Common use of Employee Options Clause in Contracts

Employee Options. Within five work days of receipt of notice of layoff an employee shall opt for one of the following: (1) severance pay effective the date the layoff was scheduled to occur, in which case the employee shall be deemed to have resigned. A regular employee who is eligible to immediately receive a pension as of the effective date of layoff, and who has opted for and is entitled to severance pay shall, upon application, be entitled to additional pensionable service equivalent in value, as determined by the BC Pension Corporation, to the severance pay compensation. Benefits under this provision shall not exceed the time that would be required to reach the employee's maximum retirement age; (2) to be placed, effective the scheduled date of layoff, on a recall list for a period of up to one year, for the purpose of recall to a regular position within the seniority block from which the employee has been laid off. Recall of employees from this recall list shall be in order of regular service seniority as of the scheduled date of layoff. Seniority accumulated as an auxiliary employee accepting option (b)(3) below shall not apply. Should an employee decline a recall or fail to respond to a recall within five days (or to a maximum of 28 calendar days where an employee is required to provide notice of resignation to another employer), then such employee shall be deemed to have abandoned all rights under the Collective Agreement; (3) to be placed onto the auxiliary recall list(s) of the seniority block. This option may be elected along with the option described in (b)(2) above. Such regular employees shall be considered more senior than auxiliary employees for the purpose of the assignment of available auxiliary work. Employees electing this option will be considered to have regular status only for purposes of the benefits contained within Articles 19 and 25. For all other contractual purposes, such employees will be considered to have "on-call" auxiliary status pursuant to Clauses 29.01(b) and 29.06(b). In order to maintain the Articles 19 and 25 benefits, employees must work 1200 hours at the straight time rate for each preceding 12 month period; (4) a regular employee who has been promoted within six months of the effective date of layoff from another position in the same geographic location may opt to displace the employee currently filling the position originally held by the employee designated for layoff, providing the employee exercising such a displacement option has greater service seniority. (5) an employee with three or more years seniority as a regular employee may opt to be placed into a vacancy to be filled by a regular employee or to displace a junior employee with less than three years’ service seniority in the following manner in sequence, (i) to (xii) below: VACANCY / DISPLACEMENT CLASSIFICATION SENIORITY BLOCK GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION JURISDICTIONAL UNIT (i) vacancy same different same same or vacancy lesser same same same or vacancy lesser different same same (ii) displace lesser same same same (iii) displace same different same same (iv) displace lesser different same same (v) vacancy same different different same (vi) vacancy lesser different different same (vii) displace same different different same (viii) displace lesser different different same (ix) vacancy same different same different (x) vacancy lesser different same different (xi) vacancy same different different different (xii) vacancy lesser different different different For a period of up to one year, an employee who has been placed at a lesser classification level than that from which they were laid off, shall be recalled to a vacancy, to be filled by a regular employee, in their former classification in their current seniority block. (6) to accept an available temporary assignment within the geographic location. Upon conclusion of the temporary assignment the employee will be required to select an option pursuant to (b) above.

Employee Options. Within five (5) work days of receipt of notice of layoff an employee shall opt for one of the following: (1) severance Severance pay effective the date the layoff was scheduled to occur, in which case the employee shall be deemed to have resigned. A regular employee who is eligible to immediately receive a pension as of the effective date of layoff, and who has opted for and is entitled to severance pay shall, upon application, be entitled to additional pensionable service equivalent in value, as determined by the BC Pension Corporation, to the severance pay compensation. Benefits under this provision shall not exceed the time that would be required to reach the employee's maximum retirement age;. (2) to To be placed, effective the scheduled date of layoff, on a recall list for a period of up to one (1) year, for the purpose of recall to a regular position within the seniority block from which the employee has been laid offposition. Recall of employees from this recall list shall be in order of regular service seniority as of the scheduled date of layoff. Seniority accumulated as an auxiliary employee accepting option (b)(3) below shall not apply. Should an employee decline a recall or fail to respond to a recall within five days (or to a maximum of 28 calendar days where an employee is required to provide notice of resignation to another employer)5) days, then such employee shall be deemed to have abandoned all rights under the Collective Agreement. Should an employee not be recalled during the one (1) year period, they shall be removed from the recall list and given severance pay in accordance with (1) above; (3) to To be placed onto the auxiliary recall list(s) of the seniority blocklist. This option may be elected along with the option described in (b)(2) above. Such regular employees shall be considered more senior than auxiliary employees for the purpose of the assignment of available auxiliary work. Employees electing this option will be considered to have regular status only for purposes of the benefits contained within Articles 19 Appendix 1 (STIIP and 25LTD Plan) and 25 (Health and Welfare). For all other contractual purposes, such employees will be considered to have "“on-call" ” auxiliary status pursuant to Clauses 29.01(b) (Terms of Employment) and 29.06(b) (Application of Agreement). In order to maintain the Articles 19 Appendix 1 and Article 25 benefits, employees must work 1200 hours at the straight time rate for each preceding 12 twelve (12) month period; (4) a A regular employee who has been promoted within six (6) months of the effective date of layoff from another position in the same geographic location may opt to displace the employee currently filling the position originally held by the employee designated for layoff, providing the employee exercising such a displacement option has greater service seniority.; (5) an employee with three or more years seniority as a regular employee may opt to be placed into a vacancy to be filled by a regular employee or to displace a junior employee with less than three years’ service seniority in the following manner in sequence, (i) to (xii) below: VACANCY / DISPLACEMENT CLASSIFICATION SENIORITY BLOCK GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION JURISDICTIONAL UNIT (i) vacancy same different same same or vacancy lesser same same same or vacancy lesser different same same (ii) displace lesser same same same (iii) displace same different same same (iv) displace lesser different same same (v) vacancy same different different same (vi) vacancy lesser different different same (vii) displace same different different same (viii) displace lesser different different same (ix) vacancy same different same different (x) vacancy lesser different same different (xi) vacancy same different different different (xii) vacancy lesser different different different For a period of up to one year, an employee who has been placed at a lesser classification level than that from which they were laid off, shall be recalled to a vacancy, to be filled by a regular employee, in their former classification in their current seniority block. (6) to To accept an available temporary assignment within the geographic locationassignment. Upon conclusion of the temporary assignment the employee will be required to select an option pursuant to (b) above.

Employee Options. Within five work days of receipt of notice of layoff an employee shall opt for one of the following: (1) severance pay effective the date the layoff was scheduled to occur, in which case the employee shall be deemed to have resigned. A regular employee who is eligible to immediately receive a pension as of the effective date of layoff, and who has opted for and is entitled to severance pay shall, upon application, be entitled to additional pensionable service equivalent in value, as determined by the BC Pension Corporation, to the severance pay compensation. Benefits under this provision shall not exceed the time that would be required to reach the employee's maximum retirement age; (2) to be placed, effective the scheduled date of layoff, on a recall list for a period of up to one year, for the purpose of recall to a regular position within the seniority block from which the employee has been laid off. Recall of employees from this recall list shall be in order of regular service seniority as of the scheduled date of layoff. Seniority accumulated as an auxiliary employee accepting option (b)(3) below shall not apply. Should an employee decline a recall or fail to respond to a recall within five days (or to a maximum of 28 calendar days where an employee is required to provide notice of resignation to another employer), then such employee shall be deemed to have abandoned all rights under the Collective Agreement; (3) to be placed onto the auxiliary recall list(s) of the seniority block. This option may be elected along with the option described in (b)(2) above. Such regular employees shall be considered more senior than auxiliary employees for the purpose of the assignment of available auxiliary work. Employees electing this option will be considered to have regular status only for purposes of the benefits contained within Articles 19 and 25. For all other contractual purposes, such employees will be considered to have "on-call" auxiliary status pursuant to Clauses 29.01(b) and 29.06(b). In order to maintain the Articles 19 and 25 benefits, employees must work 1200 hours at the straight time rate for each preceding 12 month period; (4) a regular employee who has been promoted within six months of the effective date of layoff from another position in the same geographic location may opt to displace the employee currently filling the position originally held by the employee designated for layoff, providing the employee exercising such a displacement option has greater service seniority. (5) an employee with three or more years seniority as a regular employee may opt to be placed into a vacancy to be filled by a regular employee or to displace a junior employee with less than three years’ service seniority in the following manner in sequence, (i) to (xii) below: VACANCY / DISPLACEMENT CLASSIFICATION SENIORITY BLOCK GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION JURISDICTIONAL UNIT (i) vacancy same different same same or vacancy lesser same same same or vacancy lesser different same same (ii) displace lesser same same same (iii) displace same different same same (iv) displace lesser different same same (v) vacancy same different different same (vi) vacancy lesser different different same (vii) displace same different different same (viii) displace lesser different different same (ix) vacancy same different same different (x) vacancy lesser different same different (xi) vacancy same different different different (xii) vacancy lesser different different different For a period of up to one year, an employee who has been placed at a lesser classification level than that from which they were laid off, shall be recalled to a vacancy, to be filled by a regular employee, in their former classification in their current seniority block. (6) to accept an available temporary assignment within the geographic location. Upon conclusion of the temporary assignment the employee will be required to select an option pursuant to (b) above.

Employee Options. Within five (5) work days of receipt of notice of layoff an employee shall opt for one of the following: (1) severance Severance pay effective the date the layoff was scheduled to occur, in which case the employee shall be deemed to have resigned. A regular employee who is eligible to immediately receive a pension as of the effective date of layoff, and who has opted for and is entitled to severance pay shall, upon application, be entitled to additional pensionable service equivalent in value, as determined by the BC Pension Corporation, to the severance pay compensation. Benefits under this provision shall not exceed the time that would be required to reach the employee's maximum retirement age;. (2) to To be placed, effective the scheduled date of layoff, on a recall list for a period of up to one (1) year, for the purpose of recall to a regular position within the seniority block from which the employee has been laid offposition. Recall of employees from this recall list shall be in order of regular service seniority as of the scheduled date of layoff. Seniority accumulated as an auxiliary employee accepting option (b)(3) below shall not apply. Should an employee decline a recall or fail to respond to a recall within five days (or to a maximum of 28 calendar days where an employee is required to provide notice of resignation to another employer)5) days, then such employee shall be deemed to have abandoned all rights under the Collective Agreement. Should an employee not be recalled during the one (1) year period, they shall be removed from the recall list and given severance pay in accordance with (1) above; (3) to To be placed onto the auxiliary recall list(s) of the seniority blocklist. This option may be elected along with the option described in (b)(2) above. Such regular employees shall be considered more senior than auxiliary employees for the purpose of the assignment of available auxiliary work. Employees electing this option will be considered to have regular status only for purposes of the benefits contained within Articles 19 Appendix 1 (STIIP and 25LTD Plan) and 25 (Health and Welfare). For all other contractual purposes, such employees will be considered to have "on-“on- call" ” auxiliary status pursuant to Clauses 29.01(b) (Terms of Employment) and 29.06(b) (Application of Agreement). In order to maintain the Articles 19 Appendix 1 and Article 25 benefits, employees must work 1200 hours at the straight time rate for each preceding 12 twelve (12) month period; (4) a A regular employee who has been promoted within six (6) months of the effective date of layoff from another position in the same geographic location may opt to displace the employee currently filling the position originally held by the employee designated for layoff, providing the employee exercising such a displacement option has greater service seniority.; (5) an employee with three or more years seniority as a regular employee may opt to be placed into a vacancy to be filled by a regular employee or to displace a junior employee with less than three years’ service seniority in the following manner in sequence, (i) to (xii) below: VACANCY / DISPLACEMENT CLASSIFICATION SENIORITY BLOCK GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION JURISDICTIONAL UNIT (i) vacancy same different same same or vacancy lesser same same same or vacancy lesser different same same (ii) displace lesser same same same (iii) displace same different same same (iv) displace lesser different same same (v) vacancy same different different same (vi) vacancy lesser different different same (vii) displace same different different same (viii) displace lesser different different same (ix) vacancy same different same different (x) vacancy lesser different same different (xi) vacancy same different different different (xii) vacancy lesser different different different For a period of up to one year, an employee who has been placed at a lesser classification level than that from which they were laid off, shall be recalled to a vacancy, to be filled by a regular employee, in their former classification in their current seniority block. (6) to To accept an available temporary assignment within the geographic locationassignment. Upon conclusion of the temporary assignment the employee will be required to select an option pursuant to (b) above.

Employee Options. Within five work days of receipt of notice of layoff an employee shall opt for one of the following: (1) severance pay effective the date the layoff was scheduled to occur, in which case the employee shall be deemed to have resigned. A regular employee who is eligible to immediately receive a pension as of the effective date of layoff, and who has opted for and is entitled to severance pay shall, upon application, be entitled to additional pensionable service equivalent in value, as determined by the BC Pension CorporationSuperannuation Commissioner, to the severance pay compensation. Benefits under this provision shall not exceed the time that would be required to reach the employee's maximum retirement age; (2) to be placed, effective the scheduled date of layoff, on a recall list for a period of up to one year, for the purpose of recall to a regular position within the seniority block from which the employee has been laid off. Recall of employees from this recall list shall be in order of regular service seniority as of the scheduled date of layoff. Seniority accumulated as an auxiliary employee accepting option (b)(3) below shall not apply. Should an employee decline a recall or fail to respond to a recall within five days (or to a maximum of 28 calendar days where an employee is required to provide notice of resignation to another employer), then such employee shall be deemed to have abandoned all rights under the Collective Agreement; (3) to be placed onto the auxiliary recall list(s) of the seniority block. This option may be elected along with the option described in (b)(2) above. Such regular employees shall be considered more senior than auxiliary employees for the purpose of the assignment of available auxiliary work. Employees electing this option will be considered to have regular status only for purposes of the benefits contained within Articles 19 and 25. For all other contractual purposes, such employees will be considered to have "on-call" auxiliary status pursuant to Clauses 29.01(b) and 29.06(b). In order to maintain the Articles 19 and 25 benefits, employees must work 1200 hours at the straight time rate for each preceding 12 month period; (4) a regular employee who has been promoted within six months of the effective date of layoff from another position in the same geographic location may opt to displace the employee currently filling the position originally held by the employee designated for layoff, providing the employee exercising such a displacement option has greater service seniority. (5) an employee with three or more years seniority as a regular employee may opt to be placed into a vacancy to be filled by a regular employee or to displace a junior employee with less than three years’ service seniority in the following manner in sequence, (i) to (xii) below: VACANCY / DISPLACEMENT CLASSIFICATION SENIORITY BLOCK GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION JURISDICTIONAL UNIT (i) vacancy same different same same or vacancy lesser same same same or vacancy lesser different same same (ii) displace lesser same same same (iii) displace same different same same (iv) displace lesser different same same (v) vacancy same different different same (vi) vacancy lesser different different same (vii) displace same different different same (viii) displace lesser different different same (ix) vacancy same different same different (x) vacancy lesser different same different (xi) vacancy same different different different (xii) vacancy lesser different different different For a period of up to one year, an employee who has been placed at a lesser classification level than that from which they were laid off, shall be recalled to a vacancy, to be filled by a regular employee, in their former classification in their current seniority block. (6) to accept an available temporary assignment within the geographic location. Upon conclusion of the temporary assignment the employee will be required to select an option pursuant to (b) above.