Effect of Leave on Seniority. Unless provided for otherwise in this Agreement or properly executed Memoranda of Agreements, employees on full or part-time unpaid leaves will retain seniority earned prior to such leaves but shall not earn seniority for the period of such leaves. Employees on full or part-time paid leaves shall continue to earn seniority for the period of such leaves. In the event of layoff and two or more employees have equal seniority, the employee with the earliest date of hire as a continuous bargaining unit employee shall be considered more senior.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement