Common use of Eligibility for Seniority Clause in Contracts

Eligibility for Seniority. An employee shall be first entitled to seniority in the bargaining unit when he has been continuously employed in that unit for 180 days; his seniority dating from the date of the beginning of such employment. However, an employee who has been employed in the bargaining unit, who has been laid off prior to his having been employed therein for 180 days continuously, and who is reemployed in the bargaining unit within 180 days from the date upon which he is laid off, shall, upon such reemployment, be entitled to have the number of days which he has worked in the bargaining unit, during the period of his most recent previous employment herein, included in any subsequent computation of his seniority in the bargaining unit and shall be entitled to seniority when he has accrued 180 days on that basis. The Company shall have the right to layoff or discharge, without cause, any employee who has not worked in the bargaining unit a sufficient length of time to gain seniority, and such action on the part of the Company shall not be the subject of a grievance on the part of the Union under any provision of this Agreement.

Eligibility for Seniority. An employee shall be first entitled to seniority in the bargaining unit when he has been continuously employed in that unit for 180 days; his seniority dating from the date of the beginning of such employment. However, an employee who has been employed in the bargaining unit, who has been laid off prior to his having been employed therein for 180 days continuously, and who is reemployed in the bargaining unit within 180 days from the date upon which he is laid off, shall, upon such reemployment, be entitled to have the number of days which he has worked in the bargaining unit, during the period of his most recent previous employment herein, included in any subsequent computation of his seniority in the bargaining unit and shall be entitled to seniority when he has accrued 180 days on that basis. The Company shall have the right to layoff or discharge, without cause, any employee who has not worked in the bargaining unit a sufficient length of time to gain seniority, and such action on the part of the Company shall not be the subject of a grievance on the part of the Union under any provision of this Agreement. Section 4.