Common use of Employee Availability Clause in Contracts

Employee Availability. 1. Employees must be available and physically able to perform a job thirty (30) days after it closes in order to be considered an eligible bidder. Similarly, an employee on approved leave of absence or sick leave may bid on job postings within thirty (30) days of their documented expected date of return to work. 2. Consistent with this Agreement, any permanently assigned employee who fails a drug/alcohol test will relinquish their permanent assignment. When the employee is certified to return to work, the employee will be placed on the on-call list by seniority until the next bid period. 3. Any permanently assigned employee who is medically unfit for duty will be eligible to return to their permanent assignment subject to fit for duty requirements. In the event that the employee is unfit for duty for more than six (6) months, the Employer retains the right to evaluate the status of the employee and to determine to bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. 4. Employee’s unfit for duty for more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days. When an employee is absent for three hundred sixty- six (366) days the Employer will bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. An employee returning from an absence of more than three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days will be reinstated to their former position which includes their shift, classification, and days off unless otherwise provided for by contract bidding requirements which occurred during the employee’s absence which would indicate and qualify the employee for a different shift.

Employee Availability. 1. Employees must be available and physically able to perform a job thirty (30) days after it closes in order to be considered an eligible bidder. Similarly, an employee on approved leave of absence or sick leave may bid on job postings within thirty (30) days of their documented expected date of return to work. 2. Consistent with this Agreement, any permanently assigned employee who fails a drug/alcohol test will relinquish their permanent assignment. When the employee is certified to return to work, the employee will be placed on the on-call list by seniority until the next bid period. 3. Any permanently assigned employee who is medically unfit for duty will be eligible to return to their permanent assignment subject to fit for duty requirements. In the event that the employee is unfit for duty for more than six (6) months, the Employer retains the right to evaluate the status of the employee and to determine to bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. 4. Employee’s unfit for duty for more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days. When an employee is absent for three hundred sixty- sixty-six (366) ), days the Employer will bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. An employee returning from an absence of more than three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days will be reinstated to their former position which includes their shift, classification, and days off unless otherwise provided for by contract bidding requirements which occurred during the employee’s absence which would indicate and qualify the employee for a different shift.

Employee Availability. 1. Employees must be available and physically able to perform a job thirty (30) days after it closes in order to be considered an eligible bidder. Similarly, an employee on approved leave of absence or sick leave may bid on job postings within thirty (30) days of their documented expected date of return to work. 2. Consistent with this Agreement, any permanently assigned employee who fails a drug/alcohol test will relinquish their permanent assignment. When the employee is certified to return to work, the employee will be placed on the on-call list by seniority until the next bid period. 3. Any permanently assigned employee who is medically unfit for duty will be eligible to return to their permanent assignment subject to fit for duty requirements. In the event that the employee is unfit for duty for more than six (6) months, the Employer retains the right to evaluate the status of the employee and to determine to bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. 4. Employee’s unfit for duty for more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days. days When an employee is absent for three hundred sixty- sixty-six (366) ), days the Employer will bid the position as a permanent assignment. In the event the employee is certified to return to duty, the employee will be returned to their previous assignment as soon as practicable. An employee returning from an absence of more than three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days will be reinstated to their former position which includes their shift, classification, and days off unless otherwise provided for by contract bidding requirements which occurred during the employee’s absence which would indicate and qualify the employee for a different shift.