CLASSIFIED SENIORITY DEFINED. Seniority shall be defined as the length of continuous service as an employee of the Board, including all paid leaves of absence, but excluding unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) or more consecutive employment days unless such leave of absence shall be due to a job-related disability or injury. Seniority shall be computed as employment days. (The parties shall make a good faith effort to calculate the seniority of all classified personnel upon the effective date of this Agreement, wherein the employee’s initial employment date, if continuously employed, shall be accepted as the starting point of the seniority calculation without diminution, in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary). Seniority shall not accrue to any classified personnel for days worked outside the normal employment days of his/her classification. In addition, seniority shall accrue on a pro-rated basis if the hours worked are less than 70% of the average daily hours worked by other classified personnel in the same job classification for more than ninety (90) consecutive days.
