Demotion A demotion shall mean the transfer of an employee to a lower level position of less responsibility as well as salary.
Involuntary Demotion An employee assigned to a lower rated position shall continue to be paid at the employee's current rate of pay until the rate of pay in the new position equals or exceeds it.
Voluntary Demotion An employee requesting a voluntary demotion from a higher-rated position and who is subsequently demoted to the lower-rated position, shall be paid on the increment step appropriate to the employee’s continuous service with the Employer. A voluntary demotion shall not change an employee’s anniversary date.
Demotion in Lieu of Layoff The appointing authority shall determine by class, subject to review by the Director, whether demotion shall be afforded employees as an option in lieu of layoff. At the request of the appointing authority, a permanent employee shall, in lieu of layoff, be afforded the option of demotion within the same department to a position in a lower class, provided that no such demotion shall in turn require the layoff or demotion from such lower class of any employee whose layoff rating is at least as high as that of the demoting employee. A probationary employee may be afforded the opportunity to accept a demotion within the same department to a position in a lower class provided no such demotion shall in turn require the layoff of any employee in the lower class. Such probationer shall not become permanent in the lower class by this action except by completing a new full probation period in such lower class.
Demotions By mutual agreement, a grievance falling into any of these categories may be placed into the expedited arbitration process.
Demotion and Layoff 10:1 In the event reduction of forces or curtailment of operation shall occur, employees shall be laid off in the reverse order of their Company seniority in the area in which they are working at the time of the reduction. The application of this Section to an employee working temporarily in an area shall apply only to the extent that it affects him/her in his/her regular area. 10:2 An employee who has six (6) months or more of continuous Company service and whose job is being eliminated, may request to displace an employee with less seniority than his/her own in the following sequence: (a) the employee in the same classification in the District who has the least seniority; (b) the employee in the lower classification in the District who has the least seniority; (c) no employee may displace another employee who has greater Company seniority than his/her own. 10:3 If Company cannot effect a displacement in accordance with Section 10:2 or if an employee requests not to take a demotion as provided in Section 10:2(b), an employee who has one (1) year or more continuous service with the Company may elect to displace an employee with less seniority than his/her own in the following sequence: (a) the employee in the same classification in the area working for the same customer who has the least seniority; (b) no employee may displace another employee who has greater seniority than his/her own, except as provided in Article 10:3(c) below; (c) Foremen and Climbers who possess a current commercial driver’s license, and airbrake endorsement when required by the Company, may displace the next *senior employee in their classification (*this senior employee shall be the least senior of those employees in the same classification by District) who has no commercial driver’s license and/or airbrake endorsement, if the vehicle of the crew being displaced requires an airbrake endorsement. In the event a Xxxxxxx is displaced subject to this Article, he/she shall be reclassified to the top climber classification. Foremen and climbers shall maintain all demotion and layoff rights to those crews consisting of vehicles they are licensed to operate. 10:4 The Company shall give employees whose jobs are eliminated as much notice as possible. Employees desiring to exercise the provisions of Section 10:2 or 10:3 shall give the Company notice of at least five (5) workdays. 10:5 If in the application of the provisions of this Article an employee in a classification which, in the normal line of progression, is higher than an Trainee classification can effect a displacement in such classification, the former shall not take such Trainee classification but shall be given the rate of classification next higher thereto.
DISCIPLINE/DISCHARGE 25.01 A Shop Xxxxxxx, or in the absence of a Shop Xxxxxxx, another employee in the bargaining unit selected by the employee affected, and in the event the member is a Shop Xxxxxxx, another Shop Xxxxxxx or an official full-time Union Representative, shall be present from the beginning of the meeting when a member of the bargaining unit: a) is given a reprimand which is to be entered on the employee’s personnel file; b) is suspended or discharged. In unusual circumstances, where it is necessary for the Employer to advise an employee by mail of discharge, the Union office will be mailed a copy of such notice. Absence of a Shop Xxxxxxx or Assistant Shop Xxxxxxx or another employee shall not invalidate the discipline, except in exceptional circumstances. 25.02 The affected employee, a Shop Xxxxxxx and the Union, shall be given a copy of any disciplinary notice which is to be entered on an employee's personnel file. The affected employee, the Shop Xxxxxxx, and the Union shall also be given a copy of any discharge notice that is given to an employee. In all cases of discipline or discharge the Employer shall notify the affected employee, and a Shop Xxxxxxx and the Union in writing of the reasons for taking such action. The notice of discipline or discharge shall be given to the affected employee and a Shop Xxxxxxx promptly and a copy of the discipline or discharge notice shall be forwarded to the Union office via fax within two (2) business days (excluding Saturday and Sunday and General Holidays) of the event. 25.03 Employees covered by this Agreement shall have access to their own personnel file, upon written request by the employee involved. Employees shall be able to obtain copies of their personnel file when requested, at the employee's expense. The Employer shall keep only one (1) personnel file per employee. (a) Employee’s written corrective action documentation(s) other than suspension will be taken from an employee’s file after fifteen (15) months should no similar offence have occurred during said period. (b) Employee’s suspension documentation(s) will be taken from an employee’s file after thirty (30) months should no similar offence have occurred during said period. (c) All documentation(s) including corrective action and suspension relating to incident(s) and/or complaint(s) of discrimination or harassment nature shall remain in an employee’s file.
Involuntary Termination “Involuntary Termination” shall mean (i) without the Employee’s express written consent, the significant reduction of the Employee’s duties or responsibilities relative to the Employee’s duties or responsibilities in effect immediately prior to such reduction; provided, however, that a reduction in duties or responsibilities solely by virtue of the Company being acquired and made part of a larger entity (as, for example, when the Chief Financial Officer of Company remains as such following a Change of Control and is not made the Chief Financial Officer of the acquiring corporation) shall not constitute an “Involuntary Termination”; (ii) without the Employee’s express written consent, a substantial reduction, without good business reasons, of the facilities and perquisites (including office space and location) available to the Employee immediately prior to such reduction; (iii) without the Employee’s express written consent, a material reduction by the Company in the Base Compensation or Target Incentive of the Employee as in effect immediately prior to such reduction, or the ineligibility of the Employee to continue to participate in any long-term incentive plan of the Company; (iv) a material reduction by the Company in the kind or level of employee benefits to which the Employee is entitled immediately prior to such reduction with the result that the Employee’s overall benefits package is significantly reduced; (v) the relocation of the Employee to a facility or a location more than 50 miles from the Employee’s then present location, without the Employee’s express written consent; (vi) any purported termination of the Employee by the Company which is not effected for death or Disability or for Cause; or (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of this agreement by any successors contemplated in Section 10 below.
Discharge for Cause If the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, is discharged by the Company for “cause” (as defined below), the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such discharge. “Cause” shall mean willful misconduct by the Participant or willful failure by the Participant to perform his or her responsibilities to the Company (including, without limitation, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company), as determined by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. The Participant shall be considered to have been discharged for “Cause” if the Company determines, within 30 days after the Participant’s resignation, that discharge for cause was warranted.
Constructive Discharge If at any time during the term of this Agreement, except in connection with a termination pursuant to paragraph (c) (TERMINATION FOR CAUSE) of this Section 5, the Executive is Constructively Discharged (as hereinafter defined) then the Executive shall have the right, by written notice to the Employer within sixty (60) days of the initial existence of such Constructive Discharge condition, to terminate his services hereunder, effective as of the thirtieth (30th) day after such notice, and the Executive shall have no rights or obligations under this Agreement other than as provided in Sections 4 and 8 hereof; provided, however, the Employer shall have thirty (30) days from the date of such notice in which to cure the condition giving rise to a Constructive Discharge, if curable. If, during such thirty (30) day period, the Employer cures the condition giving rise to Constructive Discharge, then the Executive’s notice of termination hereunder shall not be effective, the Executive’s employment shall continue until otherwise terminated under this Agreement, and no benefits shall be due under this Agreement with respect to such occurrence. If the Employer fails to cure the condition giving rise to Constructive Discharge within such thirty (30) day period, the Executive shall be entitled to a lump sum payment of compensation and benefits and continuation of all plans and benefits as if such termination of his employment was pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i) of this Section 5 to be paid within thirty (30) days of the Executive’s termination of employment. (i) For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be “Constructively Discharged” upon the occurrence of any one of the following events: (A) The Executive is not re-elected or is removed from the positions with the Employer or any affiliate set forth in Section 1 hereof, other than as a result of the Executive’s election or appointment to positions of equal or superior scope and responsibility; or (B) The Executive shall fail to be vested by the Employer with the powers and authority of his appointed office; or (C) The Employer changes the primary employment location of the Executive to a place that is more than thirty (30) miles from the primary employment location as of the Effective Date of this Agreement; or (D) The Employer otherwise commits a material breach of its obligations under this Agreement.