Enhanced Protections. Where despite ongoing good faith efforts, the Employer determines that in order to meet its goals that contracting out is the appropriate action and as a result layoffs will occur, the Employer shall: 1. Meet with the Union, a minimum of one hundred and twenty (120) days in advance of taking such action; 2. Provide an opportunity for Employees to move to other available positions within the bargaining unit that they are capable of performing; 3. Assist an Employee who may need some skills upgrading to assume another position within the bargaining unit. This may involve attending a course inside or outside the Employer. The Employer will assume the cost of any agreed to course; 4. Provide outplacement counseling to all Employees laid off due to contracting out; 5. Provide severance on layoff as outlined in Article 27; 6. Provide HR resources to facilitate movement of Employees, coordination of re- training and outplacement counseling and payment of severance.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
