Common use of Job Bidding and Transfers Clause in Contracts

Job Bidding and Transfers. 1. Qualifications and requirements for jobs shall be established in the order of their importance by Management, and for jobs of identical content shall be uniform throughout the Company. At no time will the qualifications for any particular job be designed to fit any one particular individual, and in all cases qualifications and requirements shall be established prior to declaration of the vacancy. The Company may use tests to assist in the determination of the employee's qualifications. The form, content, and administration of such tests shall be at the sole discretion of the Company and shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions hereof. 2. Requests for transfer based upon health reasons due to the employee's illness or illness in his immediate family shall take precedence over other applications on file. 2.1 Immediate family" for the purpose of this section shall mean parents, parents-in-law, wife, husband, children, brothers, sisters, or any other persons substantially dependent upon the employee either for financial aid or physical care, and "illness" as it relates to other than the employee himself shall be defined as meaning any condition of health requiring a substantial degree of financial aid for treatment or a substantial degree of physical care. 2.2 Requests for transfers based upon health reasons must be accompanied by written medical evidence including diagnosis and prognosis from the attending physician and a specialist in that field. All required medical documentation and approvals must be received no later than the posting close date of the vacancy in order to be considered as a priority transfer request. 2.3 All costs for such evidence shall be borne by the employee requesting such transfer. 2.4 Employees may have a maximum of two health priority transfer applications on file that are not in response to posted vacancies. Additionally, an employee may submit health priority transfer applications in response to posted vacancies. 2.5 Employees who transfer due to permanent medical restrictions or health reasons as specified in this article, will not be entitled to a subsequent transfer for health reasons if the new job classification fully accommodates their permanent medical restrictions or health reasons and there is no significant change to their medical condition. Any such change must be certified by written medical evidence in accordance with this article. 3. Job vacancies will be posted in the manner designated by the Company. Employees may apply for an unlimited number of posted vacancies at any given time. Employees who desire to be considered for transfer will submit applications, to Staffing, on the form and in the manner designated by the Company, no later than the posting close date of the vacancy. An employee may submit applications only for posted vacancies with the exception of those requests noted in Sections 2.4, 3.1, and 5.1 of this article. In the event no applications of qualified employees are received, the Company may proceed to fill the vacancy at its discretion. 3.1 Employees who have been force realigned may have a priority transfer application on file that is not in response to a posted vacancy. As outlined in Article 8, Section 1.5, the employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the date of realignment and move at his own expense. 3.2 The Company will notify the appropriate Union representative of any employee or employees of more seniority than the employee chosen and the reasons why such employee or employees were bypassed. Management will also notify the appropriate Union representative of all vacancies filled by request for transfer, showing when such a vacancy is filled, by whom, the seniority date of the selected employee, and wage schedule from which he has transferred. 4. Selection of employees for transfer to vacancies shall be determined as follows: 4.1 An employee shall be entitled to any job vacancy if he has the necessary qualifications and fitness and the most seniority of all candidates for the job. The employee will pay his own moving expenses on an employee-initiated transfer. 4.2 An Equipment Maintainer’s right of transfer which is on a lateral basis must be at a work location which is over ten (10) miles distant from the work location from which the employee is bidding. The provisions of this section may be selectively waived at Management discretion. 4.3 A newly hired or rehired employee may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until he has occupied his first position at the same location for a least twenty-four (24) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules A, 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, may apply for but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for at least eighteen (18) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, and 13 may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for a least twenty-four (24) months. The above transfer hold dates may be waived at management’s discretion. 5. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as restricting Management’s right to make transfers of employees of identical job classification between work locations. Prior to effecting such transfer, the Company will R provide the Union at least 15 calendar days notice. 5.1 Employees who are transferred through this provision may have a priority transfer application on file to return to their prior job classification and work location. The employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the effective date of the original Company initiated transfer. 6. Up to five (5) Union employees in each Union local shall not be transferred outside the geographical boundaries of the local unless their classifications are no longer required in that local's area. Such employees to be exempt from this transfer provision must be designated by name and position by the Union local president, and such exemption cannot be transferred to any other employee in that local during the term of this contract, unless the designated employee no longer maintains status within the local.

Job Bidding and Transfers. 1. Qualifications and requirements for jobs shall be established in the order of their importance by Management, and for jobs of identical content shall be uniform throughout the Company. At no time will the qualifications for any particular job be designed to fit any one particular individual, and in all cases qualifications and requirements shall be established prior to declaration of the vacancy. The Company may use tests to assist in the determination of the employee's qualifications. The form, content, and administration of such tests shall be at the sole discretion of the Company and shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions hereof. 2. Requests for transfer based upon health reasons due to the employee's illness or illness in his immediate family shall take precedence over other applications on file. 2.1 Immediate family" for the purpose of this section shall mean parents, parents-in-law, wife, husband, children, brothers, sisters, or any other persons substantially dependent upon the employee either for financial aid or physical care, and "illness" as it relates to other than the employee himself shall be defined as meaning any condition of health requiring a substantial degree of financial aid for treatment or a substantial degree of physical care. 2.2 Requests for transfers based upon health reasons must be accompanied by written medical evidence including diagnosis and prognosis from the attending physician and a specialist in that field. All required medical documentation and approvals must be received no later than the posting close date of the vacancy in order to be considered as a priority transfer request. 2.3 All costs for such evidence shall be borne by the employee requesting such transfer. 2.4 Employees may have a maximum of two health priority transfer applications on file that are not in response to posted vacancies. Additionally, an employee may submit health priority transfer applications in response to posted vacancies. 2.5 Employees who transfer due to permanent medical restrictions or health reasons as specified in this article, will not be entitled to a subsequent transfer for health reasons if the new job classification fully accommodates their permanent medical restrictions or health reasons and there is no significant change to their medical condition. Any such change must be certified by written medical evidence in accordance with this article. 3. Job vacancies will be posted in the manner designated by the Company. Employees may apply for an unlimited number of posted vacancies at any given time. Employees who desire to be considered for transfer will submit applications, to Staffing, on the form and in the manner designated by the Company, no later than the posting close date of the vacancy. An employee may submit applications only for posted vacancies with the exception of those requests noted in Sections 2.4, 3.1, and 5.1 of this article. In the event no applications of qualified employees are received, the Company may proceed to fill the vacancy at its discretion. 3.1 Employees who have been force realigned may have a priority transfer application on file that is not in response to a posted vacancy. As outlined in Article 8, Section 1.5, the employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the date of realignment and move at his own expense. 3.2 The Company will notify the appropriate Union representative of any employee or employees of more seniority than the employee chosen and the reasons why such employee or employees were bypassed. Management will also notify the appropriate Union representative of all vacancies filled by request for transfer, showing when such a vacancy is filled, by whom, the seniority date of the selected employee, and wage schedule from which he has transferred. 4. Selection of employees for transfer to vacancies shall be determined as follows: 4.1 An employee shall be entitled to any job vacancy if he has the necessary qualifications and fitness and the most seniority of all candidates for the job. The employee will pay his own moving expenses on an employee-initiated transfer. 4.2 An Equipment Maintainer’s right of transfer which is on a lateral basis must be at a work location which is over ten (10) miles distant from the work location from which the employee is bidding. The provisions of this section may be selectively waived at Management discretion. 4.3 A newly hired or rehired employee may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until he has occupied his first position at the same location for a least twenty-four (24) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules A, 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, may apply for but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for at least eighteen (18) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, and 13 may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for a least twenty-four (24) months. The above transfer hold dates may be waived at management’s discretion. 5. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as restricting Management’s right to make transfers of employees of identical job classification between work locations. Prior to effecting such transfer, the Company will R provide the Union at least 15 calendar days notice. 5.1 Employees who are transferred through this provision may have a priority transfer application on file to return to their prior job classification and work location. The employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the effective date of the original Company initiated transfer. 6. Up to five (5) Union employees in each Union local shall not be transferred outside the geographical boundaries of the local unless their classifications are no longer required in that local's area. Such employees to be exempt from this transfer provision must be designated by name and position by the Union local president, and such exemption cannot be transferred to any other employee in that local during the term of this contract, unless the designated employee no longer maintains status within the local.

Job Bidding and Transfers. 1. Qualifications and requirements for jobs shall be established in the order of their importance by Management, and for jobs of identical content shall be uniform throughout the Company. At no time will the qualifications for any particular job be designed to fit any one particular individual, and in all cases qualifications and requirements shall be established prior to declaration of the vacancy. The Company may use tests to assist in the determination of the employee's ’s qualifications. The form, content, and administration of such tests shall be at the sole discretion of the Company and shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions hereof. 2. Requests for transfer based upon health reasons due to the employee's ’s illness or illness in his immediate family shall take precedence over other applications on file. 2.1 Immediate family" ” for the purpose of this section shall mean parents, parents-in-in- law, wife, husband, children, brothers, sisters, or any other persons substantially dependent upon the employee either for financial aid or physical care, and "“illness" ” as it relates to other than the employee himself shall be defined as meaning any condition of health requiring a substantial degree of financial aid for treatment or a substantial degree of physical care. 2.2 Requests for transfers based upon health reasons must be accompanied by written medical evidence including diagnosis and prognosis from the attending physician and a specialist in that field. All required medical documentation and approvals must be received no later than the posting close date of the vacancy in order to be considered as a priority transfer request. 2.3 All costs for such evidence shall be borne by the employee requesting such transfer. 2.4 Employees may have a maximum of two health priority transfer applications on file that are not in response to posted vacancies. Additionally, an employee may submit health priority transfer applications in response to posted vacancies. 2.5 Employees who transfer due to permanent medical restrictions or health reasons as specified in this article, will not be entitled to a subsequent transfer for health reasons if the if: a) The new job classification fully accommodates their permanent medical restrictions or health reasons and there reasons. b) There is no significant change to their medical conditionconditions. Any such change changes must be certified by written medical evidence in accordance with this articleevidence. 3. Job vacancies will be posted in the manner designated by the Company. Employees may apply for an unlimited number of posted vacancies at any given time. Employees who desire to be considered for transfer will submit applications, to Staffing, on the form and in the manner designated by the Company, no later than the posting close date of the vacancy. An employee may submit applications only for posted vacancies with the exception of those requests noted in Sections 2.4, 3.1, and 5.1 of this article. In the event no applications of qualified employees are receivedon file, the Company may proceed to fill the vacancy at its discretion. 3.1 Employees who have been force realigned may have a priority transfer application on file that is not in response to a posted vacancy. As outlined in Article 8, Section 1.5, the employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the date of realignment and move at his own expense. 3.2 The Company will notify the appropriate Union representative of any employee or employees of more seniority than the employee chosen and the reasons why such employee or employees were bypassed. Management will also notify the appropriate Union representative of all vacancies filled by request for transfer, showing when such a vacancy is filled, by whom, the seniority date of the selected employee, and wage schedule from which he has transferred. 4. Selection of employees for transfer to vacancies shall be determined as follows: 4.1 An employee shall be entitled to any job vacancy if he has the necessary qualifications and fitness and the most seniority of all candidates for the job. All employees subject to this collective bargaining agreement shall be given first consideration for filling those vacancies that are posted within their permanent headquarters of IBEW Local 543 as outlined in Article 25, section 2. The employee will pay his own moving expenses on an employee-initiated transfer. 4.2 An Equipment Maintainer’s right of transfer which is on a lateral basis must be at a work location which is over ten (10) miles distant from the work location from which the employee is bidding. The provisions of this section may be selectively waived at Management discretion. 4.3 A newly hired or rehired employee may apply for, but shall not have a right to a transfer until he has occupied his first position at the same location for a at least twenty-four (24) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules A, 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, may apply for but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for at least eighteen (18) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12, and 13 may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at least the same location for a least twenty-four (24) months. The above transfer hold dates may be waived at management’s discretion. 5. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as restricting Management’s right to make transfers of employees of identical job classification between work locations. Prior to effecting such transfer, the Company will R provide the Union at least 15 calendar days notice. 5.1 Employees who are transferred through this provision may have a priority transfer application on file to return to their prior job classification and work location. The employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the effective date of the original Company initiated transfer. 6. Up to five (5) Union employees in each Union local shall not be transferred outside the geographical boundaries of the local unless their classifications are no longer required in that local's area. Such employees to be exempt from this transfer provision must be designated by name and position by the Union local president, and such exemption cannot be transferred to any other employee in that local during the term of this contract, unless the designated employee no longer maintains status within the local.eighteen

Job Bidding and Transfers. 1. Qualifications and requirements for jobs shall be established in the order of their importance by Management, and for jobs of identical content shall be uniform throughout the Company. At no time will the qualifications for any particular job be designed to fit any one particular individual, and in all cases qualifications and requirements shall be established prior to declaration of the vacancy. The Company may use tests to assist in the determination of the employee's ’s qualifications. The form, content, and administration of such tests shall be at the sole discretion of the Company and shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions hereof. 2. Requests for transfer based upon health reasons due to the employee's ’s illness or illness in his immediate family shall take precedence over other applications on file. 2.1 “Immediate family" ” for the purpose of this section shall mean parents, parents-in-law, wife, husband, children, brothers, sisters, or any other persons substantially dependent upon the employee either for financial aid or physical care, and "“illness" ” as it relates to other than the employee himself shall be defined as meaning any condition of health requiring a substantial degree of financial aid for treatment or a substantial degree of physical care. 2.2 Requests for transfers based upon health reasons must be accompanied by written medical evidence including diagnosis and prognosis from the attending physician and a specialist in that field. All required medical documentation and approvals must be received no later than the posting close date of the vacancy in order to be considered as a priority transfer request. 2.3 All costs for such evidence shall be borne by the employee requesting such transfer. 2.4 Employees may have a maximum of two health priority transfer applications on file that are not in response to posted vacancies. Additionally, an employee may submit health priority transfer applications in response to posted vacancies. 2.5 Employees who transfer due to permanent medical restrictions or health reasons as specified in this article, will not be entitled to a subsequent transfer for health reasons if the if: a) The new job classification fully accommodates their permanent medical restrictions or health reasons and there reasons. b) There is no significant change to their medical conditionconditions. Any such change changes must be certified by written medical evidence in accordance with this articleevidence. 3. Job vacancies will be posted in the manner designated by the Company. Employees may apply for an unlimited number of posted vacancies at any given time. Employees who desire to be considered for transfer will submit applications, to Staffing, on the form and in the manner designated by the Company, no later than the posting close date of the vacancy. An employee may submit applications only for posted vacancies with the exception of those requests noted in Sections 2.4, 3.1, and 5.1 of this article. In the event no applications of qualified employees are receivedon file, the Company may proceed to fill the vacancy at its discretion. 3.1 Employees who have been force realigned may have a priority transfer application on file that is not in response to a posted vacancy. As outlined in Article 8, Section 1.5, the employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the date of realignment and move at his own expense. 3.2 The Company will notify the appropriate Union representative of any employee or employees of more seniority than the employee chosen and the reasons why such employee or employees were bypassed. Management will also notify the appropriate Union representative of all vacancies filled by request for transfer, showing when such a vacancy is filled, by whom, the seniority date of the selected employee, and wage schedule from which he has transferred. 4. Selection of employees for transfer to vacancies shall be determined as follows: 4.1 An employee shall be entitled to any job vacancy if he has the necessary qualifications and fitness and the most seniority of all candidates for the job. The employee will pay his own moving expenses on an employee-initiated transfer. 4.2 An Equipment Maintainer’s right of transfer which is on a lateral basis must be at a work location which is over ten (10) miles distant from the work location from which the employee is bidding. The provisions of this section may be selectively waived at Management discretion. 4.3 A newly hired or rehired employee may apply for, but shall not have a right to a transfer until he has occupied his first position at the same location for a at least twenty-four (24) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules C-A, 1C-B, 1AC-C, 1BC-1, 2, 3, 4, 5C-2, and 6, C-3 may apply for for, but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for at least eighteen (18) months. All other employees in classifications in wage schedules 7classification C-5, 7AC-6, 7BC-7, 8, 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12C-8, and 13 C-9 may apply for, but shall not have a right to transfer until they have occupied their present position at the same location for a at least twenty-four (24) months. The above transfer hold dates may be waived at management’s discretion. 5. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as restricting Management’s right to make transfers of employees of identical job classification between work locations. Prior to effecting such transfer, the Company will R provide the Union at least 15 calendar days notice. 5.1 Employees who are transferred through this provision may have a priority transfer application on file to return to their prior job classification and work location. The employee must submit the transfer application within three (3) months after the effective date of the original Company initiated transfer. 6. Up to five (5) Union employees in each Union local shall not be transferred outside the geographical boundaries of the local unless their classifications are no longer required in that local's area. Such employees to be exempt from this transfer provision must be designated by name and position by the Union local president, and such exemption cannot be transferred to any other employee in that local during the term of this contract, unless the designated employee no longer maintains status within the local.ARTICLE 35