Common use of Sale or Closure of Store Clause in Contracts

Sale or Closure of Store. In the event of sale or closure of a store, employees shall be able to exercise their seniority in other stores of the Employer within the same Contract Area. In the event that the Employer closes a retail store resulting in employee(s) losing their employment, the Employer agrees to give the employee(s) first consideration, based on continuous service with the Employer in the British Columbia Contract Areas, for rehire within their previous classification, before hiring any new employees in other Contract Areas within the province of British Columbia. Upon rehire within the same classification, an employee shall receive full credit for previous experience for the purpose of establishing their rate of pay. In the event that the employee cannot maintain employment within the Contract Area and to enhance the job security of employees covered by this Agreement, effective Sunday after Ratification (August 24 2008), employees affected by a permanent closure of their store (i.e., no Replacement Store is opened) shall be permitted to exercise their Company seniority into other stores in the province as set out below: Within thirty (30) days of an announcement to close a store, employees who wish to exercise their Company seniority under this clause will be required to declare in writing to which store(s) in the province they wish to transfer. After this thirty (30) day window the Employer and the Union shall meet to determine where employees will be transferred when the store is closed. The principles governing this meeting are that employees will be granted their request by seniority and stores accepting these employees will only be required to absorb up to five percent (5%) of their current employee count into their store. Employees recalled shall be given seven (7) days notice to respond to the Employer’s notice and seven (7) days to report for work. Such time periods may be extended by mutual agreement.

Sale or Closure of Store. In the event of sale or closure of a store, employees shall be able to exercise their seniority in other stores of the Employer within the same Contract Area. In the event that the Employer closes a retail store resulting in employee(s) losing their employment, the Employer agrees to give the employee(s) first consideration, based on continuous service with the Employer in the British Columbia Contract Areas, for rehire within their previous classification, before hiring any new employees in other Contract Areas within the province of British Columbia. Upon rehire within the same classification, an employee shall receive full credit for previous experience for the purpose of establishing their rate of pay. In the event that the employee cannot maintain employment within the Contract Area and to enhance the job security of employees covered by this Agreement, effective Sunday after Ratification (August 24 2008), employees affected by a permanent closure of their store (i.e., no Replacement Store is opened) shall be permitted to exercise their Company seniority into other stores in the province as set out below: Within thirty (30) days of an announcement to close a store, employees who wish to exercise their Company seniority under this clause will be required to declare in writing to which store(s) in the province they wish to transfer. After this thirty (30) day window the Employer and the Union shall meet to determine where employees will be transferred when the store is closed. The principles governing this meeting are that employees will be granted their request by seniority and stores accepting these employees will only be required to absorb up to five percent (5%) of their current employee count into their store. Employees recalled shall be given seven (7) days notice to respond to the Employer’s notice and seven (7) days to report for work. Such time periods may be extended by mutual agreement.seven

Sale or Closure of Store. In the event of sale or closure of a store, employees shall be able to exercise their seniority in other stores of that fall under the Employer within the same Contract AreaCollective Agreement. In the event that the Employer closes a retail store resulting in employee(s) losing their employment, the Employer agrees to give the employee(s) first consideration, based on continuous service with the Employer in the British Columbia Contract Areas, for rehire within their previous classification, before hiring any new employees in other Contract Areas within the province of British Columbia. Upon rehire within the same classification, an employee shall receive full credit for previous experience for the purpose of establishing their rate of pay. In the event that the employee cannot maintain employment within the Contract Area and to enhance the job security of employees covered by this Agreement, effective Sunday after Ratification (August 24 2008), employees affected by a permanent closure of their store (i.e., no Replacement Store is opened) shall be permitted to exercise their Company seniority into other stores in the province as set out below: Within thirty (30) days of an announcement to close a store, employees who wish to exercise their Company seniority under this clause will be required to declare in writing to which store(s) in the province they wish to transfer. After this thirty (30) day window the Employer and the Union shall meet to determine where employees will be transferred when the store is closed. The principles governing this meeting are that employees will be granted their request by seniority and stores accepting these employees will only be required to absorb up to five percent (5%) of their current employee count into their store. Employees recalled shall be given seven (7) days notice to respond to the Employer’s notice and seven (7) days to report for work. Such time periods may be extended by mutual agreement.