PREFERENCE FOR RELIEF ASSIGNMENTS. During periods in which employees are displaced (bumped) as a result of layoffs or any employees are actually on layoff with recall rights, the following procedures will apply for relief assignments:
PREFERENCE FOR RELIEF ASSIGNMENTS. During periods in which employees are displaced (bumped) as a result of layoffs or any employees are actually on layoff with recall rights, the following procedures will apply for relief assignments: Relief assignments are defined as temporary vacancies caused by vacation, sickness, leaves of absence or in the regular full-time staff, which the Company decides to replace with an employee other than another regular full-time employee. To qualify as a relief assignment, the temporary vacancy must be a minimum of a normally scheduled full work week for a full-time employee. In filling relief assignments as defined above, the most senior displaced employee in the department in the store in which the vacancy occurs, and who is qualified to do the work in a competent manner, will be offered the assignment. In the event there are no displaced employees available in the department, then the most senior displaced employee in the store qualified to do the work in a competent manner, will be offered the assignment. In the event there is no displaced employee in the store available for the relief assignment, then the most senior employee on layoff with recall rights in the District Manager's territory qualified to do the work in a competent manner will be offered the assignment. Employees who fill assignments, as defined above, will be temporarily recalled to full-time status with the benefits outlined below. At the end of the relief period, the employee will be returned to part-time status and continue to work out the recall period, which will not be altered as a result of the relief assignments. In the event an assignment exceeds the time limits outlined in Appendix Article the position will be filled in accordance with Article For each week of relief as defined above, he will be paid the cash equivalent to the cost of coverage for that employee for that week, provided he was required to pay premiums. Vacation For each week of relief as defined above, he will be paid according to the following formula: times the number of eligible weeks for that employee times his gross pay for that week. Christmas A laid off employee with recall rights will be paid a Christmas bonus which is the Bonus greater of:
