Common use of Seniority Pool Clause in Contracts

Seniority Pool. Access to the Seniority Pool for Temporary Full-Time, Auxiliary and Regular Part-Time Employees shall enable such employees to use their accumulated seniority for the purposes of: (a) gaining access, in order of seniority, to the first available opportunities for regular full-time work in the class of Operations Worker II (or such other classes at an equivalent or lower pay rate) within their Branch provided they are qualified to perform the work; (b) distinguishing between equivalently qualified applicants to posted positions within their Branch in accordance with Clause 12.1(a) of the Collective Agreement; (c) being laid off in reverse order of seniority within their Branch provided they are qualified to perform the work; (d) receiving ten (10) working days’ notice of layoff within their Branch or payment in lieu of such notice for the balance of the ten (10) working days (subject to the exceptions listed in Clause 14.1(c) of the Collective Agreement); and (e) being recalled to their own Branch during the one (1) year recall period, in order of seniority, provided they are qualified to perform the work. Note: The offer of short term temporary and/or auxiliary assignments (i.e. up to the equivalent of four (4) weeks or one hundred sixty (160) hours) to employees with access to the Seniority Pool who have been laid off shall not be considered a recall. An employee who accepts such temporary and/or auxiliary work shall not receive a further layoff notice at the conclusion of such work. Employees who decline such work will not be considered to have refused a recall. Employees’ who refuse assignments greater than four (4) weeks or one hundred sixty (160) hours shall be placed at the bottom of the Seniority List for the balance of the recall period. (f) Employees who had previously attained access to the Seniority Pool and subsequently resign and return within one (1) year or change status and work less than twenty (20) hours per week shall be required to work a minimum of one hundred and sixty (160) hours following their rehire or change in status before being reinstated on the Seniority Pool list.

Seniority Pool. Access to the Seniority Pool for Temporary Full-Time, Auxiliary and Regular Part-Part- Time Employees shall enable such employees to use their accumulated seniority for the purposes of: (a) gaining access, in order of seniority, to the first available opportunities for regular full-time work in the class of Operations Worker II (or such other classes at an equivalent or lower pay rate) within their Branch provided they are qualified to perform the work; (b) distinguishing between equivalently qualified applicants to posted positions within their Branch in accordance with Clause 12.1(a) of the Collective Agreement; (c) being laid off in reverse order of seniority within their Branch the Work Location to which they are assigned provided they are qualified to perform the work; (d) receiving ten (10) working days’ notice of layoff within in their Branch Work Location or payment in lieu of such notice for the balance of the ten (10) working days (subject to the exceptions listed in Clause 14.1(c) of the Collective Agreement); and (e) being recalled to their own Branch during the one (1) year recall period, in order of seniority, to any of the Work Locations listed below, provided they are qualified to perform the work. Note: The offer of short term temporary and/or auxiliary assignments (i.e. up to the equivalent of four (4) weeks or one hundred sixty (160) hours) to employees with access to the Seniority Pool who have been laid off shall not be considered a recall. An employee who accepts such temporary and/or auxiliary work shall not receive a further layoff notice at the conclusion of such work. Employees who decline such work will not be considered to have refused a recall. Employees’ who refuse assignments greater than four (4) weeks or one hundred sixty (160) hours shall be placed at the bottom of the Seniority List for the balance of the recall period. (f) For the purposes of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) above, the Work Locations are as follows: Work Location 1 is Horticulture including Railway; Work Location 2 is Golf; Work Location 3 is Arboriculture; and Work Location 4 is Building Maintenance. (g) Employees who had previously attained access to the Seniority Pool and subsequently resign and return within one (1) year or change status and work less than twenty (20) hours per week shall be required to work a minimum of one hundred and sixty (160) hours following their rehire or change in status before being reinstated on the Seniority Pool list.