Demotion A demotion shall mean the transfer of an employee to a lower level position of less responsibility as well as salary.
Employee Discipline Appropriate sanctions must be applied against workforce 18 members who fail to comply with any provisions of CONTRACTOR’s privacy P&Ps, including 19 termination of employment where appropriate.
Employment Eligibility Verification As required by IC § 22-5-1.7, the Contractor swears or affirms under the penalties of perjury that the Contractor does not knowingly employ an unauthorized alien. The Contractor further agrees that: A. The Contractor shall enroll in and verify the work eligibility status of all his/her/its newly hired employees through the E-Verify program as defined in IC § 22-5-1.7-3. The Contractor is not required to participate should the E-Verify program cease to exist. Additionally, the Contractor is not required to participate if the Contractor is self-employed and does not employ any employees. B. The Contractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an unauthorized alien. The Contractor shall not retain an employee or contract with a person that the Contractor subsequently learns is an unauthorized alien. C. The Contractor shall require his/her/its subcontractors, who perform work under this Contract, to certify to the Contractor that the subcontractor does not knowingly employ or contract with an unauthorized alien and that the subcontractor has enrolled and is participating in the E-Verify program. The Contractor agrees to maintain this certification throughout the duration of the term of a contract with a subcontractor. The State may terminate for default if the Contractor fails to cure a breach of this provision no later than thirty (30) days after being notified by the State.
Discipline Disciplinary grievances will be initiated at the level at which the disputed action was taken.
Demotion in Lieu of Layoff The appointing authority shall determine by class, subject to review by the Director, whether demotion shall be afforded employees as an option in lieu of layoff. At the request of the appointing authority, a permanent employee shall, in lieu of layoff, be afforded the option of demotion within the same department to a position in a lower class, provided that no such demotion shall in turn require the layoff or demotion from such lower class of any employee whose layoff rating is at least as high as that of the demoting employee. A probationary employee may be afforded the opportunity to accept a demotion within the same department to a position in a lower class provided no such demotion shall in turn require the layoff of any employee in the lower class. Such probationer shall not become permanent in the lower class by this action except by completing a new full probation period in such lower class.
Demotions By mutual agreement, a grievance falling into any of these categories may be placed into the expedited arbitration process.
Progressive Discipline Both parties endorse the principle of progressive discipline as applied to professionals.
JOB When a vacancy occurs in any job which is likely to remain open for over four work weeks (or such longer period as the parties may mutually agree) notice of such vacancy shall be posted within eighteen working days of the vacancy arising and shall remain posted for five working days on the bulletin board or boards provided on the premises for that purpose. The Company shall provide the Union with a copy of each vacancy posted. All notices of vacancies shall designate the classification of the job vacant The of pay shall be determined from the schedule of wages herein. The Company will provide the Union with the name and employee number of the persons who applied for the job. If an employee applies for a posting and is named the successful applicant, he will be required to accept the position. A probationary period of sixty calendar days shall apply to promotions. If no applications are made, the Company shall then be free to choose an employee who did not apply for such job and is willing to accept it. Where the senior employee has relatively equal ability and qualifications for the vacancy in relation to other applicants, he shall receive the promotion. For the purposes of this paragraph, the senior employee shall mean the employee with the most continuous length of service within the bargaining unit. When the senior employee does not have relatively equal ability and qualifications for the vacancy in relation to other applicants and a less senior employee is chosen, the Company will make its choice known to the Union before announcing name of the successful applicant. Should the Union wish to make representations to the Company concerning the Company’s choice, the Union must do so within five working days and the Union and the Company agree to meet to discuss the Company’s choice. If thereafter this question is unresolved, it may be made the subject of a grievance. Any employee who applied for the job and was not chosen may within five working days after the Successful applicant has been declared, register a protest to the Union in writing. In the event that the protest is brought to the Company’s attention, the Company agrees to discuss with the Union and the employee the question of the and qualifications with a view to improving the employee’s opportunity for future postings. If thereafter this question is unresolved, it may be made the subject of a grievance. Company agrees to offer job training opportunities for posted positions to interested full-time employees with s ability and qualification to warrant such . training. A job vacancy shall be deemed not to exist where the work available for the job is not sufficient to warrant it being filled. The Company agrees all employees within the bargaining unit will become and remain, as a condition of employment, members of the Union during the of this Agreement. The Company shah new employees to make application for membership in the Union at the time of their hiring. The Company shall collect membership initiation fees as may be established by Union and forward the application form and such fees to Union the regular monthly dues remittance. The Company agrees to deduct from the pay of each regular employee, as a condition of employment, such dues as may from time to time be set by the Union and to forward the amount so deducted to Secretary-Treasurer of the Union. The Company agrees to supply to the Union a report showing annual Union Dues accumulation for each employee. The Company further agrees to record the annual Union Dues Deductions for each employee on his form. The Company agrees to forward to the Union on a monthly basis, a complete alphabetical listing of all employees, including their home address, starting date, plant location, department and Social Insurance Number, separated in full-time and part-time. The Company to officers, so designated by the Union, from each Local and to grant them time off with pay as may be reasonably necessary to service any grievance or grievance. The Company also agrees to a committee comprised of representatives of employees, so designated by the Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining or with the Company. The Committee wig be afforded the necessary time o pay to attend such meetings with representatives of the Company. representatives of the Union shall be entitled to visit any department covered by this Agreement for the purposes of observing working conditions, interviewing members and employees and ensuring the terms of this Agreement are being implemented. The interviewing of an employee shall be permitted after the appropriate management representative has given his consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld Any condition of employment or working conditions now in effect will remain in effect changed by collective bargaining. The Union may use the Warehouse bulletin boards for the posting of Union notices. All such notices must be approved by the Warehouse Manager before being posted on the bulletin boards.
Employee Grievances (a) Grievances on behalf of employees shall be handled as follows:
Employee Termination A) Regular employees other than those serving a probationary period, shall give twenty-eight (28) calendar days written notice of termination to a representative designated by the Employer with the authority to accept such written notice. B) In addition to the twenty-eight (28) calendar day notice, regular employees in positions above the level of general staff nurse shall inform the Employer of their intention to terminate as soon in advance as possible. C) The period of notice as set forth in (A) above must be for time scheduled to be worked and must not include accrued vacation, unless such vacation has been previously scheduled and approved in accordance with Article 45.03 -