Common use of Exceptions to Seniority and Job Opportunity Provisions Clause in Contracts

Exceptions to Seniority and Job Opportunity Provisions. Disabled Employees In the event of an employee suffering a disability which would prevent the employee from carrying out normal duties the Company and the Union may make exceptions to the seniority and job opportunity provisions of this Agreement in favour of such employee. When exceptions are made pursuant to this Section involving an employee that is recognized by the Company and the Union to be an unusual placement problem, the parties may further agree that such employee may not be displaced under the Layoff and Recall paragraphs of the applicable Plant Special Provisions or under Paragraph 6.2 of the Special Provisions Pertaining to Windsor Area Plants, nor may such employee exercise any job opportunity claim to any other job unless mutually agreed by the Company and the Union. However, if in the event of a layoff the seniority of the employee placed under this Section does not entitle the employee to remain at work, the employee shall be laid off accordingly and the employee shall be called back according to seniority provided the employee has the ability to satisfactorily perform the work to be done.