HIGHER RATED CLASSIFICATION VACANCIES. 1. In the event that a designated position becomes available, an employee shall be eligible to bid on that position, regardless of the rate of pay. The Company will consider an employee’s request to fill a job vacancy, if the employee has not been disciplined up to a written warning. If a job is to be filled it will be posted within 30 days unless mutually agreed to by both parties. Jobs will be posted for a 72 hour period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Promotional Jobs bids will be posted 11AM Tuesday.
2. An employee shall apply for a job by completing the Hourly Job Application Form, indicating the bid sheet number.
3. An employee shall apply for a job by completing the Hourly Job Application form, indicating the bid sheet number. The bidding employee will retain the blue copy of the Hourly Job Application form as a receipt and place the remaining two copies in a secured receptacle provided for that purpose. The posting and Hourly Job Application forms will be located on the posting board outside the Human Resources office. All postings shall include the bid sheet number, department name/number, pay rate, shift, and date of posting. A notice that a job is available for bid will be posted on the bulletin board at the west hourly entrance.
4. The Human Resources Department shall give consideration to all eligible candidates in seniority order and qualifications from the highest seniority applicant to the lowest seniority applicant, until a selection is made. The Committeeperson shall acknowledge notification of the selection by signing and dating the copy of the numbered bid sheet.
5. The Union copy of the job posting will be returned to the Committeeperson at the time he/she acknowledges receipt of notification of selection. The Union copy shall be a legible copy of the original posting.
6. An employee who is selected will be notified within 10 days of the selection. The selected employee will be transferred as soon as possible or issued the new base rate pay after thirty days (30 days) from the 1st day of the posting. If the employee has not been moved within 2 weeks of receiving the new rate, the company will meet with the Union Bargaining Representatives and give satisfactory reason and plan/timing to move the employee to the new classification.
7. After the selection is made, the posting number, the name, and seniority of the selected employee will be posted on the bulletin board by the Union Office.
8. The Company will maintain a list o...
