Common use of Laid Off Employees Preference Clause in Contracts

Laid Off Employees Preference. Employees on the recall list will be recalled in order of seniority, subject to the employee having demonstrated their ability to satisfactorily perform the necessary and required work of the Employer within a twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hour familiarization period. An employee may only be recalled into a position that is in the same or lower Job Category to the one that they held at the time of lay-off. No new employee may be hired until those qualified employees on the recall list who have demonstrated their ability to satisfactorily perform the necessary and required work of the Employer within a twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hour familiarization period have been given the opportunity of recall. If an employee is recalled and not successful during the familiarization period, they will be returned to the recall list and the date of the original layoff and placement on the recall list will continue to be used for the purpose of Article 19.02(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Part-Time employee shall not have a right of recall to a Full-Time position, and the Full-Time position shall be posted in accordance with the provision contained in Articles 35.01, 35.02, and 35.03 if there are no employees with Full-Time seniority on the recall list. If, however, an employee has been reduced from Full-Time to Part-Time by the Employer within the previous twelve