Common use of Realignment Clause in Contracts

Realignment. When the Company requires additional employees on a particular shift in a particular classification and proposes to achieve this by moving an employee(s) from another shift, the following procedure will apply: (a) The employee(s) in the said classification who have completed a shift preference form, in accordance with Article 16, for the particular shift where the additional employee(s) are required , shall be considered firstly; (b) Selection among such applicants, except trainees, shall be based on plant wide seniority. (i) Trainees shall be transferred at the discretion of the Company in order to ensure that trainees will have the maximum opportunity to be trained on different functions provided said transfers do not effect the efficiency of operations. (ii) A trainee will be placed on the shift they posted for as soon as the Company deems it feasible. However; said trainee will be placed on shift he/she posted for prior to obtaining Class “ A” rate. (d) If there is an insufficient number of eligible applicants or no eligible applicants, the Company may assign the employee(s) in the classification with the least seniority who are employed in the other shift where the surplus exists to the shift where the additional employee(s) are needed. (e) The employer shall give effect to the employee(s) request per clause (a) above provided there remains a sufficient number of employee(s) to perform the work without loss of efficiency in each classification on each shift. (f) In the case of compulsory realignment(s), the affected employees will be given a minimum one (1) week notice of the realignment(s) except in cases where the realignment are due to circumstances beyond control of the Company.

Realignment. When the Company requires additional employees on a particular shift in a particular classification and proposes to achieve this by moving an employee(s) from another shift, the following procedure will apply: (a) The employee(s) in the said classification who have completed a shift preference form, form in accordance with Article 16, 15.3 for the particular shift where the additional employee(s) are required , shall be considered firstly; (b) Selection among such applicants, except trainees, shall be based on plant wide seniority. (i) Trainees shall be transferred at the discretion of the Company in order to ensure that trainees will have the maximum opportunity to be trained on different functions provided said transfers do not effect the efficiency of operations. (ii) A trainee will be placed on the shift they posted for as soon as the Company deems it feasible. However; said trainee will be placed on shift he/she posted for prior to obtaining Class “ A” rate. (d) If there is an insufficient number of eligible applicants or no eligible applicants, the Company may assign the employee(s) in the classification with the least seniority who are employed in the other shift where the surplus exists to the shift where the additional employee(s) are needed. (e) The employer shall give effect to the employee(s) request per clause (a) above provided there remains a sufficient number of employee(s) to perform the work without loss of efficiency in each classification on each shift. (f) In the case of compulsory realignment(s), the affected employees will be given a minimum one (1) week notice of the realignment(s) except in cases where the realignment are due to circumstances beyond control of the Company.