Decrease in Working Force. General Conditions The disposition of employees shall be handled according to the procedure above, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Employees during their probationary period, (as defined in Section XIII, A.1.), will not have displacement rights but will be treated as direct layoffs if placed up for disposition, unless there are open positions for which they are qualified and eligible.
(b) An employee up for disposition must have more seniority than the employee he or she would displace.
(c) An employee in the Pool cannot displace an employee in a skilled Occupational Classification.
(d) An employee up for disposition who refuses a position within his or her Occupational Classification will be considered as having voluntarily quit.
(e) An employee up for disposition may elect to go on the Inactive Seniority List if he or she would be required by application of the Decrease in Working Force Procedure to take a position more than four (4) salary code levels lower than his or her present position or if he or she would be required to take a position in the Pool. A person who elects to be laid off in accordance with this paragraph will not be notified of subsequent openings on positions he or she refused at the time of layoff, or of openings in equal or lower classifications to those refused.
(f) The disposition of an employee who is unable to perform the work of his or her classification because of temporary or permanent physical disability as determined by the Medical Department will be dispositioned in accordance with the Decrease in Working Force Procedure, being considered for positions he or she can do with his or her physical limitations.
(g) At the time of layoff, an employee on a personal leave of absence or on the disability roll will be laid off and his or her name will be added to the Inactive Seniority List when, because of his or her seniority status under the established seniority procedure, he or she would have been laid off if he or she were actively at work. Notice of such layoffs will be given to the Union and to the employee involved at his or her last known address, but the usual notice period shall not apply. Any objection to such layoff must be made by filing a grievance within two (2) weeks following the giving of such notice to the Union.
Decrease in Working Force. 1. It is mutually recognized that to operate a plant or any part thereof, at a schedule that
2. In cases of temporary reduction, furloughs may take place among employees on the same shift, classification and labor grade who normally perform the work affected by the reduction. Unless otherwise agreed upon, furloughs shall not exceed a period of four weeks and will be based on seniority provided the remaining employees can do the job.
3. At the time of layoff, an employee on personal leave of absence or on the disability roll will be laid off and his name will be added to the Inactive Seniority List when, because of his seniority status under the established seniority procedure, he would have been laid off if he were actively at work. Notice of such layoffs will be given to the Union and to the employee involved at his last known address, but the usual notice periods outlined below in Paragraph H. shall not apply. Any objection to such layoff must be made by filing a grievance within two
