Hardship Transfer. At the State Patrol, the Superintendent may grant an officer’s request for transfer for reasons of personal hardship to another duty location for reasons of personal hardship. The request shall be made in writing and shall clearly and completely describe the hardship. Hardship transfers will not be granted when another bargaining unit member has previously requested a transfer to a vacancy at the same location based on the provisions of 33.1. The decision of the Superintendent shall be final.
Hardship Transfer. A Hardship Transfer is a transfer caused by a situation, condition, experience, or task almost beyond one's ability to suffer, surmount or solve and often beyond one's power to control.
Hardship Transfer. The State and the Union recognize the importance of hardship transfers as a way of dealing with Work and Family issues. An employee experiencing a verifiable hardship, e.g., domestic violence, mandatory job transfer of a spouse or domestic partner as defined in Family Code Section 297, family illness, serious health condition, injury or death of family members, may request a transfer to another geographic area to mitigate the hardship. The State shall endeavor to reassign the employee to a comparable or lesser (if comparable is not available) position in the requested geographic area. If the employee accepts a position in a lower paid classification, the State shall endeavor to reinstate the employee to their former classification and comparable salary level. Transfers under this section shall be considered voluntary and any associated relocation costs shall be subject to the applicable Department of Personnel Administration laws and rules. This section is not subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of this Contract.
Hardship Transfer. 1. An employee who has completed at least one year of service with the District may apply for a hardship transfer when there is a serious medical and/or serious personal problem that can be substantiated to the satisfaction of his/her Area Superintendent or designee.
2. Any hardship transfer approval is at the sole discretion of the Area Superintendent or designee.
Hardship Transfer. Operators may request a transfer to a new location if their continued work at their home location creates a hardship. Hardship transfers are subject to Company and Union approval. Operators granted a hardship transfer forfeit all bidding and displacement rights for the duration of the current bid at their new location.
Hardship Transfer. The State and the Union recognize the importance of hardship transfers as a way of dealing with work and family issues. An employee experiencing a verifiable hardship, e.g., domestic violence, mandatory job transfer of a spouse or domestic partner as defined in Family Code section 297, family illness, serious health condition, injury or death of family members, may request a transfer to another geographic area to mitigate the hardship. The State shall endeavor to reassign the employee to a comparable or lesser (if comparable is not available) position in the requested geographic area. If the employee accepts a position in a lower paid classification, the State shall endeavor to reinstate the employee to their former classification and comparable salary level. Transfers under this section shall be considered voluntary and any associated relocation costs shall be subject to the applicable CalHR laws and rules. A department shall provide the employee and the Union, in writing, reason(s) for the inability to grant the transfer no later than sixty (60) days after the written request is made. This section shall be grievable and filed with the department head and appealed to CalHR; it shall not be arbitrable.
Hardship Transfer. A legitimate hardship transfer request to another post or section location may be honored where the Transfer Review Board determines that a hardship exists. For the purposes of this subsection, hardship means a health condition of an employee or an employee's immediate family (defined as spouse, children, parents, or spouse's parents) requiring an employee's presence or availability in another location for an extended period of time. All hardship transfer requests shall be in writing to the Director and clearly set forth the circumstances of the hardship. Upon receipt of the request, an investigation of the situation shall be conducted by an appropriate officer upon order of the Director. The investigator's findings shall be promptly submitted to the Transfer Review Board. Hardship transfer requests will be given first priority over other transfers. However, the Employer retains the right to determine the location to which the employee will be transferred if the Transfer Review Board determines a hardship exists.
Hardship Transfer. Section 1. The Parties agree to review transfer requests under hardship conditions in an open, fair, and expeditious manner and to resolve those requests in the best interests of the employee and Agency.This Article is not intended to address emergency situations that may occur, where the Agency determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the health and welfare of the employee and/or immediate family.
Section 2. Transfer requests under verified hardship conditions shall be classified in one of the following three categories (in order of priority):
I. The medical condition of the employee, the employee’s spouse, or dependent children residing in the employee’s household requires a geographical move from the employee’s present duty station assignment to a geographical area deemed necessary to improve or maintain the health or receive health services.
II. Transfer of an employee to another geographical area, when the employee or employee’s spouse is the primary caretaker of a dependent parent, or the medical condition of the parent requires the employee or employee’s spouse to relocate. Not all situations of separation from parents will be considered a hardship. In order to be considered, the geographical separation from the parent must have been involuntary.
III. Transfer of an employee in case of an estranged family (divorce) where dependent children are involved and the transfer of an employee to a different geographical area would allow the employee to maintain contact with his or her children. Not all situations of separation from children will be considered a hardship. In order to be considered, the geographical separation from the children must have been involuntary. Factors that should be considered are the length of time of separation, the age, and health of the children. All relevant factors shall be considered for each condition, but a minimum shall include:
a. Whether the employee previously used this issue as a hardship;
b. Other unique circumstances; and
c. The distance and ease of commute. In order to effectively comply with the intent of the definition of a geographic area, employees must provide a list of all facilities and/or cities that will meet the needs of their specific hardship. Placement is allowed in the same, lower, or up to three (3) ATC facility levels above their current ATC facility level.
Section 3. An employee requesting a hardship transfer shall submit a written request to his or her current facility manager.The ...
Hardship Transfer. An employee who has completed at least one year of service with the District may apply for a hardship transfer when there is a serious medical and/or serious personal problem that can be substantiated to the satisfaction of his/her Regional Superintendent or designee. Any approved hardship transfer will be effective at the beginning of a school semester, if an appropriate vacancy exists. The determination of the Regional Superintendent/designee shall be final without appeal through the grievance or other procedures. Travel time and/or distances alone will not be considered as a reason to seek or to grant a hardship transfer. If the employee’s condition is one that should be considered under provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the employee will be directed to apply for an ADA accommodation with the District’s EEO/ADA Coordinator in lieu of a hardship transfer.
Hardship Transfer. The joint approval by the Company and the Union for a Flight Attendant to vacate her Position and/or Base for extenuating personal circumstances.
