Common use of Layoffs and Rehires Clause in Contracts

Layoffs and Rehires. ‌ * NOTE: For the purposes of Layoffs and Rehires there will be two Companies recognized.‌ The first Company would be EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, EPCOR Energy Services, EPCOR Generation, EPCOR Corporate and EPCOR Technologies Inc. (A division of EPCOR Water Services) and the second Company would be EPCOR Water Services. 11.01. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be reduced, the Company shall first determine the number of jobs to be reduced within each class. Except as specifically provided in 11.05., those employees who were last appointed to a class to be reduced, shall be the first employees removed from such class for the purposes of layoff, provided those remaining in the class are qualified and capable to perform the duties of the remaining jobs in the class.‌ Non-permanent employees belonging to the class to be reduced shall be laid off prior to the removal of permanent employees from the class. 11.01.01. For the purpose of layoff in EPCOR Generation, City Plants (Rossdale and Clover Bar) and Genesee shall be considered as separate entities. Layoffs shall be specific to either City Plants or Genesee. If a staff reduction occurs at either of these locations the employee has the right to revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee or displace an employee junior to the laid off employee in the same class at the other location or bump into the Utility Worker class provided he is capable and qualified to perform the duties of the job.‌ 11.02. Reversion‌ 11.02.01. If an employee was promoted or laterally transferred into a permanent job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that‌ 11.02.02. If a permanent employee has accepted a lower rate of pay than the rate of his former job as a result of commencement on an apprenticeship program, and the apprentice job is abolished in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W.‌ 11.02.03. If a permanent employee was demoted into a job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, unless the employee had been demoted for disciplinary reasons from such job, or if he had been demoted from his former job for such other reasons the Company determines would constitute it inadvisable to return him to his former job.‌ 11.02.04. The Company shall determine which permanent job will be assigned to a permanent employee upon his reversion to his former class.‌ 11.02.05. Employees, who voluntarily demote from a class where a primary function is supervision, shall not be eligible to revert.‌ 11.02.06. An eligible permanent employee, removed from a class for the purpose of layoff, who elects not to revert to a job within his former class, shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.03. Where reversion is not available to a permanent employee who is removed from a class, the Company shall attempt to assign such employee to any vacant alternate job, within the same Company, that he is qualified for and capable of performing in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ The Company shall determine whether a permanent employee is qualified for and capable of performing the duties of an alternate job and shall identify which alternate job, if any, shall be assigned to the permanent employee. The Company shall review the qualifications and capabilities of the employee with the Union prior to his assignment to an alternate job. A permanent employee shall not be eligible for assignment to an alternate job, if such assignment results in an increase to the regular rate of pay to the employee. 11.04. If a permanent employee is not eligible for reversion, or assignment to an alternate job in accordance with 11.03, the Company shall attempt, prior to his layoff, to assign the employee to an alternate job for which he is qualified and capable within the Utility Worker class within the Company in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ An employee, who is removed from the Utility Worker class as a result of the placement of an employee more senior than himself, shall be treated in accordance with the applicable provisions governing layoffs and rehires. 11.05. If the permanent staff of the Utility Worker class is to be reduced, permanent employees shall be removed from the class in the reverse order of their jurisdictional seniority.‌ 11.06. A permanent employee removed from a class for the purposes of layoff, who is not assigned or elects not to accept an alternate job shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.07. Permanent employees to be laid off from permanent jobs shall receive a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice of such layoff. In the event that notice is not provided, the Company shall provide the employee with a payment equal to the wages the employee would have earned had he worked his regular hours of work in the fourteen (14) day period. The Union shall be notified when layoffs are contemplated.‌ 11.08. Permanent employees to be laid off shall be given a general priority throughout the Company for any vacancy for which they are qualified. The general priority shall not override the rehire provisions or the provisions of 10.01. "Promotions".‌ 11.09. Permanent employees to be laid off who request and receive a lump sum payment from their Income Replacement Entitlement as provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to have negated any and all rights of rehire to their former job.‌ 11.10. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be increased, those permanent employees removed, in accordance with the layoff provisions, from the class to be increased shall, if available, be recalled according to the reverse order of their removal from such class, provided they are qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job. For permanent employees retained in a previous class or reassigned to an alternate job, this right to a single recall is indefinite. For permanent employees actually laid off from the service, this right to a single recall expires at twenty-four (24) months or less (see 13.08.

Layoffs and Rehires. ‌ * NOTE: For the purposes of Layoffs and Rehires there will be two Companies recognized.‌ recognized. The first Company would be EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, EPCOR Energy Services, EPCOR Generation, EPCOR Corporate and EPCOR Technologies Inc. (A division of EPCOR Water Services) Commercial Services and the second Company would be EPCOR Water Services. 11.01. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be reduced, the Company shall first determine the number of jobs to be reduced within each class. Except as specifically provided in 11.05., those employees who were last appointed to a class to be reduced, shall be the first employees removed from such class for the purposes of layoff, provided those remaining in the class are qualified and capable to perform the performthe duties of the remaining jobs in the class.‌ Non-permanent class. employees belonging to the class to be reduced shall be laid off prior to the removal of permanent employees from the class. 11.01.01. For the purpose of layoff in EPCOR Generation, City Plants (Rossdale and Clover Bar) and Genesee shall be considered as separate entities. Layoffs shall be specific to either City Plants or Genesee. If a staff reduction occurs at either of these locations the employee has the right to revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee or displace an employee junior to the laid off employee in the same class at the other location or bump into the Utility Worker class provided he is capable and qualified to perform the duties of the job.‌ 11.02job. Reversion‌ 11.02.01. * If an employee was promoted or laterally transferred into a permanent job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that‌ 11.02.02. If a permanent employee has accepted a lower rate of pay than the rate of his former job as a result of commencement on an apprenticeship program, and the apprentice job is abolished in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W.‌ 11.02.03. by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local If a permanent employee was demoted into a job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may revert to a permanent job permanentjob within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided he is qualified and capable of performing the performingthe duties of the job, unless the employee had been demoted for disciplinary reasons from such job, or if he had been demoted from his former job for such other reasons the Company determines would constitute it inadvisable to return him to his former job.‌ 11.02.04job. The Company shall determine which permanent job will be assigned to a permanent employee upon his reversion to reversionto his former class.‌ 11.02.05class. Employees, who voluntarily demote from a class where a primary function is supervision, shall not be eligible to revert.‌ 11.02.06revert. An eligible permanent employee, removed from a class for the purpose purposes of layoff, who elects not to revert to a job within his former class, shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.03Company. Where reversion is not available to a permanent employee who is removed from a class, the Company shall attempt to assign such employee to any vacant alternate job, within the same Company, that he is qualified for and capable of performing in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ seniority. The Company shall determine whether a permanent employee is qualified for and capable of performing the duties of an alternate job and shall identify which alternate job, if any, shall be assigned to the permanent employee. The Company shall review the qualifications and capabilities of the employee with the Union prior to his assignment to an alternate jobalternatejob. A permanent employee shall not be eligible for assignment to an alternate job, if such assignment results in an increase to the regular rate of pay to the employee. 11.04. If a permanent employee is not eligible for reversion, or assignment to an alternate job in accordance with 11.03, the Company shall attempt, prior to his layoff, to assign the employee to an alternate job for which he is qualified and capable within the Utility Worker class within the Company in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ seniority. An employee, who is removed from the Utility Worker class as a result of the placement of an employee more senior than himself, shall be treated in accordance with the applicable provisions governing layoffs and rehires. 11.05. If the permanent staff of the Utility Worker class is to be reduced, permanent employees shall be removed from the class in the reverse order of their jurisdictional seniority.‌ 11.06seniority. A permanent employee removed from a class for the purposes of layoff, who is not assigned or elects not to accept an alternate job alternatejob shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.07Company. Permanent employees to be laid off from permanent jobs shall receive a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days days' notice of such layoff. In the event that notice is not provided, the Company shall provide the employee with a payment equal to the wages the employee would have earned had he worked his regular hours of work in the fourteen (14) day period. The Union shall be notified when layoffs are contemplated.‌ 11.08contemplated. Permanent employees to be laid off shall be given a general priority throughout the Company for any vacancy for which they are qualified. The general priority shall not override the rehire provisions or the provisions of 10.01. clause "Promotions".‌ 11.09Promotions". Permanent employees to be laid off who request and receive a lump sum payment from their Income Replacement Entitlement as provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to have negated any and all rights of rehire to their former job.‌ 11.10job. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be increased, those permanent employees removed, in accordance with the layoff provisions, from the class to be increased shall, if available, be recalled according to the reverse order of their removal from such class, provided they are qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job. For permanent employees retained in a previous class or reassigned to reassignedto an alternate jobalternatejob, this right to a single recall is indefinite. For permanent employees actually laid off from the service, this right to a single recall expires at twenty-four (24) months or less (see 13.08Where an employee accepts a temporary assignment to a job in his former class his right to recall shall be extended by the duration of the assignment. Such employees removed in accordance with the layoff procedures shall be re-engaged in preference to other applicants. Laid off permanent employees who are rehired within their recall period shall be re-engaged as permanent employees. Such employees shall retain the benefits provided by the current Agreement which were enjoyed prior to layoff, with the exception of seniority, which shall be governed by the provisions of Except as provided in Article a permanent employee's date of appointment into a job shall be, for layoff and rehire purposes, the date that the employee was originally appointed to a permanent job within the class to be reduced. However, a permanent employee's date of appointment into a dual trades class shall be for layoff and rehire purposes, the date that the employee was originally appointed to a permanent job within the employee's first trades class. In the event of a reduction of a job within a dual trade class, a dually qualified employee may use his seniority to displace the most junior employee in either of the single trades classes for which he is dually qualified. Under no circumstances shall an employee's date of appointment be established as a date prior to his jurisdictional seniority. The date that an employee is reverted to a job within his former class in accordance with shall not be considered the employee's date of appointment to such job. When an employee attains journeyman status in a trades' class, his date of appointment to such class shall be backdated to include his apprenticeship service, to a maximum of four (4) years, for the purpose of layoffs and rehires only. Where two (2) or more employees have the same date of appointment to the same class, the relative order that such employees are removed from such class, in accordance with shall be based on their jurisdictional seniority. Apprentice jobs shall not be considered to be trades' classes for the purposes of applying the layoff and rehire procedure. Employees occupying jobs within trades' classes shall not be eligible to revert to apprentice jobs. Should an apprentice attain journeyman status in a class previously reduced, and the job is retained, the new journeyman will be retained in the class unless there is a senior permanent employee with recall rights to that class. If the new journeyman cannot be retained in that class he will be removed and subject to the layoff process.

Layoffs and Rehires. ‌ * ‌‌ NOTE: For the purposes of Layoffs and Rehires there will be two Companies recognized.‌ recognized. The first Company would be EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, EPCOR Energy Services, EPCOR Generation, EPCOR Corporate and EPCOR Technologies Inc. (A division of EPCOR Water Services) Commercial Services and the second Company would be EPCOR Water Services. 11.01. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be reduced, the Company shall first determine the number of jobs to be reduced within each class. Except as specifically provided in 11.05., those employees who were last appointed to a class to be reduced, shall be the first employees removed from such class for the purposes of layoff, provided those remaining in the class are qualified and capable to perform the duties of the remaining jobs in the class.‌ Non-permanent employees belonging to the class to be reduced shall be laid off prior to the removal of permanent employees from the class. 11.01.01. For the purpose of layoff in EPCOR Generation, City Plants (Rossdale and Clover Bar) and Genesee shall be considered as separate entities. Layoffs shall be specific to either City Plants or Genesee. If a staff reduction occurs at either of these locations the employee has the right to revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee or displace an employee junior to the laid off employee in the same class at the other location or bump into the Utility Worker class provided he is capable and qualified to perform the duties of the job.‌ 11.02. Reversion‌ 11.02.01. If an employee was promoted or laterally transferred into a permanent job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that‌that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W.‌ 11.02.02. If a permanent employee has accepted a lower rate of pay than the rate of his former job as a result of commencement on an apprenticeship program, and the apprentice job is abolished in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W.‌ 11.02.03. If a permanent employee was demoted into a job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, unless the employee had been demoted for disciplinary reasons from such job, or if he had been demoted from his former job for such other reasons the Company determines would constitute it inadvisable to return him to his former job.‌ 11.02.04. The Company shall determine which permanent job will be assigned to a permanent employee upon his reversion to his former class.‌ 11.02.05. Employees, who voluntarily demote from a class where a primary function is supervision, shall not be eligible to revert.‌ 11.02.06. An eligible permanent employee, removed from a class for the purpose of layoff, who elects not to revert to a job within his former class, shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.03. Where reversion is not available to a permanent employee who is removed from a class, the Company shall attempt to assign such employee to any vacant alternate job, within the same Company, that he is qualified for and capable of performing in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ The Company shall determine whether a permanent employee is qualified for and capable of performing the duties of an alternate job and shall identify which alternate job, if any, shall be assigned to the permanent employee. The Company shall review the qualifications and capabilities of the employee with the Union prior to his assignment to an alternate job. A permanent employee shall not be eligible for assignment to an alternate job, if such assignment results in an increase to the regular rate of pay to the employee. 11.04. If a permanent employee is not eligible for reversion, or assignment to an alternate job in accordance with 11.03, the Company shall attempt, prior to his layoff, to assign the employee to an alternate job for which he is qualified and capable within the Utility Worker class within the Company in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ An employee, who is removed from the Utility Worker class as a result of the placement of an employee more senior than himself, shall be treated in accordance with the applicable provisions governing layoffs and rehires. 11.05. If the permanent staff of the Utility Worker class is to be reduced, permanent employees shall be removed from the class in the reverse order of their jurisdictional seniority.‌ 11.06. A permanent employee removed from a class for the purposes of layoff, who is not assigned or elects not to accept an alternate job shall be laid off from the Company.‌ 11.07. Permanent employees to be laid off from permanent jobs shall receive a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice of such layoff. In the event that notice is not provided, the Company shall provide the employee with a payment equal to the wages the employee would have earned had he worked his regular hours of work in the fourteen (14) day period. The Union shall be notified when layoffs are contemplated.‌ 11.08. Permanent employees to be laid off shall be given a general priority throughout the Company for any vacancy for which they are qualified. The general priority shall not override the rehire provisions or the provisions of 10.01. "Promotions".‌ 11.09. Permanent employees to be laid off who request and receive a lump sum payment from their Income Replacement Entitlement as provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to have negated any and all rights of rehire to their former job.‌ 11.10. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be increased, those permanent employees removed, in accordance with the layoff provisions, from the class to be increased shall, if available, be recalled according to the reverse order of their removal from such class, provided they are qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job. For permanent employees retained in a previous class or reassigned to an alternate job, this right to a single recall is indefinite. For permanent employees actually laid off from the service, this right to a single recall expires at twenty-four (24) months or less (see 13.08.

Layoffs and Rehires. ‌ * NOTE: For the purposes of Layoffs and Rehires there will be two Companies recognized.‌ The first Company would be EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, EPCOR Energy Services, EPCOR Generation, EPCOR Corporate and EPCOR Technologies Inc. (A division of EPCOR Water Services) and the second Company would be EPCOR Water Services.‌ 11.01. If the permanent staff of a Company is are to be reduced, the Company shall first determine the number of jobs to be reduced within each class. Except as specifically provided in 11.05., those employees who were last appointed to a class to be reduced, shall be the first employees removed from such class for the purposes of layoff, provided those remaining in the class are qualified and capable to perform the duties of the remaining jobs in the class.‌ class. Non-permanent employees belonging to the class to be reduced shall be laid off prior to the removal of permanent employees from the class. 11.01.01. For the purpose of layoff in EPCOR Generation, City Plants (Rossdale and Clover Bar) and Genesee shall be considered as separate entities. Layoffs shall be specific to either City Plants or Genesee. If a staff reduction occurs at either of these locations the employee has the right to revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee or displace an employee junior to the laid off employee in the same class at the other location or bump into the Utility Worker class provided he is capable and qualified to perform the duties of the job.‌ 11.02. Reversion‌ 11.02.01. If an employee was promoted or laterally transferred into a permanent job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that‌that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W. 11.02.02. If a permanent employee has accepted a lower rate of pay than the rate of his former job as a result of commencement on an apprenticeship program, and the apprentice job is abolished in accordance with 11.01., such employee may, at his option, revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided that he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, and provided that such job is within the jurisdiction of Local 1007 I.B.E.W.‌I.B.E.W. 11.02.03. If a permanent employee was demoted into a job within a class to be reduced in accordance with 11.01., such employee may revert to a permanent job within the class formerly occupied by the employee, within and between either of the Companies, provided he is qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job, unless the employee had been demoted for disciplinary reasons from such job, or if he had been demoted from his former job for such other reasons the Company determines would constitute it inadvisable to return him to his former job.‌job. 11.02.04. The Company shall determine which permanent job will be assigned to a permanent employee upon his reversion to his former class.‌class. 11.02.05. Employees, who voluntarily demote from a class where a primary function is supervision, shall not be eligible to revert.‌revert. 11.02.06. An eligible permanent employee, removed from a class for the purpose of layoff, who elects not to revert to a job within his former class, shall be laid off from the Company.‌Company. 11.03. Where reversion is not available to a permanent employee who is removed from a class, the Company shall attempt to assign such employee to any vacant alternate job, within the same Company, that he is qualified for and capable of performing in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ seniority. The Company shall determine whether a permanent employee is qualified for and capable of performing the duties of an alternate job and shall identify which alternate job, if any, shall be assigned to the permanent employee. The Company shall review the qualifications and capabilities of the employee with the Union prior to his assignment to an alternate job. A permanent employee shall not be eligible for assignment to an alternate job, if such assignment results in an increase to the regular rate of pay to the employee. 11.04. If a permanent employee is not eligible for reversion, or assignment to an alternate job in accordance with 11.03, the Company shall attempt, prior to his layoff, to assign the employee to an alternate job for which he is qualified and capable within the Utility Worker class within the Company in accordance with his jurisdictional seniority.‌ seniority. An employee, who is removed from the Utility Worker class as a result of the placement of an employee more senior than himself, shall be treated in accordance with the applicable provisions governing layoffs and rehires. 11.05. If the permanent staff of the Utility Worker class is to be reduced, permanent employees shall be removed from the class in the reverse order of their jurisdictional seniority.‌seniority. 11.06. A permanent employee removed from a class for the purposes of layoff, who is not assigned or elects not to accept an alternate job shall be laid off from the Company.‌Company. 11.07. Permanent employees to be laid off from permanent jobs shall receive a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice of such layoff. In the event that notice is not provided, the Company shall provide the employee with a payment equal to the wages the employee would have earned had he worked his regular hours of work in the fourteen (14) day period. The Union shall be notified when layoffs are contemplated.‌contemplated. 11.08. Permanent employees to be laid off shall be given a general priority throughout the Company for any vacancy for which they are qualified. The general priority shall not override the rehire provisions or the provisions of 10.01. "Promotions".‌Promotions". 11.09. Permanent employees to be laid off who request and receive a lump sum payment from their Income Replacement Entitlement Plan as provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to have negated any and all rights of rehire to their former job.‌job. 11.10. If the permanent staff of a Company is to be increased, those permanent employees removed, in accordance with the layoff provisions, from the class to be increased shall, if available, be recalled according to the reverse order of their removal from such class, provided they are qualified and capable of performing the duties of the job. For permanent employees retained in a previous class or reassigned to an alternate job, this right to a single recall is indefinite. For permanent employees actually laid off from the service, this right to a single recall expires at twenty-four (24) months or less (see 13.08.