Common use of Internal Job Posting Procedure Clause in Contracts

Internal Job Posting Procedure. The Employer shall consider all applicants from the bargaining unit before considering external applicants and will only consider external applicants if in the reasonable opinion of the Employer there is no applicant from the bargaining unit who possesses the necessary skill, ability and qualifications to perform the work in question. Where there is more than one applicant from the bargaining unit who in the opinion of the Employer is qualified for the position, then the employee with the longest seniority, as calculated to reflect 50% of the employee’s part time service and 100% of the employee’s full time service, within the bargaining unit shall be offered the vacancy. The opinion of the Employer hereunder shall not be exercised in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner. The Employer shall have the right to specify the qualifications required for the job.