Common use of LAYOFFS AND DEMOTIONS Clause in Contracts

LAYOFFS AND DEMOTIONS. (a) Layoffs of regular employees shall be made within each department in inverse order of departmental seniority provided that the remaining employees in the department have the necessary ability, skill and knowledge to perform the remaining jobs in the department. In the event a regular employee is displaced from a department after applying the foregoing, he may elect to displace an employee with lesser Company seniority from an equal or lesser rated job in another department provided he has the necessary ability, skill and knowledge to perform the job with reasonable orientation to but not training for the job. Alternately, such an employee may displace an employee with lesser Company seniority from a higher rated job in another department if he previously held that job and continues to have the necessary ability, skill and knowledge to perform the job. The foregoing shall apply to any employee thereby displaced, and so on.