Common use of FULL-TIME COMBINATION AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

FULL-TIME COMBINATION AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. Section 3. The parties agree that providing part-time employees the opportunity to become full-time employees is a priority of this Agreement. Accordingly, the Employer commits that during the life of this Agreement, it will offer part-time employees the opportunity to fill at least twenty thousand (20,000) permanent full-time job openings throughout its operations covered by this Agreement. This commitment shall include the obligation to create at least twenty-three hundred and fifty (2350) five thousand (5000) new full- time jobs from existing part-time jobs during the first three (3) last four (4) years of this Agreement throughout its operations covered by this Agreement; five hundred (500) in the second contract year and fifteen hundred (1500) in each of the last three years each of the first two contract years and thirteen hundred fifty (1350) in the third year of this Agreement. In creating these jobs, the Company shall be allowed up to one and one half (1.5) hour gap between jobs in a workday notwithstanding any provision in any Supplement, Rider or Addendum that is more limiting. Any disagreements will be referred to the Chairs of the National Negotiating Committee for resolution. The number of full-time jobs created under Article 22, Section 3 of the 1997-2002, and the 2002-2008 and the 2013-2018 Agreements shall not be reduced. Within sixty (60) days of the ratification of this Agreement the Employer shall provide the International Teamsters Union a report detailing and identifying the full-time jobs which will need to be maintained pursuant to this paragraph.