Options for Employees Subject to Layoff Sample Clauses

Options for Employees Subject to Layoff. Employees subject to layoff shall have the following options that will be offered in order of seniority: 1. Reassignment to a vacant position in the bargaining unit after job bidding under Article 13.1.1 has been completed for any more senior presently employed nurse who had submitted the required transfer request on or before the date a hold was placed on the open positions under Article 10.2 and providing the employee is qualified in the opinion of the Employer. 2. A position on the Low Seniority Roster, providing the nurse is qualified for the position in the opinion of the Employer. An employee on the Low Seniority Roster whose position is assumed as a result of the selection process during a layoff shall be subject to layoff without further notice. 3. Recall rights under Article 10.2.7.

Options for Employees Subject to Layoff. Employees subject to layoff shall have the following options that will be offered in order of seniority consistent with Article 5.2: 1. Reassignment to a vacant position in the bargaining unit for which the employee may be qualified after any appropriate internal intra-departmental transfers under Article 5.5.1, provided however, that intradepartmental transfers will be limited to regular employees. In the event an employee accepts reassignment to a vacant position in a different job classification, the employee will be placed at that step of the pay scale closest to the employee’s current rate of pay. Determination of current qualifications for a vacant position. An employee will be considered qualified for reassignment to a vacant position in another job classification within the bargaining unit if, in the Employer’s opinion, the employee possesses the requisite skills and experience to perform the essential functions or could acquire the same with no more than forty (40) hours of orientation and otherwise meets any qualifications that are a condition of employment. 2. In the case of job classifications utilized in multiple departments, the position of the least senior employee in their job classification, providing the employee possesses the requisite skills and experience to perform the essential functions of the position and could become oriented with no more than forty (40) hours of orientation. If the employee who accepts reassignment to a vacant position in the bargaining unit (under option number 1 above) or displaces the least senior employees in their job classification (under option number 2 above) has not achieved a satisfactory level of performance in the judgment of the Employer based on established criteria, upon conclusion of the 40 hours of orientation, the employee will be subject to layoff without further notice and placed on the recall roster. Note: As of the effective date of this Agreement, the following classifications are utilized across multiple departments: Patient Care Aide (PCA), CNA, and Unit Secretary. 3. Recall rights under Article 5.4.4.

Options for Employees Subject to Layoff. An employee who is subject to layoff shall have the right to either: (a) accept the layoff; or (b) displace an employee who has lesser seniority and who is the least senior employee in a lower or identical paying classification in the bargaining unit if the employee originally subject to layoff can perform the duties of the lower or identical classification without training, other than orientation. The employee who is subject to layoff has seven (7) working days to notify the Employer they wish to exercise their bumping rights. Such employee so displaced shall be laid off.