Hiring, Xxxxxx and Rehiring. The Producer shall give preference of employment to qualified available persons within the job classifications covered by this Agreement. Such preference of employment in hiring and rehiring shall be given in the said job classifications to qualified persons as follows: First, to such qualified persons on the Industry Experience Roster; in the event there are insufficient available qualified persons on the Industry Experience Roster to meet the employment needs of the Producer in said classifications, Producer may secure employees from any source. The foregoing preference of employment requirement shall not apply to the hiring of bona fide Location Managers with non-roster experience. In the event of layoffs in such job classifications, the Producer will lay off employees not listed on the Industry Experience Roster before laying off employees listed on the Industry Experience Roster. The above layoff provisions, with respect to Weekly Schedule employees, shall be effective as of the completion of such employee's current assignment. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, each qualified person listed on the Industry Experience Roster shall have preference of employment, as above provided, equal to the preference of employment of all other qualified persons listed on the Industry Experience Roster and the Producer shall have complete freedom of selection from among such persons for the purpose of hiring, layoff and rehiring. In administering hiring, layoff and rehiring, the Producer, upon giving advance notice to the Local Union, may: (i) call, retain or recall out of Industry Experience status an employee because of his special studio experience, skill and qualifications for the duties and/or equipment necessary for operation; or (ii) call or recall, and thereafter retain, out of Industry Experience status an employee because there are insufficient qualified available persons on the Industry Experience Roster, as above provided. In the event that it is not possible for the Producer to give such advance notice to the Union, Producer may so call, retain or recall out of Industry Experience status, as above provided, but shall notify the Union as soon as possible thereafter. If no protest is presented to Producer by the Union Representative within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of such notice, Saturdays, Sundays and recognized holidays excepted, the protest shall be deemed to be waived. If the Union shall protest, the Union Representative shall pro...
