APPOINTMENT DUE TO URGENT. NECESSITY (amended 11/19/08) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, the Company, by agreement with Union, may transfer into a job vacancy any employee who requests said transfer for reasons of urgent necessity, such as impairment to the employee's health or that of a member of said employee's family, provided, however, that a transfer shall not be made into a job title which has a higher rate than that of the job title held by the employee requesting the transfer. Any employee requesting a transfer under the provisions of this Section shall file a transfer request, in writing, to the Human Resource Department, together with substantiating material (letters from doctors, etc.).
