Bid Areas. A Bid Area is the basic work area to which each employee is assigned, as defined in Article 3.
Bid Areas. 1. A “Bid Area” is the basic work area to which each employee is assigned. In some Stations, generally the larger ones, an employee may have the option to bid into different work areas within his assigned Bid Area.
2. To be considered fully qualified for a particular Bid Area, an employee must meet the requirements listed below, except that any employee, including an employee whose work has been transferred to a reorganized or redefined Bid Area, who has previously completed the Qualifying Period, as provided in Article 5, will be considered qualified regardless of the qualifications (including license requirements) listed below.
3. Each employee shall be responsible for ensuring that his qualifications for each Bid Area are properly recorded.
a. Initial qualifications and any subsequent qualification claims shall be reviewed by the Company. The Company will provide a system that permits employees to update and/or change the record of their qualifications. Employees will be deemed qualified in the Bid Area: (i) in which they are employed on the effective date of this Agreement; or (ii) into which they were previously grand-fathered as properly reflected in their Bid Area Qualifications (BAQ) within one hundred and eighty (180) days ninety (90) of ratification of this Agreement; or (iii) into which they were qualified on [fill in ratification date] on the date of ratification of this agreement and whose Bid Area Qualification(s) reflect such qualifications within one hundred and eighty (180) ninety (90) days of ratification of this Agreement; or (iv) in which they previously completed the “Qualifying Period” pursuant to Article 5.
b. If there is any question regarding the qualifications, the shop xxxxxxx, the affected employee and the Company will confer to resolve the matter by examination of confirming documents and/or interview of the employee. If the qualification is still in doubt, it may be resolved by administration of an appropriate trade test or via the grievance process.
c. No employee shall be regarded as qualified for any Bid Area that he has not affirmatively claimed qualification unless he was employed in that Bid Area on the effective date of this Agreement.
d. The Company will use these Bid Areas Qualifications in determining eligible employees when filling vacancies in accordance with Article 5. The Company shall continue to review personnel files and/or employee resumes and applications, to determine qualifications, for the first one hundr...
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