Common use of Bumping into a Prior Classification Clause in Contracts

Bumping into a Prior Classification. a. An eligible employee may, in certain circumstances (see G.2.b.), have the right to bump into a prior classification. b. An eligible employee only bump into a prior classification if: (1) The prior classification was at an equal or lower salary level; (2) A position in the classification of layoff or the same or lesser hours at the employee’s work site held by a less senior employee; or (3) The eligible employee had a regular status in the prior classification; c. An eligible employee may: (1) choose a vacant position, if it exists; or (2) bump the least senior employee in the prior classification by job profile (as measured by contracted hours on the date of layoff). In either case, the personnel action shall constitute a layoff and the eligible employee shall have his/her name placed on the reemployment list for the classification of layoff.

Bumping into a Prior Classification. a. An eligible employee may, in certain circumstances (see G.2.bX.2.b.), have the right to bump into a prior classification. b. An eligible employee only bump into a prior classification if: (1) The prior classification was at an equal or lower salary level; (2) A position in the classification of layoff or the same or lesser hours at the employee’s work site held by a less senior employee; or (3) The eligible employee had a regular status in the prior classification; c. An eligible employee may: (1) choose a vacant position, if it exists; or (2) bump the least senior employee in the prior classification by job profile (as measured by contracted hours on the date of layoff). In either case, the personnel action shall constitute a layoff and the eligible employee shall have his/her name placed on the reemployment list for the classification of layoff.