Common use of Seniority on Layoff and Recall Clause in Contracts

Seniority on Layoff and Recall. 29.6.1 In the event of a Temporary Layoff or General Redundancy, the number of layoffs shall be allocated proportionately among Colleges. In the event of any layoff, employees shall be laid off and recalled according to their seniority among those employees within the department, division, College, or other administrative unit in which the layoff is to occur. 29.6.2 The order of seniority on layoff shall be the following: (i) first, Sessional Lecturers who are not members of the bargaining unit but who teach classes that can satisfactorily be taught by members of the bargaining unit, and are financed out of the University Operating Budget; (ii) second, Special Lecturers and employees who hold appointments without term or for a limited term, and whose income comes from the University Operating Budget; (iii) third, all other employees in the bargaining unit. The order of recall shall be the reverse of the order of layoff. 29.6.3 Within each of these three classifications, the order of seniority shall be determined by the date of current appointment to the University, those most recently appointed being the first to be laid off and those last laid off being the first to be recalled. When the date for layoff or recall is the same for any employees, the order of seniority shall be determined by lot. 29.6.4 No tenured or permanent employee having a minimum of ten (10) years of service with the University whose age plus years of service is equal to or greater than sixty (60), shall be laid off for reason of General Redundancy. 29.6.5 Recall rights of laid off employees shall be limited to a period of three years from the date of layoff. A laid off employee shall have the right of first refusal of each and every available position in the employee's field. Laid off employees shall be given two months to decide whether they wish to accept a recall and shall be given a reasonable period of time in order to fulfill other commitments before resuming their duties. If employees fail to accept a recall or to resume their duties, their recall rights shall terminate.