Common use of DEMOTIONS AND SENIORITY Clause in Contracts

DEMOTIONS AND SENIORITY. When layoffs occur within any department, the last employee hired shall be the first employee laid off, based on the length of service within that particular classification, and shall be recalled in inverse order to that which he/she was laid off, it being understood that: (a) Employees in higher classifications shall be demoted to lower classifications if the employee affected by the layoff has worked in the lower classification to which they are being demoted; and (b) The order of demotion, where an employee has worked in more than one lower classification shall be progressive.

DEMOTIONS AND SENIORITY. When layoffs occur within any department, the last employee hired shall be the first employee laid off, based on the length of service within that particular classification, and shall be recalled in inverse order to that in which he/she was laid off, it being understood that: (a) Employees in higher classifications shall be demoted to lower classifications if the employee affected by the layoff has worked in the lower classification to which they are being demoted; and (b) The order of demotion, where an employee has worked in more than one lower classification shall be progressive.