Common use of Layoffs Clause in Contracts

Layoffs. The University agrees that should a reduction in force be required, the University will make a good faith effort to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President shall be notified of the positions to be reduced. Bargaining Unit members will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice prior to reduction in force. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and part-time employees shall be laid off first. Thereafter, the employee with the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid off, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority date, and so on, provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is available. The laid off sergeant shall be able to bump the officer with the least department seniority provided the laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on the temporary employee list retain rights as a laid off bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members who are maintained on the temporary employee list will be contacted in order of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is available.

Layoffs. The University agrees that should a reduction in force be required, the University will make a good faith effort to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President shall be notified of the positions to be reduced. Bargaining Unit members will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice prior to reduction in force. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and part-time When employees shall be are laid off first. Thereafterbecause of lack of work, the employee with the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid offoff first, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority datedate second, and so on, on provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is available. 1. The In the event of a layoff, all temporary employees within the affected classification shall be laid off sergeant shall first followed by all probationary employees in the affected classification. 2. Thereafter, regular part-time employees will be able to bump the officer laid off with the least department seniority provided the senior part- time employee being laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify first and so on through the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee seniority list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on In the temporary employee list retain rights as event that a laid off bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members who are maintained on the temporary employee list will be contacted in order of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is availableemployee had transitioned from a full-time position within 24 months of the necessary layoff, he or she will be treated as a full-time employee for the purposes of layoff order determinations. 3. After all temporary, probationary, and regular part-time employees have been laid off, regular full-time employees will be laid off with the least senior employee in the classification affected being laid off first and so on through the seniority list. 4. An employee laid off pursuant to the provisions of the above paragraph shall be allowed, within three (3) working days after receipt of the notice of layoff, to exercise seniority to move to a vacant position in an equal or lower paying classification, provided the employee can do the work, or, to displace the least senior employee in an equal or lower paying classification, provided the employee can do the work. Such employee cannot displace an employee if a vacancy exists in the classification and in no case shall the employee displace a more senior employee. An employee refusing to exercise the seniority rights in this paragraph shall be deemed to have quit voluntarily.

Layoffs. The University agrees that should a reduction in force be required, the University will make a good faith effort to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President shall be notified of the positions to be reduced. Bargaining Unit members will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice prior to reduction in force. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and part-time When employees shall be are laid off first. Thereafterbecause of lack of work, the employee with the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid offoff first, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority datedate second, and so on, on provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is available. 1. The In the event of a layoff, all temporary employees within the affected classification shall be laid off sergeant shall first followed by all probationary employees in the affected classification. 2. Thereafter, regular part-time employees will be able to bump the officer laid off with the least department seniority provided the senior part- time employee being laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify first and so on through the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee seniority list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on In the temporary employee list retain rights as event that a laid off bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members who are maintained on the temporary employee list will be contacted in order of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is availableemployee had transitioned from a full-time position within 24 months of the necessary layoff, they will be treated as a full-time employee for the purposes of layoff order determinations. 3. After all temporary, probationary, and regular part-time employees have been laid off, regular full-time employees will be laid off with the least senior employee in the classification affected being laid off first and so on through the seniority list. 4. An employee laid off pursuant to the provisions of the above paragraph shall be allowed, within three (3) working days after receipt of the notice of layoff, to exercise seniority to move to a vacant position in an equal or lower paying classification, provided the employee can do the work, or, to displace the least senior employee in an equal or lower paying classification, provided the employee can do the work. Such employee cannot displace an employee if a vacancy exists in the classification and in no case shall the employee displace a more senior employee. An employee refusing to exercise the seniority rights in this paragraph shall be deemed to have quit voluntarily.

Layoffs. The University agrees that should a reduction in force be required, the University will make a good faith effort to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President shall be notified of the positions to be reduced. Bargaining Unit members will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice prior to reduction in force. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and part-time When employees shall be are laid off first. Thereafterbecause of lack of work, the employee with the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid offoff first, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority datedate second, and so on, on provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is available. 1. The In the event of a layoff, all temporary employees within the affected classification shall be laid off sergeant shall first followed by all probationary employees in the affected classification. 2. Thereafter, regular part-time employees will be able to bump the officer laid off with the least department seniority provided the senior part- time employee being laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify first and so on through the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee seniority list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on In the temporary employee list retain rights as event that a laid off bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members who are maintained on the temporary employee list will be contacted in order of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is availableemployee had transitioned from a full-time position within 24 months of the necessary layoff, he or she will be treated as a full-time employee for the purposes of layoff order determinations. 3. After all temporary, probationary, and regular part-time employees have been laid off, regular full-time employees will be laid off with the least senior employee in the classification affected being laid off first and so on through the seniority list. 4. An employee laid off pursuant to the provisions of the above paragraph shall be allowed, within three (3) working days after receipt of the notice of layoff, to exercise seniority to move to a vacant position in an equal or lower paying classification on the Allendale Campus, provided the employee can do the work, or, to displace the least senior employee in an equal of lower paying classification on the Allendale campus, provided the employee can do the work. Such employee cannot displace an employee if a vacancy exists in the classification and in no case shall the employee displace a more senior employee. An employee refusing to exercise the seniority rights in this paragraph shall be deemed to have quit voluntarily.

Layoffs. The University agrees that should 8.01 A layoff is defined as a reduction in force the permanent workforce or a reduction in the regular hours of work as defined in this agreement. Permanent employees who are to be required, the University will make a good faith effort to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President laid off shall be notified given (30) days notice or pay in lieu of the positions to be reducednotice. Bargaining Unit members Employees will be given a minimum proper notice of fourteen (14) calendar days layoff in accordance with the Alberta Employment Standards Code and regulations thereunder. The layoff will take effect at the expiry of the required notice prior to reduction in force. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event work is available, the layoff may be postponed for a maximum period of layoffs or a reduction thirty (30) calendar days, however this shall not negate the fact that proper notice of layoff has been given. 8.02 Both parties recognize that job security shall increase in proportion to the length of service. Therefore, in the work forceevent of a layoff, probationary, and part-time employees shall be laid off firstin reverse order of their bargaining wide seniority. ThereafterAn employee about to be laid off may bump any employee with less seniority, providing the employee exercising this right has the necessary qualifications and ability to perform the work of the employee with less seniority. The right to bump shall include the latest department seniority date within classification right to bump up. 8.03 Permanent employee(s) shall be laid off, followed by the employee with the next latest recalled in order of their seniority date, and so on, provided that those remaining at work providing they have the necessary qualifications and ability to do the work which is available. The work. 8.04 No new employees will be hired until those laid off sergeant have been given an opportunity for re-employment except where, in the case of a permanent employee, that employee has been laid off for a period greater than three hundred and sixty five (365) calendar days, and in the case of a temporary employee, has been laid off for a period greater than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days. 8.05 Grievances concerning layoffs and recalls shall be able to bump initiated at Step 3 of the officer with the least department seniority provided the laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on the temporary employee list retain rights as a laid off bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members who are maintained on the temporary employee list will be contacted in order of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is availablegrievance procedure.

Layoffs. 26.01 Layoffs shall be made in the reverse order of bargaining unit seniority, provided the remaining employees are qualified to perform the work. The University agrees least senior employee(s) in a work unit that should is losing positions has the right to transfer into a reduction vacancy created by the actual layoff. For example, if the least senior member of the bargaining unit is in force be requiredthe Electrical Unit but the position loss which necessitated the layoff is in the Warehouse Unit, the University will make a good faith effort least senior employee in the Warehouse Unit if qualified to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President perform the work assigned to the position in the Electrical Unit shall be notified of transferred and shall be paid the positions wage rate appropriate to be reducedthe new position. Bargaining Unit members If the employee elects not to accept the transfer the employee will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice subject to layoff. 26.02 The District shall confer with the Union prior to reduction in forceissuance of any notices of layoff to employees covered by this Agreement. 26.03 This clause shall not apply to the discharge section. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and partAll regular full-time employees being laid off shall be given two (2) weeks’ notice or two (2) weeks’ pay prior to such layoff. 26.04 An employee laid off first. Thereaftershall be offered the first job opportunity within the other work units before a new hire, provided the employee with is qualified to perform the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid off, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority date, and so on, provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is availablework. The laid off sergeant shall be able to bump the officer with the least department seniority provided the laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on the temporary employee list retain rights as If a laid off employee is offered a job opportunity within this bargaining unit memberat the same range as the position the employee left and the employee rejects the offer, all recall rights are terminated. Laid off bargaining unit members Returning employees shall be placed at the same step as occupied at the time of lay-off. This job opportunity shall not apply to the discharge section. 26.05 Employees who had medical benefits at time of layoff, and who are maintained recalled to a medical benefit eligible position, shall receive benefit coverage on the temporary first day of the month following their return to work from layoff status. 26.06 Seniority may be terminated and the District-employee list will relationship shall be contacted in order severed by the following conditions: a. Proper discharge; b. Layoff of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is available.twelve (12) months’ duration;

Layoffs. 28.01 Layoffs shall be made in the reverse order of bargaining unit seniority, provided the remaining employees are qualified to perform the work. The University agrees least senior employee(s) in a work unit that should is losing positions has the right to transfer into a reduction vacancy created by the actual layoff. For example, if the least senior member of the bargaining unit is in force be requiredthe Electrical Unit but the position loss which necessitated the layoff is in the Warehouse Unit, the University will make a good faith effort least senior employee in the Warehouse Unit if qualified to do so through attrition. The Association President and Vice President perform the work assigned to the position in the Electrical Unit shall be notified of transferred and shall be paid the positions wage rate appropriate to be reducedthe new position. Bargaining Unit members If the employee elects not to accept the transfer the employee will be given a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice subject to layoff. 28.02 The District shall confer with the Union prior to reduction in forceissuance of any notices of layoff to employees covered by this Agreement. 28.03 This clause shall not apply to the discharge section. If fourteen (14) calendar days notice cannot be given, severance pay will be provided in lieu of notice for each workday lost during the fourteen (14) calendar day period. In the event of layoffs or a reduction in the work force, probationary, and partAll regular full-time employees being laid off shall be given two (2) weeks’ notice or two (2) weeks’ pay prior to such layoff. 28.04 An employee laid off first. Thereaftershall be offered the first job opportunity within the other work units before a new hire, provided the employee with is qualified to perform the latest department seniority date within classification shall be laid off, followed by the employee with the next latest seniority date, and so on, provided that those remaining at work have the ability to do the work which is availablework. The laid off sergeant shall be able to bump the officer with the least department seniority provided the laid off sergeant has greater department seniority. Laid off bargaining unit members who notify the department within 2 weeks of layoff that they want to be maintained as a temporary employee shall be maintained on the temporary employee list. Laid off bargaining unit members maintained on the temporary employee list retain rights as If a laid off employee is offered a job opportunity within this bargaining unit member. Laid off bargaining unit members at the same 28.05 Employees who had medical benefits at time of layoff, and who are maintained recalled to a medical benefit eligible position, shall receive benefit coverage on the temporary first day of the month following their return to work from layoff status. 28.06 Seniority may be terminated and the District-employee list will relationship shall be contacted in order severed by the following conditions: 1. Proper discharge; 2. Layoff of department seniority when temporary or part-time work is available.twelve (12) months’ duration;