Secondary Seniority. (a) Secondary Seniority shall be recognized once a temporary employee works a total of 60 shifts within a six month period. (b) For the purposes of this Article, a shift is defined as any day on which an employee has worked. For the purposes of this part, a day worked will also include any day on which hours are paid. (c) Secondary Seniority shall be used for the purposes of job postings and assignment of temporary work. (d) For the purpose of filling posted positions, an employee who has secondary seniority or who is on the temporary call-in list shall be considered after continuing employees and prior to external applicants. (e) An employee who has secondary seniority shall be offered temporary work by seniority providing the employee is qualified for the assignment. In the event that the employee is working when an assignment arises the employee shall complete the current temporary assignment before any reassignment. (f) Secondary Seniority shall be calculated twice yearly as of the closest pay ending date to May 1 and November 1. (g) The Board will provide a secondary seniority listing of temporary employees by total shifts worked to the Secretary of the Union by May 30 and November 30 each year. The listing will also show the total accrued hours for the purposes of benefits outlined in Article 1.03. (h) Temporary employees shall lose their secondary seniority in the event: 1) They resign. 2) They are discharged and not reinstated. 3) They fail to respond to eight (8) call-ins within a twelve (12) month period. An employee who is unavailable for call-in shall notify the Board in advance in writing of those periods except in cases of emergencies. The employer agrees to notify an employee in writing once the employee fails to respond to seven (7) call-ins.
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Secondary Seniority. (a) Secondary Seniority seniority shall be recognized once a temporary employee works a total of 60 sixty (60) shifts within a six (6) month period.
(b) For the purposes of this Article, a shift is defined as any day on which an employee has worked. For the purposes of this part, a day worked will also include any day on which hours are paid.
(c) Secondary Seniority seniority shall be used for the purposes of job postings and assignment of temporary work.
(d) For the purpose of filling posted positions, an employee who has secondary seniority or who is on the temporary call-in list shall be considered after continuing employees and prior to external applicants.
(e) An employee who has secondary seniority shall be offered temporary work by seniority providing the employee is qualified for the assignment. In the event that the employee is working when an assignment arises the employee shall complete the current temporary assignment before any reassignment.
(f) Secondary Seniority seniority shall be calculated twice yearly as of the closest pay ending date to May 1 and November 1.
(g) The Board will provide a secondary seniority listing of temporary employees by total shifts worked to the Secretary of the Union by May 30 and November 30 each year. The listing will also show the total accrued hours for the purposes of benefits outlined in Article 1.03.
(h) Temporary employees shall lose their secondary seniority in the event:
(1) They resign.
(2) They are discharged and not reinstated.
(3) They fail to respond to eight (8) call-ins within a twelve (12) month period. An employee who is unavailable for call-in shall notify the Board in advance in writing of those periods except in cases of emergencies. The employer agrees to notify an employee in writing once the employee fails to respond to seven (7) call-ins.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
