REDUCTION IN FORCE AND REDUCTION OF. SCHEDULED HOURS 701 In a reduction in force or reduction in hours, the principle of bargaining unit seniority within each department and classification shall govern provided merit and ability are approximately equal. The Employer agrees to give as much advance notice as possible to employees of a reduction in force. 702 Reduction in force shall be defined as the elimination of an employee's position(s) in a department or a reduction in head count in a department. Reduction from full-time to part-time or on- call status is deemed to be a reduction in force. Reduction in hours of part-time employee(s) which results in a status change to on-call or results in the loss of the Dental Plan and Xxxxxx Foundation Health Plan Coverage is deemed to be a reduction in force. 703 In a reduction in force, temporary, on-call and irregularly scheduled part-time employees (in that order) within the affected department and classification shall be laid off before any regular full-time or part-time employee(s) within the affected department and classification are displaced. Employees in the above status shall be laid off without bumping rights. 704 The parties agree to meet and confer regarding the displacement of any regular full-time or part-time employee prior to said employee's exercise of seniority rights. The parties will review all open bargaining unit positions in lieu of bumping rights. Should the parties agree to place the affected employee in an available open position for which he/she is qualified, then the Union agrees to waive posting and seniority for purposes of said placement. However, should the employee decline placement in an open position for which he/she is qualified that is comparable in pay, shift and job responsibility, then said employee shall have no further bumping rights and will be laid off. 705 Prior to implementing a reduction in force, the parties shall meet and confer to consider the feasibility of reducing hours of twenty to thirty-two (20-32) hour part-time employees within the affected classification and department. 706 A regular employee, full-time/part-time, whose job has been eliminated due to a reduction in force and who has not been placed by application of Paragraph 704, may exercise bargaining unit seniority to displace the least senior regular employee within the same classification and department. 707 A regular employee, full-time/part-time, who is unable to retain a position within the same classification and department may exercise bargaining unit seniority to displace the least senior regular employee within the same classification and entity. 708 A regular employee, full-time/part-time, who is unable to retain a position within the same classification and entity, may accept any unfilled available irregularly scheduled part-time, on-call or temporary position for which they are qualified, within the same classification throughout the bargaining unit. 709 When a regular employee, full-time/part-time, is unable to retain a position by the application of the above paragraphs, then the employee may exercise their bargaining unit seniority to displace the least senior employee, in any classification previously held (from most recent to least recent), throughout the bargaining unit, provided the employee is qualified to perform the work of the employee he/she is displacing. 710 A regular employee, full-time/part-time, who is unable to retain any position by application of the above paragraphs, will be laid off. 711 General 712 Employees on layoff status with one (1) or more years of accumulated seniority at the time of layoff, will have recall rights for a period of one (1) year. Employees with less than one (1) year of seniority at the time of layoff will have recall rights for a period of time equal to their accumulated seniority when laid off. 713 In all cases of bumping, the displacing employee must have the ability to perform the work of the employee displaced. 714 The Union and the Employer will work toward locating suitable and appropriate employment for which the laid off employee is qualified. 715 The Employer and the Union will carefully review the status of any employees displaced by automation and/or technological change and attempt to locate suitable employment for which the employee is qualified and physically capable of performing.
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