Common use of Seniority Protection Dates Clause in Contracts

Seniority Protection Dates. a. In addition to the foregoing protections, no employee in active service or on leave of absence on the date of signing of this Agreement who has a Company seniority date of April 1, 2006 or earlier will be furloughed from employment with the Company as a direct result of the contracting out of work, except under the following circumstances: failure by the employee to exercise seniority on the system to fill a permanent vacancy or to bump an employee not protected by paragraph 5.b below, or failure to fill a permanent vacancy in a higher classification the employee is qualified to fill. An employee who fails to exercise seniority or to fill a vacancy will be eligible for normal furlough pay.

Seniority Protection Dates. a. In addition to the foregoing protections, no employee in active service or on leave of absence on the date of signing of this Agreement who has a Company seniority date of April 1, 2006 or earlier will be furloughed from employment with the Company as a direct result of the contracting out of work, except under the following circumstances: failure by the employee to exercise seniority on the system to fill a permanent vacancy or to bump an employee not protected by paragraph 5.b 4.b below, or failure to fill a permanent vacancy in a higher classification the employee is qualified to fill. An employee who fails to exercise seniority or to fill a vacancy will be eligible for normal furlough pay.