Common use of REDUCTION IN WORKING FORCE Clause in Contracts

REDUCTION IN WORKING FORCE. Section 9.01. When lack of work requires a reduction in the working force, the Company and the Union subscribe to the principle of last in-first out. The Company and the Union recognize that each circumstance requiring a reduction in force is unique and needs to be evaluated as a unique occurrence. To that end the Company and the Union shall meet and try to reach a mutual agreement on how to carry out the reduction in force. If an agreement cannot be reached, the reductions in working force shall be governed by the procedures set forth in this Article. Section 9.02. When the reduction does not involve eliminating all jobs within the affected Occupational Group(s), the following shall apply: (a) Except as provided in Subsection (f) below, employees with the lowest classified seniority on the highest affected Pay Grade roster shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group. When these moves result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority o n those rosters shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group and so forth until the necessary reductions in the rosters have been achieved. (b) When the final reductions result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority shall be removed from the rosters and placed on a surplus-pool list. The Company shall then prepare a list of vacancies in the affected Organizational Group. By continuous service seniority order, the employees shall irrevocably choose, in writing, any vacancy for which they are deemed qualified. Determination as to qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth in Article 8, Section 8.09. (c) Employees not placed under the procedures set forth in (b) above shall irrevocably choose, in writing, from a Company-prepared list of selected vacancies within the bargaining unit (d) Employees displaced from an Occupational Group(s) or work location(s) under Section 9.02, 9.03 or 9.05 of this Article shall retain the right, as limited herein, to return to their previous Occupational Group or work location should a vacancy(s) become available, for which they are deemed qualified. Determinations as to the qualifications shall be based on the same criteria as outlined in Article 8, Section 8.09. New employees shall not be employed or transferred into the Occupational Group or work location, until such displaced employee(s) have had one (1) opportunity to accept such a vacancy or until the expiration of two (2) years from the date of displacement, whichever occurs first. Vacancy(s) shall be offered to the employees by continuous service seniority. (e) After an employee has been transferred to a new Occupational Group pursuant to a reduction in force under this Article, for three (3) years thereafter he/she shall not be removed from his/her Pay Grade roster under Subsection (a) above before other employees on such roster with less continuous service providing the employee is satisfactorily performing the duties of the classification. (f) If more than one (1) reduction in force is enacted in one (1) Occupational Group within a three (3) year period and employees from that Occupational Group are transferred pursuant to the reductions in force to the same new Occupational Group, employees who are transferred in the latter reduction(s) in force shall receive the same classified seniority date in the job classification to which they are transferred as if they had been transferred during the earliest reduction in force. Section 9.03. When the reduction involves eliminating an Occupational Group, Department, or Organizational Group, the procedures set forth in Section 9.02(b) and, if necessary, Section 9.02(c) or (d) shall apply to the affected employees. Section 9.04. For the purposes of this Article 9 only, each organization or grouping of organizations listed below shall be deemed to be an "Organizational Group": (a) Customer Operations (b) Technical Services (c) Operations

REDUCTION IN WORKING FORCE. Section 9.01. When lack of work requires a reduction in the working force, the Company and the Union subscribe to the principle of last in-first out. The Company and the Union recognize that each circumstance requiring a reduction in force is unique and needs to be evaluated as a unique occurrence. To that end the Company and the Union shall meet and try to reach a mutual agreement on how to carry out the reduction in force. If an agreement cannot be reached, the reductions in working force shall be governed by the procedures set forth in this Article. Section 9.02. When the reduction does not involve eliminating all jobs within the affected Occupational Group(s), the following shall apply: (a) Except as provided in Subsection (f) below, employees with the lowest classified seniority on the highest affected Pay Grade roster shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group. When these moves result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority o n on those rosters shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group and so forth until the necessary reductions in the rosters have been achieved. (b) When the final reductions result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority shall be removed from the rosters and placed on a surplus-pool list. The Company shall then prepare a list of vacancies in the affected Organizational Group. By continuous service seniority order, the employees shall irrevocably choose, in writing, any vacancy for which they are deemed qualified. Determination as to qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth in Article 8, Section 8.09. (c) Employees not placed under the procedures set forth in (b) above shall irrevocably choose, in writing, from a Company-prepared list of selected vacancies within the bargaining unit (d) Employees displaced from an Occupational Group(s) or work location(s) under Section 9.02, 9.03 or 9.05 of this Article shall retain the right, as limited herein, to return to their previous Occupational Group or work location should a vacancy(s) become available, for which they are deemed qualified. Determinations as to the qualifications shall be based on the same criteria as outlined in Article 8, Section 8.09. New employees shall not be employed or transferred into the Occupational Group or work location, until such displaced employee(s) have had one (1) opportunity to accept such a vacancy or until the expiration of two (2) years from the date of displacement, whichever occurs first. Vacancy(s) shall be offered to the employees by continuous service seniority. (e) After an employee has been transferred to a new Occupational Group pursuant to a reduction in force under this Article, for three (3) years thereafter he/she shall not be removed from his/her Pay Grade roster under Subsection (a) above before other employees on such roster with less continuous service providing the employee is satisfactorily performing the duties of the classification. (f) If more than one (1) reduction in force is enacted in one (1) Occupational Group within a three (3) year period and employees from that Occupational Group are transferred pursuant to the reductions in force to the same new Occupational Group, employees who are transferred in the latter reduction(s) in force shall receive the same classified seniority date in the job classification to which they are transferred as if they had been transferred during the earliest reduction in force. Section 9.03. When the reduction involves eliminating an Occupational Group, Department, or Organizational Group, the procedures set forth in Section 9.02(b) and, if necessary, Section 9.02(c) or (d) shall apply to the affected employees. Section 9.04. For the purposes of this Article 9 only, each organization or grouping of organizations listed below shall be deemed to be an "Organizational Group": (a) Customer Operations (b) Technical Services (c) Operations

REDUCTION IN WORKING FORCE. Section 9.01. When lack of work requires a reduction in the working force, the Company and the Union subscribe to the principle of last in-first out. The Company and the Union recognize that each circumstance requiring a reduction in force is unique and needs to be evaluated as a unique occurrence. To that end the Company and the Union shall meet and try to reach a mutual agreement on how to carry out the reduction in force. If an agreement cannot be reached, the reductions in working force shall be governed by the procedures set forth in this Article. Section 9.02. When the reduction does not involve eliminating all jobs within the affected Occupational Group(s), the following shall apply: (a) Except as provided in Subsection (f) below, employees with the lowest classified seniority on the highest affected Pay Grade roster shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group. When these moves result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority o n on those rosters shall be removed in a number as determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group and so forth until the necessary reductions in the rosters have been achieved. (b) When the final reductions result in too many employees on the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified seniority shall be removed from the rosters and placed on a surplus-pool list. The Company shall then prepare a list of vacancies in the affected Organizational Group. By continuous service seniority order, the employees shall irrevocably choose, in writing, any vacancy for which they are deemed qualified. Determination as to qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth in Article 8, Section 8.09. (c) Employees not placed under the procedures set forth in (b) above shall irrevocably choose, in writing, from a Company-prepared list of selected vacancies within the bargaining unitunit for which they are deemed qualified. Determination as to qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth in Article 8, Section 8.09. (d) Employees displaced from an Occupational Group(s) or work location(s) under Section 9.02, 9.03 or 9.05 of this Article shall retain the right, as limited herein, to return to their previous Occupational Group or work location should a vacancy(s) become available, for which they are deemed qualified. Determinations as to the qualifications shall be based on the same criteria as outlined in Article 8, Section 8.09. New employees shall not be employed or transferred into the Occupational Group or work location, until such displaced employee(s) have had one (1) opportunity to accept such a vacancy or until the expiration of two (2) years from the date of displacement, whichever occurs first. Vacancy(s) shall be offered to the employees by continuous service seniority. (e) After an employee has been transferred to a new Occupational Group pursuant to a reduction in force under this Article, for three (3) years thereafter he/she shall not be removed from his/her Pay Grade roster under Subsection (a) above before other employees on such roster with less continuous service providing the employee is satisfactorily performing the duties of the classification. (f) If more than one (1) reduction in force is enacted in one (1) Occupational Group within a three (3) year period and employees from that Occupational Group are transferred pursuant to the reductions in force to the same new Occupational Group, employees who are transferred in the latter reduction(s) in force shall receive the same classified seniority date in the job classification to which they are transferred as if they had been transferred during the earliest reduction in force. Section 9.03. When the reduction involves eliminating an Occupational Group, Department, or Organizational Group, the procedures set forth in Section 9.02(b) and, if necessary, Section 9.02(c) or (d) shall apply to the affected employees. Section 9.04. For the purposes of this Article 9 only, each organization or grouping of organizations listed below shall be deemed to be an "Organizational Group": (a) Customer Operations (b) Technical Services (c) Operations