Common use of Procedure for Layoff Clause in Contracts

Procedure for Layoff. 1. If the District decides to lay off by seniority, then the employee with the least seniority shall be the first to be laid off. 2. Seniority shall be defined as the employee's total length of continuous service in the District as a licensed teacher. Seniority will be computed and accrue from the teacher's first day of actual service with the District. Ties shall be broken by drawing lots. Seniority shall continue to accrue during paid leaves, but shall not accrue during unpaid leaves. However, authorized unpaid leaves of absence shall not be considered to "break" continuity of employment. 3. If the District desires to retain a teacher with less seniority than a teacher being released under this section, the District must show such teacher has more competency or merit. 4. The definitions of competency and merit are expressed in ORS 342.934. 5. The District shall make every reasonable effort to transfer teachers from courses scheduled for discontinuance to other positions for which they are licensed and endorsed.

Procedure for Layoff. 1. If the District decides to lay off by seniorityemployees, then the employee with the least seniority they shall be the first to be laid offlay off unit members in reverse order of hire. 2. Seniority shall be defined as the employee's ’s total length of continuous service in the District as a licensed teacher. Seniority will be computed and accrue from the teacher's ’s first day of actual service with the School District. Ties shall be broken by drawing lots. Seniority shall continue to accrue during paid leaves, but shall not accrue during unpaid leaves. However, authorized unpaid leaves of absence shall not be considered to "“break" ” continuity of employment. 3. If the District desires to retain a teacher with less seniority than a teacher being released under this section, the District must show such teacher has distinctly more competency or merit. 4. The definitions of competency and merit are expressed in ORS 342.934. 5. The District shall make every reasonable effort to transfer teachers from courses scheduled for discontinuance to other positions for which they are licensed and endorsedcertified.