Common use of LAYOFF AND RECALL FROM LAYOFF Clause in Contracts

LAYOFF AND RECALL FROM LAYOFF. (a) In the event that it becomes necessary to reduce staff, seniority shall govern. The Company shall first lay off all temporary employees and then all probationary employees, in order of first day hired. If further reduction of staff is required, it shall be made impartially and in strict reverse order of seniority, provided the senior employee is able to perform the work available, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8.07 of this Agreement. Any employee transferred to another job under these seniority provisions in order to avoid layoff shall immediately be paid at the rate of the job to which such an employee is transferred. When the working force is increased following a layoff, the employees will be recalled, in order of seniority, in the case of regular employees, or in the order of first day hired, in the case of probationary and temporary employees, to their former jobs, or to jobs which they are able and willing to perform.

LAYOFF AND RECALL FROM LAYOFF. (a) In the event that it becomes necessary to reduce staff, seniority shall govern. The Company shall first lay off all temporary employees and then all probationary employees, in order of first day hired. If further reduction of staff is required, it shall be made impartially and in strict reverse order of seniority, provided the senior employee is able to perform the work available, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8.07 8.08 of this Agreement. Any employee transferred to another job under these seniority provisions in order to avoid layoff shall immediately be paid at the rate of the job to which such an employee is transferred. When the working force is increased following a layoff, the employees will be recalled, in order of seniority, in the case of regular employees, or in the order of first day hired, in the case of probationary and temporary employees, to their former jobs, or to jobs which they are able and willing to perform.