Common use of Lines of Progression - Operating Rules Clause in Contracts

Lines of Progression - Operating Rules. 1) In a Line of Progression, only the Junior job is posted. 2) In a Line of Progression a person moves upward through each position by seniority as openings become available. 3) A person may refuse to move upward to the next position for: a) Personal reasons acceptable to the Company and Union, and in writing. b) Medical reasons which must be substantiated. 4) If a position is "Blocked" (that is, an opening exists above it and all persons in that position refuse to move upward) then the senior person in that position who is refusing for personal reasons must move upward to fill the opening except where mutually agreed otherwise by the Company and the Union. Each exception is to be dealt with as an individual case. 5) If a position is "Blocked" and all persons in that position have medical reasons for refusing to move upwards (#3B above), or are an exception to moving upward (#4 above), then the next senior person in the Line of Progression must move upward. 6) Once the next senior person has assumed the position he shall remain ahead in job seniority in the Line of Progression, providing there is no reduction in the Line of Progression. 7) In the event that there is a reduction in the number of people required in a Line of Progression, people will move downward in the same manner as they moved upward. Once this movement has occurred the Employee's regular job and rate of pay will reflect his new position in the Line of Progression. 8) If a person is about to be laid off then he may exercise Plant seniority to bump into the highest rated job in the Plant for which they are qualified by Job History.

Lines of Progression - Operating Rules. 1) In a Line of Progression, only the Junior job is posted. 2) In Once in a Line of Progression Progression, a person moves upward through each position by seniority as openings become available. 3) A person may refuse to move upward to the next position for: a) Personal reasons acceptable to the Company and Union, and in writing. b) Medical reasons which must be substantiated. 4) If a position is "Blocked" (that is, an opening exists above it it, and all persons in that position refuse to move upward) ), then the senior person in that position who is refusing for personal reasons must move upward to fill the opening except where mutually agreed otherwise by the Company and the Union. Each exception is to be dealt with as an individual case. 5) If a position is "Blocked" and all persons in that position have medical reasons for refusing to move upwards upward (#3B 3b above), or are an exception to moving upward (#4 above), then the next senior person in the Line of Progression must move upward. 6) Once the next senior person has assumed the position he shall remain ahead in job seniority in the Line of Progression, providing there is no reduction in the Line of Progression(see Article 11, Section 9). 7) In the event that there is a reduction in the number of people required in a Line of Progression, people will move downward in the same manner as they moved upward. Once this movement has occurred the Employee's regular job and rate of pay will reflect his new position in the Line of Progression. 8) If a person is about to be laid off laid-off, then he may exercise Plant seniority Seniority to bump into the highest rated job in the Plant for which they are qualified by Job History.