Common use of Seniority Pool Clause in Contracts

Seniority Pool. Employees who have received notice of lay off shall form a pool and be ranked in order of seniority. At all times, the most senior employee in the pool is the first to identify their preference for bumping, lay-off or placement; as more junior employees are bumped, they are added to the pool and ranked in order of seniority to identify the order for indicating their preference. (i) A full-time employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to elect one of the following: (a) accept the lay-off; or (b) bump a full-time employee, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit seniority and who is the least senior employee in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit; or (c) to accept placement into a vacancy in accordance with Article 14.04; or (d) bump a part-time employee in Category I or II, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit hourly seniority and who is the least senior employee in Category I or II who is in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit; or (e) accept an Employer initiated reduction of hours in their current position. (ii) A part-time Category I employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to: (a) bump a part-time employee in Category I or II, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit hourly seniority and who is the least senior employee in Category I or II who is in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit. (iii) A part-time Category I or II employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to elect one of the following: (a) accept placement in part-time Category III; or (b) be placed on the recall list for part-time recall in their same or lower category of part-time. (iv) Part-time employees classified by the Employer as qualified may bump qualified or unqualified employees while unqualified employees shall only bump unqualified employees. Employees shall have forty-eight (48) hours to elect one of the above options otherwise they will be automatically laid off and placed on recall.

Seniority Pool. Employees who have received notice of lay off shall form a pool and be ranked in order of seniority. At all times, the most senior employee in the pool is the first to identify their preference for bumping, lay-off or placement; as more junior employees are bumped, they are added to the pool and ranked in order of seniority to identify the order for indicating their preference. (ia) A full-time employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to elect one of the following: (ai) accept the lay-off; or (bii) bump a full-time employee, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit seniority and who is the least senior employee in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit; or (ciii) to accept placement into a vacancy in accordance with Article 14.04; or (div) bump a part-time employee in Category I or II, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit hourly seniority and who is the least senior employee in Category I or II who is in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit; or (ev) accept an Employer initiated reduction of hours in their current position. (iib) A part-time Category I employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to: (ai) bump a part-time employee in Category I or II, subject to and in accordance with the criteria of Article 14.01, who has lesser bargaining unit hourly seniority and who is the least senior employee in Category I or II who is in the same or lower job grade in the bargaining unit. (iiic) A part-time Category I or II employee who is subject to lay-off or bumped by another employee who has been laid off shall have the right to elect one of the following: (ai) accept placement in part-time Category III; or (bii) be placed on the recall list for part-time recall in their same or lower category of part-time. (ivd) Part-time employees classified by the Employer as qualified may bump qualified or unqualified employees while unqualified employees shall only bump unqualified employees. Employees shall have forty-eight (48) hours to elect one of the above options otherwise they will be automatically laid off and placed on recall.