Layoffs and Vacancies. (a) New employees shall not be hired if qualified employees are on layoff. (b) When employees are laid off they may either accept their layoff or use their service seniority to displace the next employee with less service seniority: (1) in another classification, provided they are qualified and able to perform the work required of the classification. Such displacement cannot incur an increase in hours of work. In the event an employee, in exercising displacement, returns to a classification from which they had previously worked, the employee’s initial placement in the different classification shall be into the position occupied by the employee with the lowest classification seniority occupying a schedule with the same number of hours of work or less. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification. (2) employees exercising displacement rights shall be given a trial period of up to 480 hours, or three months, whichever occurs first, to determine suitability to perform the work required. (c) In the event the position from which the employee was laid off is restored within three years from the original date of layoff, the employee originally laid off may return to that position provided the Employer expects the position to be available for a minimum of two consecutive weeks. Other affected employees shall be returned to their previous positions. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Layoffs and Vacancies. (a) New employees shall not be hired if qualified employees are on layoff.
(b) When Where employees are laid off they may may
(1) either accept their layoff or layoff;
(2) displace the senior casual employee within their classification; or
(3) use their service seniority to displace the next regular employee with less service seniority:
(1) seniority in another classification, provided they are qualified and able to perform the work required of the classificationposition. Such displacement cannot incur an increase in hours of work. .
(c) In the event an employee, in exercising displacement, returns to a classification from which they had previously worked, the employee’s initial placement in the different classification shall be into the position occupied by the employee with the lowest classification seniority occupying a schedule with the same number of hours of work or less. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative previously accrued classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
(2d) employees Employees exercising displacement rights shall be given a trial period of up to 480 hours, or three months, whichever occurs first, to determine suitability to perform the work required.
(ce) In the event work of temporary nature becomes available in the position classification from which the employee was laid off is restored within three years from the original date of layoffoff, the employee originally laid off may return to that position their classification provided the Employer expects the position available work to be available for a minimum period of two greater than four consecutive weeks. Other affected employees shall Classification seniority will be returned to their previous positionsaccrued in accordance with Clause 11.1(b). At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification Classification seniority from the time last worked in that classificationdates will be adjusted accordingly.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Layoffs and Vacancies. (a) New employees shall not be hired if qualified employees are on layoff.
(b) When employees are laid off they may either accept their layoff or use their bargaining unit service seniority to displace the next employee with less bargaining unit service seniority:
(1) in another bargaining unit classification, provided they are qualified and able to perform the work required of the classification. Such displacement cannot incur an increase in hours of work. In the event an employee, in exercising displacement, returns to a classification from which they had previously worked, the employee’s initial placement in the different classification shall be into the position occupied by the employee with the lowest classification seniority occupying a schedule with the same number of hours of work or less. At .
(2) at the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
(2) employees . Employees exercising displacement rights shall be given a trial period of up to 480 hours, or three months, whichever occurs first, to determine suitability to perform the work required.
(c) In the event the position from which the employee was laid off is restored within three years 24 months from the original date of layoff, the employee originally laid off may return to that position provided the Employer expects the position to be available for a minimum of two consecutive weeks. Other affected employees shall be returned to their previous positions. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Layoffs and Vacancies. (a) New employees shall not be hired if qualified employees are on layoff.
(b) When employees are laid off they may either accept their layoff or use their service seniority to displace the next employee with less service seniority:
(1) in another classification, provided they are qualified and able to perform the work required of the classification. Such displacement cannot incur an increase in hours of work. In the event an employee, in exercising displacement, returns to a classification from which they had previously worked, the employee’s 's initial placement in the different classification shall be into the position occupied by the employee with the lowest classification seniority occupying a schedule with the same number of hours of work or less. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
(2) employees exercising displacement rights shall be given a trial period of up to 480 hours, or three months, whichever occurs first, to determine suitability to perform the work required.
(c) In the event the position from which the employee was laid off is restored within three years from the original date of layoff, the employee originally laid off may return to that position provided the Employer expects the position to be available for a minimum of two consecutive weeks. Other affected employees shall be returned to their previous positions. At the next scheduled selection process, the employee shall assume their relative classification seniority from the time last worked in that classification.
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Samples: Collective Agreement