Common use of Reduction in Hours Procedure Clause in Contracts

Reduction in Hours Procedure. A. When reductions in hours are necessary at a site, the reduction shall affect employees in building/workgroup seniority order with the least senior employee being affected first, to the extent possible within the parameters required by building/program needs. B. If building/program needs or the qualifications of an employee do not permit the reduction of the least senior employee’s hours, the reduction process will continue from the next least senior employee until the number of hours lost by senior employees has been offered to those employees. C. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced below four (4) hours they may, at their option, elect to be identified as laid-off and enter into the layoff and recall procedures. Employees have five (5) workdays in which to make the decision to be laid-off and such decision shall be final. D. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced to zero hours they shall be deemed to be laid-off and shall enter into the layoff and recall procedures. E. An employee who is reduced in hours shall be placed in a building/workgroup preference pool for the following year, ending after the Initial Assignment of Hours procedure has been completed. F. During the period the building/workgroup preference pool is in effect if any additional hours become available they shall be offered to employees in the building/workgroup preference pool in compliance with Section 16.5.3, Assignment of Additional Hours, in building/workgroup seniority order, until those employees are made whole for the hours they were reduced. Employees who refuse the additional hours shall be removed from the building/workgroup preference pool. G. The District shall notify an employee reduced through this procedure that they have been reduced, utilizing the “Initial Assignment of Hours Preference Form” in Appendix C. Such notification shall include: 1. The employee’s current assigned hours. 2. The employee’s current continuing hours. 3. The number of hours the employee has been assigned. 4. The number of hours they are eligible from the building/workgroup preference pool. H. Once building preference pools are finalized the principal/program manager shall give copies of the Initial Assignment Preference Forms to the designated building representative. The building representative will then be asked to forward the forms to a designated Chapter Officer. The information that the forms should include are: 1. Those employees current assigned hours. 2. Those employees current continuing hours. 3. Those employees new assigned hours. 4. The number of hours those employees have a right to from the building/workgroup preference pool.

Reduction in Hours Procedure. A. When reductions in hours are necessary at a site, the reduction shall affect employees in building/workgroup seniority order with the least senior employee being affected first, to the extent possible within the parameters required by building/program needs. B. If building/program needs or the qualifications of an employee do not permit the reduction of the least senior employee’s hours, the reduction process will continue from the next least senior employee until the number of hours lost by senior employees has been offered to those employees. C. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced below four (4) hours they may, at their option, elect to be identified as laid-off and enter into the layoff and recall procedures. Employees have five (5) workdays in which to make the decision to be laid-off and such decision shall be final. D. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced to zero hours they shall be deemed to be laid-off and shall enter into the layoff and recall procedures. E. An employee who is reduced in hours shall be placed in a building/workgroup preference pool for the following year, ending after the Initial Assignment of Hours procedure has been completed. F. During the period the building/workgroup preference pool is in effect effect, if any additional hours become available available, they shall be offered to employees in the building/workgroup preference pool in compliance with Section 16.5.315.5.3, Assignment of Additional Hours, in building/workgroup seniority order, until those employees are made whole for the hours they were reduced. Employees who refuse the additional hours shall be removed from the building/workgroup preference pool. G. The District shall notify an employee reduced through this procedure that they have been reduced, utilizing the “Initial Assignment of Hours Preference Form” in Appendix C. Such notification shall include: 1. The employee’s current assigned hours. 2. The employee’s current continuing hours. 3. The number of hours the employee has been assigned. 4. The number of hours they are eligible from the building/workgroup preference pool. H. Once building preference pools are finalized the principal/program manager shall give copies of the Initial Assignment Preference Forms to the designated building representative. The building representative will then be asked to forward the forms to a designated Chapter Officer. The information that the forms should include are: 1. Those employees employee’s current assigned hours. 2. Those employees employee’s current continuing hours. 3. Those employees employee’s new assigned hours. 4. The number of hours those employees have a right to from the building/workgroup preference pool.

Reduction in Hours Procedure. A. When reductions in hours are necessary at a site, the reduction shall affect employees in building/workgroup seniority order with the least senior employee being affected first, to the extent possible within the parameters required by building/program needs. B. If building/program needs or the qualifications of an employee do not permit the reduction of the least senior employee’s hours, the reduction process will continue from the next least senior employee until the number of hours lost by senior employees has been offered to those employees. C. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced below four (4) hours they may, at their option, elect to be identified as laid-off and enter into the layoff and recall procedures. Employees have five (5) workdays in which to make the decision to be laid-off and such decision shall be final. D. If, after this process, an employee has been reduced to zero hours they shall be deemed to be laid-off and shall enter into the layoff and recall procedures. E. An employee who is reduced in hours shall be placed in a building/workgroup preference pool for the following year, ending after the Initial Assignment of Hours procedure has been completed. F. During the period the building/workgroup preference pool is in effect effect, if any additional hours become available available, they shall be offered to employees in the building/workgroup preference pool in compliance with Section 16.5.315.5.3, Assignment of Additional Hours, in building/workgroup seniority order, until those employees are made whole for the hours they were reduced. Employees who refuse the additional hours shall be removed from the building/workgroup preference pool. G. The District shall notify an employee reduced through this procedure that they have been reduced, utilizing the “Initial Assignment of Hours Preference Form” in Appendix C. Such notification shall include: 1. The employee’s current assigned hours. 2. The employee’s current continuing hours. 3. The number of hours the employee has been assigned. 4. The number of hours they are eligible from the building/workgroup preference pool. H. Once building preference pools are finalized the principal/program manager shall give copies of the Initial Assignment Preference Forms to the designated building representative. The building representative will then be asked to forward the forms to a designated Chapter Officer. The information that the forms should include are: 1. Those employees current assigned hours. 2. Those employees current continuing hours. 3. Those employees new assigned hours. 4. The number of hours those employees have a right to from the building/workgroup preference pool.