Common use of POLICY CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS IN OTHER WORK LOCATIONS Clause in Contracts

POLICY CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS IN OTHER WORK LOCATIONS. Employees may apply for positions in their title in work locations other than the one in which they are serving. An employee with more than the equivalent of one school term of continuous service who applies in writing for an opening will be interviewed and, if deemed qualified, will be given preference over applicants outside the school system or employees on layoff for employment in another work location. Hourly School Lunch employees serving in the day schools who apply in writing for hourly school lunch positions in Board summer programs will be interviewed and the senior qualified applicant will be selected. Hourly School Lunch positions in Board summer programs will be posted. The Union will be notified in writing when exceptions based on qualifications are made. An "opening" is a vacancy created by the termination or transfer of a regularly employed employee or a new position to the work location or a position in a newly constructed work location, except that openings created by a transfer shall not be subject to the posting requirements of Article XXXII of this Agreement and shall be available only to those employees who have an existing application for transfer to the school in question on file with the Office of School Food Services. The determination of qualifications for employment in a particular work location shall be made by the supervisor in charge of the work location. Exceptions to this Article, based on qualification must have the prior approval of the Office of School Food Services. Grievances arising out of such exception shall be appealable directly to Step 3 of the expedited grievance procedure. If a grievance arising from such exception is appealed to the Grievance Panel, such appeal shall take precedence over all other scheduled appeals. For the purpose of this Article, continuous service shall be defined as uninterrupted service except that breaks of service caused by layoff, not to exceed four years, or other approved leaves with or without pay, as provided in Article XIII, shall not be deemed an interruption of service, but such limited period shall not be counted in the determination of length of continuous service. In the event two or more employees are eligible for an opening, the employee with the earliest date of application will be given preference.