Common use of Layoffs and Bumping Clause in Contracts

Layoffs and Bumping. (a) Where in the opinion of the Employer it is necessary to reduce the work force for any reason the Employer may lay off employees covered by this Agreement in order to effect such reduction. The Employer shall designate the positions of the employees to be laid off and such employees shall be laid off accordingly. (b) Employees who are subject to a layoff under Clause 11.5(a) may exercise their seniority in the Bargaining Group by displacing (bumping) employees with less seniority than their own in positions which they are, in the opinion of the Employer, qualified to perform. Any employee who exhausts or fails to exercise bumping privileges shall be considered laid off. Employees who are completing their initial probationary period shall have no seniority in the Bargaining Group and if they are displaced pursuant to this clause they shall be laid off. Employees must exercise their rights under this Clause 11.5(b) not later than ten

Layoffs and Bumping. (a) Where in the opinion of the Employer it is necessary to reduce the work force for any reason the Employer may lay off employees covered by this Agreement in order to effect such reduction. The Employer shall designate the positions of the employees to be laid off and such employees shall be laid off accordingly. (b) Employees who are subject to a layoff under Clause 11.5(a) may exercise their seniority in the Bargaining Group by displacing (bumping) employees with less seniority than their own in positions which they are, in the opinion of the Employer, qualified to perform. Any employee who exhausts or fails to exercise bumping privileges shall be considered laid off. Employees who are completing their initial probationary period shall have no seniority in the Bargaining Group and if they are displaced pursuant to this clause Clause they shall be laid off. Employees must exercise their rights under this Clause 11.5(b) not later than tenClause

Layoffs and Bumping. (a) Where in the opinion of the Employer it is necessary to reduce the work force for any reason the Employer may lay off employees covered by this Agreement in order to effect such reduction. The Employer shall designate the positions of the employees to be laid off and such employees shall be laid off accordingly. (b) Employees who are subject to a layoff under Clause 11.5(a11.6(a) may exercise their seniority in the Bargaining Group by displacing (bumping) employees with less seniority than their own in positions which they are, in the opinion of the Employer, qualified to perform. Any employee who exhausts or fails to exercise bumping privileges shall be considered laid off. Employees who are completing their initial probationary period shall have no seniority in the Bargaining Group and if they are displaced pursuant to this clause they shall be laid off. Employees must exercise their rights under this Clause 11.5(b11.6(b) not later than ten