Job Openings. Bidding. When it is necessary to fill a new job classification or a vacancy in an existing job classification, such vacancy shall be posted on the bulletin board for a period of seven (7) regularly-scheduled working days during which time employees may bid therefore by submitting a job vacancy application form. In the event employees are relatively equally qualified, the employee with the most seniority shall be awarded the position. Qualifications shall include verified past experience, training and employee work record. In the event there are no bidders for such vacancy or, if among those bidding therefore, there are none that have the above-referred-to qualifications, then the Employer shall be free to hire new, fully-qualified employees to fill such jobs. In the event the job vacancy is filled through the bidding procedure, the employee thus awarded the job shall be transferred thereto as soon as is practicable. The Employer may fill the vacancy during the posting period. No job will be posted so long as there are employees in the classification who are laid off and who are capable as above described to perform the job available.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
