Common use of Displacement Outside Their Group Clause in Contracts

Displacement Outside Their Group. (13) If, following (a) above, they have exhausted their seniority in their own Group, they may displace only a junior unrestricted employee with the greatest number of true hours of work in another Group, provided they are qualified to fulfill the requirements of the position concerned. In doing so, said employee shall assume the weekly schedule of the displaced employee for the first week, after which, the employee is scheduled according to seniority. In this case, an employee shall retain their seniority within their original Group for bidding purposes only. An employee, who has not been awarded a position under the provision of Article 12, shall be returned in order of seniority to their original classification when their former work week is restored to a minimum thirty (30) true hours and when it is known that the duration will be for two (2) consecutive work weeks or more. However, if there is less than thirty (30) true hours in their original classification, an employee may request to return, thirty-six (36) hours prior to the posting of the schedule, as long as the hours are equal or more than the hours he held in their original classification prior to the layoff.