Competitive Areas. The competitive area for the reduction in force that affects the bargaining unit technician(s) covered by this agreement will be determined by the RIF Team, in conjunction with the HRO. At the time a general RIF notification is received, impact bargaining will take place to determine that portion of the bargaining unit affected, and the boundary within which employees compete for retention and receive placement offers.
Competitive Areas. The following organizational units are competitive areas:
1. Office of the Chief Executive Officer
2. Inspector General
3. General Counsel
4. Nuclear Power Group (NPG), not including recognized competitive areas within the NPG organization. Within the NPG organization, the following are separate competitive areas:
a. Nuclear Engineering
b. Nuclear Support
c. Nuclear Oversight
d. Nuclear Licensing
e. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
f. Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
x. Xxxxx Bar Nuclear Plant
h. Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
5. Nuclear Construction
6. Generation Group (GC), not including recognized competitive areas within the GG organization. Within the GG organization, the following are separate competitive areas:
a. Coal Operations
b. Power Service Shops
c. Equipment Support Services
d. River Operations and Renewables
e. Power Supply and Fuels
f. Inspection, Testing, Monitoring and Analysis
g. Generation Construction
h. Environmental Permits and Compliance
i. Gas Fleet Operations
j. Generation Engineering
7. Administrative Services, not including recognized competitive areas within the Administrative Services organization. Within the Administrative Services organization, the following are separate competitive areas:
a. Property and Natural Resources
b. Supply Chain
c. Human Resources
d. Diversity and Labor Relations e. Training, Development and Organizational Health
Competitive Areas. The boundary within which employees compete for retention and receive placement offers. At the time the RIF notification is received, impact bargaining may take place to determine that portion of the bargaining unit effected.
Competitive Areas. Is the area within which technicians compete during a reduction in force and is described geographically, organizationally, or a combination of both. The competitive area must be large enough to provide adequate competition among technicians and limited enough to be administratively manageable.
Competitive Areas. Competitive areas are established by each Region and the Central Office. If the Employer initiates a change in the competitive area at any location, the Union will be notified.
Competitive Areas. At the time this contract is ratified, CERDEC will have two competitive areas, one for GS employees and one for demo employees. The Employer will provide Notice to the Union if a decision is made to modify competitive areas that affect members of the bargaining unit.
Competitive Areas. A competitive area shall be defined solely in terms of the Agency's organizational unit(s) and geographical location, and it shall include all employees within the competitive area. A competitive area may consist of all or part of the Agency. The minimum competitive area is a subdivision of the Agency under separate administration within the local commuting area. The Union recognizes that the determination of RIF’s competitive areas is a management function.
Competitive Areas a. These are the boundaries within which employees compete for retention under RIF procedures. Employees in a competitive area compete only with each other; they do not compete with employees in another competitive area.
b. The minimum competitive area need not be larger than a local commuting area. When an organization has components in more than one local commuting area, each commuting area may be designated as a separate competitive area.
c. Separate competitive areas may be used for interns. Section 18-10. Competitive levels:
a. An essential step in the planning of a RIF is to determine for each competitive area the types of Jobs in which employees will compete with each other for retention in the initial competition.
b. A competitive level will consist of jobs so similar in all important aspects that the employee can move from one to another without significant training and undue interruption of the work program. They will also be sufficiently alike in pay systems, grades, and working conditions. A level may consist of only one job when the job is so unique that it is not interchangeable.
Competitive Areas. For all employees in Administrative Representative and Administrative Professional level positions, the competitive area is the employee’s official station within the organizational unit. This language shall not cause employees at the same official station who are in separate competitive areas as defined elsewhere to be placed in the same competitive area. Unless otherwise stated below, the competitive area for employees in Senior Professional and Supervisory level positions is the organizational unit. The following organizational units are competitive areas:
1. Inspector General
2. General Counsel
3. Administration, not including recognized competitive areas within the Administration organization. Within the Administration organization, the following are separate competitive areas:
a. Facilities Management
b. Information Services
c. TVA Police
d. Procurement
Competitive Areas. The competitive areas shall be determined in accordance with applicable law. Notification to the Union of the competitive area(s) shall be made at the earliest reasonably possible date in order to provide opportunity for discussion. Not more than sixty (60) days prior to issuing specific RIF notices, the Employer will temporarily suspend the filling of bargaining unit vacancies in the competitive area of employees who will be affected by a RIF.
