Position Awards. Seniority and qualifications will be considerations in awarding a posted position. With agreement between the Parties, certain positions will be awarded based on qualifications first and then seniority. Bidders will be considered for posted positions regardless of their currently assigned Company-based location except as provided for in Section 4.9 of this Article. Position awards will be published within fourteen (14) calendar days of acceptance by the employee. Employees will be moved to the new position as soon as possible, usually within twenty-one (21) calendar days of accepting the award. • Extensions to the above timelines from twenty-two (22) calendar days up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days may be made after discussion with the employee and upon mutual agreement between the releasing and receiving Supervisors. • Employees not in the new position after fourteen (14) calendar days from the position award will receive any applicable pay increases and begin accumulating either Job seniority or Line of Progression seniority as of the fourteenth (14th) calendar day from the employee’s acceptance of the award. The following are the principles that apply when awarding positions for: Open Jobs, Line of Progression Jobs, and Jobs involving Progression without Bidding (unless otherwise agreed that the position is selected on qualifications first and then seniority).
Position Awards. 4.4.1 Seniority and qualifications will be considerations in awarding a posted position. With agreement between the Union and the Company, certain positions will be awarded based on qualifications first and then seniority. Bidders will be considered for posted positions regardless of their currently assigned Company-based location except as provided for in Section 4.9 of this Article.
