LAY-OFFS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERANCE PAY. 26.01 The employer shall continue past practice in giving all reasonable consideration to continued employment in the employer’s service of employees who would otherwise be laid off because of the elimination of their positions due to lack of work, technological changes, structural changes, changes in the work process or contracting out. The employer wishes to keep the number of lay-offs to a minimum and shall make a reasonable attempt to offer a suitable position to any employee who has been laid off. 26.02 Should a continuous position be eliminated in a section where several employees perform the same duties, lay-offs shall be based on competence and seniority, with seniority becoming increasingly significant after five (5) years. 26.03 Except when he/she receives an amount in lieu of notice, in whole or in part, as provided below, a laid-off continuous employee shall maintain call-back priority for eighteen (18) months from the date of the lay-off. Seniority shall not be interrupted if the continuous employee is called back to work within this time. 26.04 Aside from severance pay pursuant to clause 26.05, a laid-off employee shall receive notice as specified in the Human Resources Manual or, at the employer’s discretion, a) an amount equivalent to what he/she would have earned if he/she had remained employed for the duration of the notice, or b) any combination of notice and equivalent amount, not to exceed the original term of the notice.
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