Reduction of Forces. When forces are being reduced senior qualified regular employees will be permitted to exercise their seniority. Under no circumstances can a restricted employee displace an unrestricted employee. It is understood that any employee exercising their right shall do so in writing within thirty-six (36) hours of the effective change.
Reduction of Forces. (a) A reduction of forces within the bargaining unit shall be accomplished by laying off the employees in their inverse order of seniority.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 23 (a), an employee may be retained on a skilled job regardless of his seniority when there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.
(c) Whenever employees are to be laid off, the employees concerned will be notified individually at least five (5) working days before the lay-off or be paid five (5) days in lieu of notice. The Union will receive copies of such notice.
(d) Should the Company decide to move any of its operations from the present plant, employees affected shall be given the opportunity to move to the new location.
(e) A senior employee who is not qualified by previous training to displace a junior employee in any job classification shall be laid off, subject to recall to the previous job classification. However, a senior employee has the option to replace a junior employee in a job classification in which he/she has had no previous experience, provided that, within a maximum of 20 days training, the standard of the classification is achieved. Failing this he/she shall be laid off subject to recall in any classification other than the
(a) It is accepted that as a result of lack of work in a certain area, there will be layoff of junior employees as in 23 (a), and movement of employees to other jobs within the plant.
(b) Such layoff can be temporary if Management feels that this lack of work is due to temporary recession in business, or permanent when it is due to a discontinuing of a certain business.
(c) In either case, the laid off employee's former rate will be maintained for a minimum of (6) weeks. (This refers to an employee who remains employed in the plant.)
(d) In the case of temporary recession, Management reserves the right to maintain the rate of the laid off employee, as they see fit beyond six (6) weeks.
(e) In the case of a permanent layoff, as in (B) above, the laid off employee will, at the end of six (6) weeks, assume the rate for the new job, at the level of pay determined by his total experience on the job, and supplemented by the proficiency shown in performing that job during the six (6) week period.
(f) At the time of layoff, an employee shall be told the status of the layoff (temporary or permanent), to assist the employee in evaluating his requesting the new position, if this is possible within the...
Reduction of Forces a) Whenever a reduction in forces becomes necessary, any student vacation replacement shall be laid off first without reference to their length of service. When all students have been laid off, any further reduction in forces within a department or within the plant shall be accomplished by transferring or laying off employees in their inverse order of plant seniority.
b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 7.03 (a) or 8.04 (a), in the event of a reduction in forces, an employee may be retained in a particular job regardless of his seniority, where there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.
Reduction of Forces. In the event of a reduction in forces, the last person hired shall be the first released subject to the competency of the person involved.
Reduction of Forces. 1. Whenever it is necessary to layoff or transfer employees due to lack of work, the following procedure shall apply:
a. When a classification is affected by lack of work, the employees in that classification with the least seniority will be given one week's notice of transfer or layoff provided those employees retained on this basis are qualified to perform the work. Any employee who is to be laid off for lack of work shall have one week's notice or one week's pay at the prevailing weekly schedule of hours at the time of layoff.
b. Every effort will be made to place the affected employees as quickly as possible. However, in the case of those employees who are eligible for transfer on a seniority basis, if the necessary rearrangement of personnel cannot be made in the one week notice period, the affected employees may be removed from the payroll for lack of work for a period not to exceed two weeks. Thus, shorter service employees may remain in the Bargaining Unit for periods not to exceed two weeks.
2. Any employee affected who has seniority will be considered for transfer or layoff as follows:
a. He/she may transfer to an open job in his/her present classification;
b. If no such open job exists, he/she may displace the shortest service employee in his/her present classification;
c. If his/her seniority or qualifications or both do not permit him/her to displace an employee as described above, he/she may fill an opening in a lower rated classification that he/she previously held or is otherwise qualified to perform;
d. If his/her seniority or qualifications or both do not permit him/her to fill an opening as described in (2) (c) above, he/she will displace the shortest service employee on a job in a lower rated classification in which he/she has previously held a job or is otherwise qualified to perform.
e. Any employee so displaced will be subject to the same entire layoff procedure as the affected employees above.
Reduction of Forces. (a) A reduction of forces within the bargaining unit shall be accomplished by laying off the employees in the inverse order of their seniority.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 22 (a), an employee may be retained in a skilled job regardless of his/her seniority when there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.
(c) Whenever employees are to be laid off, the employees concerned will be notified individually at least five (5) working days before the layoff or be paid five (5) days in lieu of notice. The Union will receive copies of such notices.
(d) Should the Company decide to move any of its operations from the present plant, employees affected shall be given the opportunity to move to the new location. Six (6) months notice of such a move will be given.
(e) In the event of department shutdown, Gravure, Flexo, Laminating, Extruder, Kroenert, Ink Room, Make Ready, Plate Mounting, or the plant closure, etc., any employee laid off to the street for a period of thirteen (13) weeks or more, (except a discharge for cause) shall be entitled to a combination of Notice and Severance in the following manner (provided the eligible employee gives up any and all rights including rights to recall, under the Collective Agreement); Notice or pay in lieu of notice to the extent provided for in the Employment Standards Act. It is understood that the above compensation satisfies any requirements as set out in the Employment Standards Act including in particular the Severance Section.
Reduction of Forces a) In the event of a reduction of forces the last person hired shall be the first released, subject to the provisions of Section (2) of this Article.
b) During a reduction of forces where an employee’s seniority is such that he will not be able to keep his regular job he may elect whether or not to apply his seniority to obtain another job or accept a lay-off until his regular job becomes available, provided however:
i) If during the lay-off period the employee wishes to return to work and notifies the Company, he shall be called back to work as soon as his seniority entitles him to a job.
ii) The application of this provision shall not result in an employee, in the exercise of his rights, bumping an employee with less seniority.
c) Where a reduction of forces is caused by emergency conditions, the application of seniority may be postponed for such period as may be necessary, but not exceeding five (5) working days. If the Company decides to exercise its rights under this provision it shall notify the Shop Committee as soon as possible.
Reduction of Forces. In the event that it becomes necessary to layoff persons covered buy this agreement, the City will make its best effort to provide 90-days advance notice, but no less than s 60 days to the employee and union. Lay-off shall be done in reverse order of seniority, provided the senior employee is capable of performing the duties of the less senior employee. Laid off employees will retain seniority rights for twenty-four (24) months from the date of layoff.
Reduction of Forces. (1) When it becomes necessary to reduce expenses, the force at any point or in any department shall be reduced; seniority as per Rule 22 to govern. Employees affected will give written notice to the xxxxxxx, with copy to the Local Chairman of their intention to exercise seniority rights within five (5) days after receiving notice of reduction, and will take the rate of the job to which assigned.
(2) Not less than five working days' notice will be given employees affected before the abolishment of a position or reduction in forces is made. Lists will be furnished the local committee.
(3) In the restoration of forces, employees will be restored to service in accordance with their seniority if available within fifteen (15) days unless an extension of time is granted by mutual consent of the local committee and the xxxxxxx in charge. The local committee shall be furnished with a list of the employees to be restored to service.
(4) Employees restored to service will not be laid off again without the five (5) working day's advance notice provided in this Rule.
a. Rules, agreements or practices, however established, that require advance notice to employees before temporarily abolishing positions or making temporary force reductions are hereby modified to eliminate any requirement for such notices under emergency conditions, such as flood, show storm, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, fire or labor dispute other than as covered by paragraph (b) below, provided that such conditions result in suspension of a carrier's operations in whole or in part. It is understood and agreed that such temporary force reductions will be confined solely to those work locations directly affected by any suspension of operations. It is further understood and agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing, any employee who is affected by an emergency force reduction and reports for work for his position without having been previously notified not to report, shall receive four hours' pay at the applicable rate for his position.
Reduction of Forces. Whenever a reduction in forces becomes necessary, any student vacation replacements shall be laid off without refer- ence to their length of service. Student vacation replacements are temporary employees. Such students shall be hired after April 15th and before August 15th and terminated before thereon September 30th of the same year. Student vacation replacements shall accumulate no seniority while they are classified as such and shall be subject to termination without notice and without cause. If the Company retains a student vacation replacement after September 30th same year, he shall be rehired as a probationary employee. When all student vacation replacements have been laid off, any further reduction in forces within a department or within the plant, shall be accomplished by transferring or laying off employees in their inverse order of plant seniority. Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses or in the event of a reduction in forces, an employee may be retained in a particular job regardless of his seniority, where there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.
