Notice of Open Positions and Rehire Sample Clauses

Notice of Open Positions and Rehire. Employees laid off under this Article will be placed on a rehiring list for twelve (12) months after layoff. Before filling a vacancy in the job classification from which an employee was laid off, FP will notify by email the employee(s) on the rehire list who were laid off from a position in that classification and who had satisfactory performance evaluations and no written discipline for the year preceding the layoff. If, within five (5) business days of the notice email, an employee has not accepted the offer of employment, that employee’s name will be removed from the list and the employee will not be considered for reemployment thereafter. If any or all notified employees respond to the notice email, FP will fill the vacancy from among those so replying in order of their seniority. If the vacancy cannot be filled as provided above, FP may fill the vacancy with another qualified employee on the rehire list or with a new employee, in FP’s discretion. Employees who, at the time of layoff, are participating in or meet the eligibility standards for participation in FP’s retirement plans will have their prior service recognized and any unvested benefits restored as provided in the official plan document(s) if they are rehired under this provision. Employees rehired under this provision, for purposes of vacation, shall have their years of service restored to the date they were laid off. Time spent on a rehire list does not count as service time when computing severance pay or any other benefit provided in this Agreement.