Common use of Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff Clause in Contracts

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-fixed- term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual he/she may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s his/her current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s his/her position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §12

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service organizational area as identified on the current seniority roster in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service organizational area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service organizational area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in that organizational area in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she the individual is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service organizational area at a state university, the individual may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her their right to move to that department organizational area in the individual’s current institution. Notice within that department organizational area will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she they would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-fixed- term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given give in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual he/she may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s his/her current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s his/her position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §12

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given give in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual he/she may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s his/her current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s his/her position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §§ E Separation Incentive.

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §six

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, he/she the individual may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in his/her the individual’s current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of his/her the individual’s position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §The

Order of Personnel Reduction and Layoff. After meeting and conferring with the Campus Association and pursuant to Subd. 1 hereof, the President shall determine the particular department, program or service area in which eliminations are to be made and the specific position or positions to be eliminated. Eliminations shall then be accomplished in the following order: (a) If the position(s) identified for elimination are occupied by fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members, no further action is necessary except to provide required notice to affected employees. (b) If the position or positions identified for elimination are occupied by ASF Members with permanent status, and there are fixed-term, externally funded or probationary status ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area occupying positions in the same or lower salary range as the position(s) to be eliminated, that the permanent status ASF Members are qualified to fill, as determined by the President, the fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member shall be provided the required notice and the permanent status ASF Member reassigned to the position occupied by such ASF Member. The decision of which fixed term, externally funded or probationary ASF Member to retain will be made on the basis of the programmatic needs of the university as determined by the President/designee. (c) If there are not sufficient numbers of fixed-term, externally funded or probationary ASF Members in the particular department, program or service area to achieve the number of eliminations necessary, notice of layoff shall be given to the least senior permanent status ASF Member in the same or lower salary range as the position to be eliminated. The ASF Member whose position is to be eliminated will then be reassigned to the position vacated by the least senior permanent status ASF Member, if he or she is qualified as determined by the President. If more than one position is to be eliminated, notice shall be given give in inverse order of seniority, and reassignment to resulting vacancies shall be made as indicated above. When such reassignment results in placement in a position in a lower range, it shall be treated as a downgrade under Article 12, Section G. (d) If a permanent status ASF Member whose position is being eliminated has thirty-six (36) FTE months in another department, program or service area at a state university, the individual he/she may choose, at the time the decision is made to eliminate the position, to exercise his/her right to move to that department in the individual’s his/her current institution. Notice within that department will be given consistent with (b) and (c) above. (e) An ASF Member who has received notice of layoff or is scheduled to be reassigned as a result of the individual’s his/her position being eliminated, may, during the period between notice and actual layoff, accept, in lieu of layoff or reassignment, a comparable vacancy within the bargaining unit at that university, provided the President has determined that such vacancy is to be filled and that the ASF Member is qualified. (f) A permanent status ASF Member may elect to accept a layoff that results in separation from service in lieu of exercising the reassignment right under this Article. The ASF Member must notify the President/designee in writing of the acceptance of layoff within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the individual was informed that he/she would be reassigned. The ASF Member will be eligible for an Employer contribution toward insurance to the extent provided in Article 13. An ASF Member who elects to accept layoff is not eligible for the Article 12 § O Early Notice Incentive or the Article 16 §