Common use of Seniority Tie Breaker Clause in Contracts

Seniority Tie Breaker. The Parties agree to the following process when two (2) or more employees have equal seniority: By first using the last three (3) numbers of the employee’s Social Insurance Number (SIN), and whomever has the lowest last three numbers will be considered the first hired, and so on. If two employees have identical last three (3) numbers, the fourth number of the SIN number will be compared with the lowest fourth number of the two (2) employees being considered the first hired. Example 1: Employee A Employee B Employee B 779 441 789 706 123 690 is considered the first hire Example 2: Employee A Employee B Employee A 779 441 789 706 123 789 is considered the first hire This process will only apply to seniority conflicts which arise after July 4, 2004.