Common use of Promotion and Changes of Assignment Clause in Contracts

Promotion and Changes of Assignment. For the purpose of promotion and changes of assignment, seniority is defined as length of continuous service in the job classification in the district, or borough, or Warehouse and Distribution Section Area, within the work location. For promotion from one job classification within a work location to a higher job classification within the work location the senior qualified employee in the Office Area at the work location in the next lower job classification shall be selected. An employee who is promoted to a higher job classification within the bargaining unit will earn seniority in the higher classification starting with the effective date of such promotion. If, within three months following such promotion, the employee is returned to a position in the classification from which he was promoted, he/she will regain the seniority he/she had acquired in the lower job classification up to the effective date of his/her promotion. For involuntary reassignment from one work location to another, the employee with the least seniority in the Office Area at the work location from which reassignment is made shall be selected. For changes of regular assignment or changes of regular work schedules (number of hours of work) within a work location, the employee selected shall be the employee in the job classification at the work location with the greatest seniority in the Office Area if the change is voluntary or the employee in the job classification at the work location with the least seniority in the Office Area if the change is involuntary. Normal variation of duties within a regular assignment or temporary changes in assignment made to meet emergencies are not to be considered "changes of regular assignment" under this policy. The work locations are defined as follows: a. A school lunchroom; b. The offices at Office of School Food Services headquarters, except that the Office of School Food Services payroll and accounting office is a separate work location; c. An area office of the office;