Common use of Mutual Transfers Clause in Contracts

Mutual Transfers. Members of equal rank may request a mutual transfer. Such requests shall be submitted to the Operations Bureau, which will route the request to the appropriate member(s) of department management, who will act upon said request according to the policies set forth herein and must meet time eligibility requirements. Mutual transfers may be denied and/or reversed by joint action of the District and VCPFA to avoid unfair manipulation of the remaining provisions of this section. A request for mutual transfer will be denied if any member holding higher seniority than either of the requesting parties has a current bid selection for one or more of the affected assignments subject to the following provision. In the case that two (2) or fewer senior members have a current bid selection for the affected assignment(s), a member of the HR staff will make a confidential courtesy contact with the senior member(s) to advise them of the mutual request and to determine if they wish to keep the bid for the assignment(s) active. If the senior member(s) choose to withdraw their bid(s), the transfer request will be processed. In the case that three (3) or more senior members have active bid selections no contacts will be made and the mutual transfer request will be denied. Mutual transfer requests will not be processed during the month of January. Mutual transfers shall not be allowed between staff and line assigned personnel or staff and staff assigned personnel.