SENIORITY AND FILLING VACANCIES. Section Seniority A Seniority shall be considered as plant seniority and shall be defined as the duration of a regular employee's continuous service for the Company within the bargaining unit as described in Section Recognition, from his last hiring date. The seniority date of the employee will be determined according to Section Probationary Employees. Seniority of employees hired at the same date will be determined by alphabetic order of family name.
SENIORITY AND FILLING VACANCIES. Section Seniority A Seniority shall be considered as plant seniority and shall be defined as the duration of a regular employee’s continuous service for the Company within the bargaining unit as described in Section Recognition, from his last hiring date. The seniority date of the employee will be determined according to Section Probationary Employees. B Seniority of employees hired at the same date will be determined by alphabetic order of family name. Section Note: An up-to-date seniority list will be posted every 3 months and a copy will be given to the Union. Section Consideration Of Qualifications The application of the seniority provisions of this Agreement must be governed by considerations of whether the employee is qualified to perform the job required. If the employee is not so qualified, the applicable seniority provision will not apply. It is that an employee who permanently bids or who is permanently transferred to a new or different job will have a fair trial/training period on such new job as determined by management. Section All new employees will be hired as probationary employees for the calendar days of employment after which the employee shall be placed on the seniority list dating back to his date of hire. A probationary employee shall not have seniority tights and the discharge of such employee will not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of this Agreement. Section Permanent Vacancies (Except Maintenance and Job Classifications in the Line of Progression) When new jobs are created or the Company determines it necessary to a permanent vacancy, such job will be filled by plant seniority provided that, in the opinion of management, such employee is capable of learning and performing the job in a safe, efficient and productive manner. Note If after posting in the plant, management determines that no suitable employee is available in the bargaining unit, then employees may be hired from outside the bargaining unit. Note An employee who returns from an absence of up to days because of vacation, leave of absence, funeral leave, jury duty, or occupational or non- occupational illness or injury may make application retroactively for any permanent vacancies posted during his absence, provided that he does so within 2 working days following his return to work. The Company will attempt to contact an absent employee to determine if he/she wishes to bid on a permanent vacancy, and he/she must respond to such inquiry within hours o...
