Common use of Employer Initiated Transfers Clause in Contracts

Employer Initiated Transfers. 12.4.1 In cases where a unit member must be transferred involuntarily, due to an insufficient allocation and/or reduction of hours in the class or class suffix, when all transfer criteria are judged equal by the District, and when there is no suitable volunteer, the least senior unit member within a given class or class suffix at a particular job site shall be involuntarily transferred. When more than one unit member is transferred pursuant to this section, the most senior unit member within a class or class suffix shall be given priority placement in open positions within the District. 12.4.2 Upon written request a unit member will be given in writing the reason for his/her involuntary transfer. 12.4.3 If administratively feasible, the District will attempt to give a unit member no less than a five (5) day advance notice of involuntary transfer. 12.4.4 The Union recognizes the authority of the Superintendent to transfer employees under his/her direction. Efforts will be made not to transfer unit members involuntarily more than once in any two (2) year period. 12.4.5 No unit member shall be transferred involuntarily for performance or disciplinary reasons. 12.4.6 In cases where there is an insufficient allocation and/or reduction of hours in the class or class suffix, each site shall follow this consolidation procedure: 12.4.6.1 Identify the total number of hours in the class or class suffix affected; 12.4.6.2 Identify the number of hours to be reduced in the class or class suffix; 12.4.6.3 Rank the paraprofessionals by seniority order in the class or class suffix; 12.4.6.4 Involuntarily transfer paraprofessionals in the class or class suffix by inverse seniority order and by whole position until the number of hours of the transferred paraprofessionals meets or exceeds the number of hours to be reduced; 12.4.6.5 If the total number of hours reduced as a result of paraprofessionals transferred under Section 12.4.6.4 exceeds the necessary reduction (Section 12.4.6.2) by four (4) or more hours, a new open position shall be created in the class or class suffix. 12.4.7 Paraprofessionals transferred pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.4.6. 12.4.7.1 The total number of paraprofessionals identified pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.4.6 shall be placed on a consolidation list in seniority order by class or class suffix and by current daily hours of employment. 12.4.7.2 Paraprofessionals on the consolidation list shall be given a choice of open positions in the same class or class suffix at the same daily hours in seniority order. 12.4.7.2.1 Paraprofessionals shall have an informational meeting with a site administrator and/or direct supervisor responsible for an open position prior to placement. The purpose of this meeting is to allow the paraprofessional an opportunity to learn about the school’s program and the position’s responsibilities. It is an opportunity for the paraprofessional to ask questions about the program and position. A paraprofessional may have an informational meeting at more than one school site prior to selecting a position. 12.4.7.2.2 After the informational meeting(s) and within timelines set by Human Resources, the paraprofessional shall select a position. 12.4.7.3 Following the process described in Section 12.4.7.2, paraprofessionals who remain to be placed will be given, in seniority order, the choice to select an open position in the same class or class suffix with daily hours that are greater than or less than the hours currently held. 12.4.7.3.1 Paraprofessionals who exercise the choice to take a position with fewer hours shall be placed on a Voluntary Reduction of Hours list for the following school year. 12.4.7.3.2 During the school year following the paraprofessional’s choice to fill a position with reduced hours, Human Resources shall notify the most senior paraprofessional on the Voluntary Reduction of Hours list of each open position in the same class or class suffix with the same number of hours previously held. 12.4.7.3.3 The paraprofessional shall have the right to refuse one (1) offer of a position during the school year. If the paraprofessional refuses the second offer, he/she shall be removed from the Voluntary Reduction of Hours list.