the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire listin writing, by company seniority, those of their intent to return to their old terminal or when they are laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outsideat foreign terminal or recalled to their old terminal whichever occurs first. (hd) The It will not be necessary for the Employer shall post to transfer an employee or for a notice identifying laid-off employee to return to his former terminal under Section 8 (a) above, if the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this sectionwork available is for less than thirty (30) days. (ie) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laidLaid-off yardemployee(s) to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, garage and office employeesin writing, his willingness to accept a work assignment at another company terminal and/or branch in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the company to perform the work. The Employer will supply a form at time of layoff.

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Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a7 (a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest most senior laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal he will be given an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely if he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his terminal seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in accordance with his terminal seniority. Drivers from The Employer may utilize email as the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled exclusive means for offering additional help opportunities to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalemployees. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A All laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Central-Southern and Western Area Supplemental Agreement Agreements after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern Central-Southern or Western Area Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, staffing pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, Section shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (gc) If additional drivers are still needed by Laid-off employees transferred under (a) and (b) above shall have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days notice to the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire listin writing, by company seniority, those of their intent to return to their old terminal or when they are laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outsideat foreign terminal or recalled to their old terminal whichever occurs first. (hd) The It will not be necessary for the Employer shall post to transfer an employee or for a notice identifying laid-off employee to return to his former terminal under Section 8 (a) above, if the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this sectionwork available is for less than thirty (30) days. (ie) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laidLaid-off yardemployee(s) to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, garage and office employeesin writing, his willingness to accept a work assignment at another company terminal and/or branch in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the company to perform the work. The Employer will supply a form at time of layoff. If offered additional help at an elected terminal, the employee must accept the additional help offer.

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Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminalter- xxxxx, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a7 (a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest most senior laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority se- niority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal he will be given an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely if he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his ter- xxxxx seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in ac- cordance with his terminal seniority. Drivers from The Employer may utilize email as the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled exclusive means for offering additional help opportu- nities to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalemployees. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A All laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Cen- tral-Southern and Western Area Supplemental Agreement Agreements after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Supple- mental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern Central-Southern or Western Area Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities oppor- tunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, staffing pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, Section shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal ter- xxxxx or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (gc) If additional drivers are still needed by Laid-off employees transferred under (a) and (b) above shall have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days notice to the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire listin writing, by company seniority, those of their intent to return to their old terminal or when they are laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outsideat foreign terminal or recalled to their old terminal whichever occurs first. (hd) The It will not be necessary for the Employer shall post to transfer an em- ployee or for a notice identifying laid-off employee to return to his former terminal under Section 8 (a) above, if the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this sectionwork available is for less than thirty (30) days. (ie) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laidLaid-off yardemployee(s) to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, garage and office employeesin writing, his willingness to accept a work assignment at another company terminal and/or branch in his regular classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the company to perform the work. The Employer will supply a form at time of layoff. If offered additional help at an elected terminal, the employee must accept the additional help offer.

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Samples: Supplemental Agreement

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Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminal, including terminals of commonly owned Employers signatory to this Part II, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee's regular terminal, he will be given an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely if he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his terminal seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in accordance with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home his terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalseniority. (b) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contractPart II. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee or for a laid-off employee to return to the former terminal under Section 5(a4(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d1) A laidAt terminals with a common seniority list, a transfer will be offered by seniority to regular qualified employees regardless of classification position to be filled. (2) At terminals with separate seniority lists, a transfer will be offered by seniority within classification before offer is made to other qualified employees. (3) Laid off probationary employees shall not have additional help rights under this Article. (e) Laid-off employee employees to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, their willingness to accept a work assignment at which another company terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, and/or branch in his their regular classification or in another classification in which he is they are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made The Employer will supply a form at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in questionlayoff. (f) Employees seeking to transfer to other facilities must designate, in writing, at time of layoff which facilities they will or will not transfer to at the time of layoff. Employees will be offered a particular location only one (1) time during their layoff period. (g) All laid laid-off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Central-Southern and Western Area Supplemental Agreement Agreements after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern Central-Southern or Western Area Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, staffing pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, Section shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. . Laid-off employees transferred under (ga) If additional drivers above must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the supplemental work before hiring from terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying employee has transferred under this Section until the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant employee refuses recall to this section. (i) The provisions that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employeesPart II.

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Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminaltermi- nal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting accept- ing said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company com- pany seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting report- ing to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely to the new location will be arranged at the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative rel- ative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee em- ployee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returningre- turning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminal. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular par- ticular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee em- ployee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal termi- nal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular regu- lar classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity op- portunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification classi- fication for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees em- ployees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience experi- ence with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal ter- xxxxx or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniorityseniori- ty, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-laid- off yard, garage and office employees.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminal, including terminals of commonly owned Employers signatory to this Part II, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting However, when work picks up at the employee’s regular terminal, he will be requiredgiven an opportunity to an Article 38go back to his regular terminal and, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely willif he elects to remain at the new location terminal, then he no longer will be arranged hold his terminal seniority position at the bottom old terminal but will remain at the new terminal with terminal seniority as of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from date he transferred into the same and his layoff at said new terminal would be in accordance with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home his terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminalseniority. (b) Laid Laid-off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contractPart II. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee or for a laid-off employee to return to the former terminal under Section 5(a4(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d1) A laid-off employee At terminals with a common seniority list, a transfer will be offered by seniority to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular qualified employees regardless of classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form position to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity under this Section until he has signed a new formfilled. (e2) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification for which the additional help is neededAt terminals with separate seniority lists, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification in question. (f) All laid off employees a transfer will be offered, in company offered by seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and within classification before offer is made to other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office qualified employees.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

Additional Help. (a) Where additional help is needed by any Employer at a terminaltermi- nal, over and above that provided for in Section 7(a) of Article 5 of the National Master Agreement, said additional or supplemental work shall be offered to the oldest laid-off employees of the Employer involvedin- volved, on a voluntary basis. Those employees accepting said supplemental supple- mental work at another terminal on a voluntary basis shall go to the bottom of the terminal seniority board and hold company seniority there only for fringe benefit purposes. When reporting to an Article 38, Section 5 location all drivers that report timely to the new location will be arranged at the bottom of the seniority roster by order of their company seniority. Drivers from the same terminal with common company seniority dates will retain their relative seniority order. When such employee is recalled to his/her home terminal, the employee em- ployee must return to the home terminal, or he/she will lose his/her seniority at the home terminal. However, if the employee returns to the home terminal and is laid off in sixty (60) days or less after returningre- turning, the employee will be allowed, upon request, to return to the former terminal with no loss of seniority at that former terminal. (b) Laid off employees transferred under (a) above shall for a period of sixty (60) days following the transfer have an unqualified right to return to their old terminal upon giving fifteen (15) days' notice to the Employer, in writing, of their intent to return to their old terminal; however, after the period of sixty (60) days, they must remain re- main at the new terminal until such time as they are laid off or called back to their old terminal. An employee will remain on the terminal seniority list at any terminal into which the employee has transferred under this Section until the employee returns to his/her former terminal termi- nal under the prior sentence, refuses recall to that particular terminal or otherwise loses seniority under any Article of this contract. (c) It will not be necessary for the Employer to transfer an employee em- ployee under Section 5(a) above, if the work available is for less than thirty (30) days. (d) A laid-off employee to qualify for transfer as called for above must designate to the Employer, in writing, at which terminal termi- nal or terminals he will accept such work assignments, in his regular regu- lar classification or in another classification in which he is qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work. His election must be made at the time of layoff on a form to be supplied by the Employer, which said form shall contain a list of all terminals. If an employee turns down an opportunity to go to a selected terminal, then his Employer has no further obligation to offer him work opportunity op- portunity under this Section until he has signed a new form. (e) In offering additional help opportunity the Employer shall first poll Central-Southern employees who are laid off in the classification clas- sification for which the additional help is needed, and thereafter employees laid off in other classifications who are qualified by experience with the Employer to perform the work in the classification classifi- cation in question. (f) All laid off employees will be offered, in company seniority order, additional help work opportunities covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreement after the applicable additional help provisions of those respective Supplemental Agreements have been exhausted. Employees accepting such additional help opportunity at locations covered by the Eastern or Western Supplemental Agreements will be assigned a new terminal seniority date for that terminal as their date of hire at such new terminal and will also be assigned a new company seniority date consistent with their date of hire at such new terminal for additional help and other work opportunities within that area supplement. However, such employee(s) shall retain their full company seniority date for vacation benefits and for new terminal opening staffing, pursuant to Article 5, Section 7 (a) (3) of the Master Agreement. Employees accepting such additional work opportunity at locations covered in this Section, shall retain all their recall rights to the terminal or location from which they are laid off and all additional help rights provided by this Article. (g) If additional drivers are still needed by the Employer, the Employer will place on a preferential hire list, by company seniority, those laid off drivers of commonly owned signatory companies and offer those drivers the supplemental work before hiring from the outside. (h) The Employer shall post a notice identifying the names and domiciles of all drivers transferred pursuant to this section. (i) The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to laid-off yard, garage and office employees.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Supplemental Agreement

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