Bargaining Unit Members Rights. All bargaining unit members whose contracts are suspended through reduction in force shall be notified in writing and granted the following rights: A. In any week that the member has been offered employment, from which the earnings would not exceed unemployment compensation for that week, then the Board will, by contract, remove the unit member from the substitute list. Once removed from a substitute list, the member will not be placed on the substitute list or offered substitute employment without the prior consent of the unit member. B. They have the right to be notified of any vacancy or newly created position for which they are certificated and qualified. 1. The first attempt to notify the teacher of the opening shall be by email. 2. If the bargaining unit member cannot be reached by email through normal attempts, a letter notifying him/her of the opening shall be sent by registered mail to the bargaining unit member's last known address. 3. The Board is obligated to wait five (5) days after posting of the registered letter for a response from the bargaining unit member. 4. Rejection of a position offer by a bargaining unit member on the reduction in force list shall be considered as a resignation, and a letter indicating the rejection of the position shall be placed in the bargaining unit member's file. C. They have the right to exercise their conversion privileges on any and all group insurance plans in effect at the time without interruption of benefits. D. Those bargaining unit members whose continuing contracts are suspended shall have the right of restoration to continuing service status in reverse order of layoff when teaching positions for which they are certificated, or for which they become certificated, are made available.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
