Common use of Job Placement Clause in Contracts

Job Placement. By changing from departmental layoff and recall to plant-wide layoff and recall, the Company and the Union recognize that when a layoff occurs, certain jobs will become open in areas where no work shortage exists. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 11 and Article 16, these jobs will be filled by transferring employees from within their own departments and from other departments within the plant. The decision as to which employee will be transferred to which job will be the responsibility of the Company. Decisions made by the Company shall be subject to appeal by the Union. The Company will try, in all cases to transfer employees so that no loss in pay will result. It is agreed and understood that this may not be possible in all transfers. Where it is not possible to transfer an employee to a similar paying open job, the employee will transfer to the next lower paying job provided that the employee has the necessary skill, ability and experience to perform the job. Where there is more than one person to transfer and skill, ability and experience are equal, the lower seniority person will transfer to the lower paying open job.

Job Placement. By changing from departmental layoff and recall to plant-wide layoff and recall, the Company and the Union recognize that when a layoff occurs, certain jobs will become open in areas where no work shortage exists. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 11 and Article 16, these These jobs will be filled by transferring employees from within their own departments and from other departments within the plant. The decision as to which employee will be transferred to which job will be the responsibility of the Company. Decisions made by the Company shall be subject to appeal by the Union. The Company will try, in all cases to transfer employees so that no loss in pay will result. It is agreed and understood that this may not be possible in all transfers. Where it is not possible to transfer an employee to a similar paying open job, the employee will transfer to the next lower paying job provided that the employee has the necessary skill, ability and experience to perform the job. Where there is more than one person to transfer and skill, ability and experience are equal, the lower seniority person will transfer to the lower paying open job.