DECREASE IN WORK FORCE. 1. In the event of transfers or layoffs due to a reduction in the work force, seniority will govern. Employees will be permitted to displace other employees, except those jobs listed in Group III and listed below, provided those retained are competent to perform the work.
(a) Employees may displace a junior employee in Group III, or those listed in paragraph l.b. only if they previously held that classification and when they would be placed on layoff from the factory.
(b) The Protected Jobs are: 314 48" Control Room Operator 719 Power Monitor
2. The following reduction in force procedure will apply for all plants as set forth in Section 9 of this Article.
(a) An employee affected under this Section will be placed on available work within his plant. If there is no available work, he will displace the least senior employee within the plant.
(b) An employee removed from his plant under Section (a) or unable to bump under Section (a) will then be placed on available work factory-wide. If there is no available work factory-wide, he will displace the least senior employee factory-wide. Rather than exercise this bump, the employee may elect to take a layoff.
(c) The least senior employee factory-wide who is affected by bumping will then be placed on layoff.
(d) An employee's election not to bump under Section (b) above shall be construed to mean that the employee is not suited for the work offered and will not prejudice his right to receive benefits under the Unemployment Insurance Program in the state of Pennsylvania.
3. Employees, if able to perform the job, will be recalled from layoff in line with their seniority and without regard to their former plants. However, employees exercising the option in Section 2(b) above must specify at time of layoff to which plants (other than the one for which a bumping opportunity was refused) he or she would be willing to accept recall. In the event of a recall opportunity to any of those plants for which a preference was indicated, the employee must either accept the recall or be terminated.
4. In the event a laid off employee fails to report for work at the time said employee is directed to do so and should such employee also fail to notify the Company of any reason for failing to report as directed, then, in such event, the Company is under no obligation to offer such employee an opportunity to return to work, and such employee shall lose all seniority rights. At least five (5) days notice, by registered mail, to the empl...
DECREASE IN WORK FORCE. (1) The decision to decrease the size of the work force in any department, program or BWI organizational unit, or on any position(s) in the Bargaining Unit, is recognized to be the sole responsibility of Management.
(2) When a reduction in force will involve the disposition of a number of employees, the SEA will recognize the problems incident to such a reduction and at the request of Management will discuss with Management a procedure through which the reduction can be accomplished with a minimum number of moves and disruption to operations, under the authority granted the parties under Section IX, Paragraph 11.
(3) At a time designated by Management, the least senior employees in the affected position(s) in the progression affected by a decision to reduce the size of the work force will be removed from such position(s) and considered to be up for disposition with the following placement rights:
(a) An employee up for disposition may be transferred to any open position for which he is deemed qualified by virtue of knowledge, skills and suitability. Employees offered such transfers will have twenty-four (24) hours to decide whether to accept, and thereafter their placement rights shall be determined as provided below.
(b) An employee up for disposition, who refuses transfer or who cannot be transferred may replace the least senior employee in the same level in his occupational progression.
(c) An employee unable to be placed under (b) above may replace, in accordance with seniority, the least senior employee in the next, and then successively lower levels in his occupational progression.
(i) If disposition is not successful under sub-paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) above, an employee may replace another employee on a position in another occupational progression in his current or previous certification in accordance with seniority provided he has satisfactorily held the position of the employee to be replaced (excluding temporary assignments), if such replacement will result in a higher code for the employee than would a replacement in his own occupational progression. Placement in a previous certification will apply only to those employees who bid or transfer from their current certification after September 1, 1998.
(ii) An employee may, if qualified by knowledge, skill and suitability, replace another employee in another occupational progression on a lower position level, in accordance with seniority, if such replacement will result in a higher code for the e...
