SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca, negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years an employee’s length of continuous employmentservice with the Employer (or any predecessor acquired by the Employer) or facility, whichever is greater, regardless of whether there was a collective bargaining agreement covering the facility. After completion of the probationary period described in Article 2, an employee shall attain seniority as of his/her original date of hire. Seniority shall be broken by any of the following events: • Resignation, retirement or voluntary termination; • Discharge for just cause; • Voluntary promotion into a member non-bargaining unit position, unless an employee returns to the bargaining unit within six (6) months of the promotion in which case the employee’s seniority shall be fully restored less any time spent in the non-bargaining unit position; • Inactive employment for any reason other than authorized leaves of absence exceeding six (6) months or an employee’s length of seniority, whichever is less; • Failure to report to work within seven (7) calendar days from the date a recall notice is mailed to the employee’s most recent address appearing in the employee’s records unless prior written notice is received and approved by the Employer; or • Failure to return to work after any leave of absence scheduled date for return unless prior written notice is received and approved by the Employer. Seniority shall not be considered broken by virtue of military service leave regardless of length of absence. Within the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Boardassignments, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date filling of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list vacancies shall be determined by loton the basis of seniority, conducted by provided that, in the Union Management Committeereasonable opinion of the Employer, the Employee is qualified, suitable and available to work. The seniority list Seniority shall be posted on determinative when, and only when, all other job related factors are equal. In cases where there is joint scheduling or regular interchange of employees amongst multiple buildings that are part of a single client, multiple buildings will be treated as "a building" for purposes of layoff, OT Scheduling, and Job Posting. In the bulletin board event of a layoff due to a reduction in each locationforce in a building, during the months inverse order of March and October of each year and copies classification seniority shall be provided followed, provided, however, that for the and Recording Secretary purpose of the Union. Within thirty (30) days this paragraph, seniority shall be based on total length of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions service in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingbuilding. An employee who leaves is laid off shall not be permitted to bump a less senior Employee at another facility or location. However, the bargaining unit on an approved leavelaid off Employee shall have the right, for three (3) months to fill positions within the Employee’s classification that may do so become available at the same account or location or at other accounts or locations subject to this Agreement, provided in the reasonable opinion of the Employer the Employee is qualified, suitable, and available to work. To the extent practical, all employees who have at least six (6) months or more seniority shall receive two (2) weeks (ten [10] working days) notice from the Employer of the Employer’s intention to lay them off. Laid off employees shall not be permitted to bump a less senior employee at another facility, but shall be permitted to apply for a maximum of one (1) yearvacant position at another site. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position If there are no longer existssuch vacant positions, the employee will shall be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return permitted to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate exercise his/her seniority for thirty (30) months from a position which becomes available consistent with the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illnessJob Vacancies, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, Transfers and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower yearCareer Advancement Article 23. The Employer will give first move down consideration in filling vacancies to employees on the seniority recall list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workwho are qualified and available.
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Samples: Security Contractors Agreement, Security Contractors Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority The Employee's length of service for the purpose of determining seniority rights shall be defined as total years deemed to commence on the first day of continuous employment, as a member said employee's employment which continued for at least ninety (90) calendar days. An employee voluntarily leaving the service of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board Employer or its Continuous employment an employee discharged for just cause shall include lose all absences due seniority rights. Failure to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list report to work for four successive working days without a reasonable excuse therefore shall consist be considered equivalent to voluntarily leaving the service of the names Employer, but before any employee is discharged for any failure to report, the Shop Xxxxxxx must be notified. All seniority rights will be terminated for an employee who is laid off in excess of all members of his recall rights as established by the bargaining unit following scale: seniority over ninety (90) calendar days and up to two (2) years - recall rights equal two (2) years; seniority over two (2) years and up to ten (10) years - recall rights equal four (4) years; seniority over ten (10) years - recall rights equal five (5) years. If at any time fewer employees shall be needed, employees shall be laid off in decreasing the inverse order of years their seniority considering also ability and competency for the job. When there is not sufficient work for forty (40) hours for all employees the Employer agrees as far as possible to arrange the work schedules so that the senior employee shall have forty (40) hours work. When the Employer again adds to the number of employees, those laid off shall be re-employed in the order of their seniority based upon date (seniority number) considering also ability and competency for the job. All jobs will be posted annually during the month of hireJanuary. Employees All positions must be filled by qualified employees on staff. In the filling of advertised vacancies, the Employer shall notify consider the Board, within senior applicant with the competence and the ability to do the job. The successful applicant shall be given a fair trial period of up to thirty (30) days. Necessary job instruction will be given during such trial period, of any changes and if they fail to perform in accordance with the employers requirements, they shall be returned to their current home address former position and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotionsstanding, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November except that if the date of hire of two or more persons is the samejob to which they have bid proves unsatisfactory, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resourcesemployee, within sixty fifteen (6015) days from commencing new job, may request to be returned to his former position, which request will be given consideration by the postingCompany. The Employer will advertise vacancies for five (5) working days. The Union shall have the opportunity to discuss with the Employer the filling of advertised vacancies prior to actual selection, if the senior applicant is not selected. The Employer will decide in its sole discretion whether or not any classification or vacancy will be filled. An employee who leaves transfers to a supervisory position in the Company and who is subsequently returned to a position in the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for within a maximum of one ninety (190) year. The employee day period shall maintain seniority during be returned to his former position and standing in the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period without loss of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workseniority.
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Samples: www.sdc.gov.on.ca, sp.ltc.gov.on.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lotrank and continuous service in each department of the City of New Smyrna Beach as well as length of service with the City calculated from the date of employment. Citywide seniority shall apply to accrual of all benefits and to promotional vacancies. Continuous service shall only be broken by resignation, conducted discharge, retirement, leaves of absence without pay of thirty-one (31) days or longer, or for family medical leave excluding time taken, unless a special exception is made by the Union Management CommitteeCity Manager. The seniority list Employees with the same date of employment shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the seniority list in order to their rank, or, in the case of equivalent rank, in order of their ranking on applicable eligibility lists. Each department shall maintain a current seniority list. The list shall be used whenever called for by specific sections of this Agreement. The Union representative will periodically be furnished with the list. Annual leave dates shall be selected by bargaining unit personnel according to seniority in the Division, subject to approval by the Department Head. Annual leave will be selected once a year by the employee in accordance with the procedure established by the Department Head. Any remaining dates which have not been selected during the initial selection process will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. In the event of a vacancy in any division, unit or shift (not promotional vacancy), seniority will be given reasonable consideration, but will not be the determining factor. In the case of reduction (lay-off), the City shall consider such factors as an employee's same positionskill, or if said position no longer existsability, efficiency, and performance. Where such factors as skill, ability, efficiency, and performance are otherwise equal, City seniority shall be the determining factor. No new employee will shall be governed by hired until the provisions laid off employee has been given an opportunity to return to work for a period of Article effective up to twelve (12) months from the date of the employee's scheduled return to worklay-off. When an The last employee is absent from work laid off shall be the first recalled. To be eligible for up to months due to illness, disability, or bothrecall, the following terms employee must pass the physical exam and conditions apply: have maintained their certification. The employee will continue be notified by certified or registered mail of his/her recall and must return to accumulate seniority for thirty work within twenty-one (3021) months from calendar days. During the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than monthsfirst seven (7) workdays, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after employee must notify the commencement City of his or her intentions for re-hire and the City and the employee must make arrangements for the employee to take and pass the physical exam. Failure to respond to the recall notice within seven (7) workdays (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays), or failure to pass the physical, or failure to maintain one's certification, will result in forfeiture of recall rights. Notification of recall will be made to the employee's seniority last known address as shown on City personnel records. The employee must notify the City of any change of address in order to maintain recall rights. The City is required to recall an employee only to the classification he/she previously held in a regular status position. If an employee refuses a job with the City in any classification in which he/she was previously employed by the City, he/she shall lose the recall right. Probationary employees shall have no rights under this provision, nor will any employee laid off with prejudice. Exemptions to the recall procedure can be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year made if the Department Head ascertains that another individual has a special skill that is not duplicated in the month rest of October the work force. An employee's name will move down the seniority list shall entitle him/her only to the top such rights as are expressly provided in this Agreement. Accumulation: Seniority shall accumulate during absence because of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration illness, injury, vacation, or other authorized leave except as provided in paragraph one of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis section.
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Samples: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the worker’s length of continuous employment, as a member of service with the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of Employer in the bargaining unit commencing with the date and hour on which the worker first began work in decreasing order a bargaining unit position. Seniority shall not accrue to probationary employees during the probationary period. However, at the successful completion of years of the probationary period, the worker’s seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes be retroactive to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date first day of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board work in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit position, and shall accrue during his/her continuous employment with the Employer within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall accrue and not be lost during a worker’s paid time off (PTO), union leave and during any paid leave of absence, or approved unpaid leave of absence not to exceed twelve (12) weeks. A worker shall not accrue seniority while on Layoff or on an approved leaveunpaid leave of absence which exceeds twelve weeks. A worker shall lose accumulated seniority and seniority shall be broken for any of the following reasons: Voluntary quit; Discharge; Failure to report to work after a Layoff, may do so within three (3) days after receipt of written notice of recall sent by the Employer to the worker at his/her last address of record on file with the Employer or ten (10) days after written notice of recall is sent to the address that was last provided by the worker; Layoff which either extends (a) in excess of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, or (b) for the period of the worker’s length of service, whichever is less; Absence from work without notifying the Employer, unless reasonable notification could not be given for emergencies, determined on a maximum case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority management and exercised in good faith; Unauthorized failure to report to work at the expiration of a leave of absence pursuant to this Agreement; Taking employment elsewhere during the period of absencea contractual leave of absence without the express consent of the Employer unless on layoff. Such Accepting a position with the Employer in a non-bargaining unit category, such as a supervisory or managerial role. A worker whose seniority is lost for any of the reasons outlined above shall be considered as a new employee however if the Employer again employs him or her. The failure of the Employer to rehire said worker after the loss of seniority shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the grievance and arbitration provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the worker’s length of continuous employment, as a member of service with the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of Employer in the bargaining unit commencing with the date and hour on which the worker first began work in decreasing order a bargaining unit position. Seniority shall not accrue to probationary employees during the probationary period. However, at the successful completion of years of the probationary period, the worker’s seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes be retroactive to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date first day of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board work in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit position, and shall accrue during his/her continuous employment with the Employer within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall accrue and not be lost during a worker’s paid time off (PTO), union leave and during any paid leave of absence, or approved unpaid leave of absence not to exceed twelve (12) weeks. A worker shall not accrue seniority while on Layoff or on an approved leaveunpaid leave of absence which exceeds twelve weeks. A worker shall lose accumulated seniority and seniority shall be broken for any of the following reasons: Voluntary quit; Discharge; Failure to report to work after a Layoff, may do so within three (3) days after receipt of written notice of recall sent by the Employer to the worker at his/her last address of record on file with the Employer or ten (10) days after written notice of recall is sent to the address that was last provided by the worker; Layoff which either extends (a) in excess of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, or (b) for the period of the worker’s length of service, whichever is less; Absence from work without notifying the Employer, unless reasonable notification could not be given for emergencies, determined on a maximum case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority management and exercised in good faith; Unauthorized failure to report to work at the expiration of a leave of absence pursuant to this Agreement; Taking employment elsewhere during the period of absencea contractual leave of absence without the express consent of the Employer unless on layoff. Such Accepting a position with the Employer in a non-bargaining unit category, such as a supervisory or managerial role. A worker whose seniority is lost for any of the reasons outlined above shall be considered as a new employee however if the Employer again employs him or her. The failure of the Employer to rehire said worker after the loss of seniority shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the grievance and arbitration provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority The Employee's length of service for the purpose of determining seniority rights shall be defined as total years deemed to commence on the first day of continuous employment, as a member said employee's employment which continued for at least ninety (90) calendar days. An employee voluntarily leaving the service of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board Employer or its Continuous employment an employee discharged for just cause shall include lose all absences due seniority rights. Failure to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list report to work for four successive working days without a reasonable excuse therefore shall consist be considered equivalent to voluntarily leaving the service of the names Employer, but before any employee is discharged for any failure to report, the Shop Xxxxxxx must be notified. All seniority rights will be terminated for an employee who is laid off in excess of all members of his recall rights as established by the bargaining unit following scale: • seniority over ninety (90) calendar days and up to two (2) years - recall rights equal two (2) years; • seniority over two (2) years and up to ten (10) years - recall rights equal four (4) years; • seniority over ten (10) years - recall rights equal five (5) years. If at any time fewer employees shall be needed, employees shall be laid off in decreasing the inverse order of years their seniority considering also ability and competency for the job. When there is not sufficient work for forty (40) hours for all employees the Employer agrees as far as possible to arrange the work schedules so that the senior employee shall have forty (40) hours work. When the Employer again adds to the number of employees, those laid off shall be re-employed in the order of their seniority based upon date (seniority number) considering also ability and competency for the job. All jobs will be posted annually during the month of hireJanuary. Employees All positions must be filled by qualified employees on staff. In the filling of advertised vacancies, the Employer shall notify consider the Board, within senior applicant with the competence and the ability to do the job. The successful applicant shall be given a fair trial period of up to thirty (30) days. Necessary job instruction will be given during such trial period, of any changes and if they fail to perform in accordance with the employers requirements, they shall be returned to their current home address former position and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotionsstanding, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November except that if the date of hire of two or more persons is the samejob to which they have bid proves unsatisfactory, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resourcesemployee, within sixty fifteen (6015) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leavecommencing new job, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearrequest to be returned to his former position, which request will be given consideration by the Company. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee Employer will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work advertise vacancies for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.five
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Samples: sp.ltc.gov.on.ca, www.sdc.gov.on.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the employee's length of continuous employmentservice with the Employer in a regular full-time, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board part-time or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of casual position in the bargaining unit commencing with the date on which the employee first began work in decreasing order a bargaining unit position (on-call, and/or temporary employees shall not accrue seniority while in such positions but shall maintain any previously accrued seniority). Seniority shall not accrue to probationary employees during the probationary period. However, at the successful completion of years the probationary period, the worker’s seniority shall be retroactive to their first day of work in the bargaining unit position, and shall accrue during his/her/their continuous employment with the Employer within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall accrue and not be lost during a worker’s vacation. An employee shall lose accumulated seniority and seniority shall be broken for any of the following reasons: • Voluntary quit • Acceptance of a position with the Employer that is outside the bargaining unit and not covered bythis Agreement • Discharge for just cause • Failure to report to work after a layoff, within ten (10) calendar days after written notice of recall issent to the address that was last provided by the employee • Layoff which either extends: (a) in excess of six (6) consecutive months, or (b) for the period of theemployee's length of service, whichever is less A worker whose seniority is lost for any of the reasons outlined above shall be considered as a new employee if the Employer again employs him or her. The failure of the Employer to rehire said workerafter the loss of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the grievance and arbitration provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to workthis Agreement. When Adjusting On-Call/Temporary Employee Seniority Dates If an employee is absent hired into an on-call or temporary position and later is awarded a regular full- time, part-time or casual position, his/her/their seniority date shall be the date the employee was awarded the regularposition. If an employee’s status changes from work for up full-time, part-time or casual to months on-call (except due to illnesslayoff), disability, or both, he/she/they will not accrue seniority while in the following terms and conditions apply: The employee on-call position but will continue to accumulate maintain seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the accrued up tothe date on which the employee's ’s status changed to on-call. If such employee is later awarded a regular full-time, part-time or casual position again, his/her/their seniority date will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month adjusted by addingthe number of October the employee's name will move down the calendardaysthe employeewasinanon- call position totheemployee’s seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the dateto determine his/her adjusted seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workdate.
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Samples: Bargaining Agreement, Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) The parties recognize that job opportunities and security shall increase in to length of service. Therefore, it is agreed that in all cases of vacancy, promotion, layoff and rehiring, senior employees shall be defined as total years of continuous employmententitled to preference when qualificationsas required by the Employer to the work are equal. In recognition, as a member however, of the bargaining unitresponsibility of management for effective it is understood and agreed that in all such cases management shall have the right to pass over an employee if she does not have theability to perform the work, subject to the right of the employee to grieve. Recognizing security shall increase in proportion to length and that it is the responsibility of management to maintain effective operations, the following guidelines will be implemented during work shortages: Work shortages of less than five (5) days expected duration will not be considered a layoff although every effort will be made to find work, on a seniority basis, for these employees if requested. Work shortages of five (5) or more days will be considered a layoff. All cases of work shortages,layoffs or decreases in the work force resulting in a bumping situation will be discussed with the Union prior to their implementation. An employee. who is subject to layoff shall have the right to: accept or bumps the least senior employee in the same position first, then the same or lowerjob level have the ability and qualifications to perform the normal duties of the job without training other than orientation. In addition, when two (2) or more employees are in a bumping situation and positions identified to be bumped under and (e) changes depending on the order of bumping in each instance, the senior employee will the order wishes to bump. The District School Board decision of the employee to choose or its Continuous employment above shall include he given in writing within five (5) working days following the notification of layoff. Employees failing to do so will be deemed to have accepted the layoff. Employees electing to bump will he paid the applicable rate for the job but advance through the Schedule of Progressive Rates for the new job as though no change had occurred. An employee will lose these rights should they decline a comparable position for which they are qualified and able. Full-time employees will bump the least senior full-time or part-time employee. Part-time employees will bump the least seniorpart-time employee. Part-timeemployees will not bump full-time employees. Should no permanent position be available employees may bump to casual status, where applicable, and maintain recall rights in accordance with An employee who bumps into a casual position will maintain her current step in the rate of progression at thejob level she bumped into. If the position from which an employee has been bumped from becomes vacant within three (3) calendar months the time of bumping, the bumped employee will have the option to return to that position. Recall notice will be by Registered Mail to their last place of residence recorded with the Employer, and if they fail to report within seven (7) days the mailing of such notice, the Employer shall be under no obligation to re-employ them. When qualifications and abilities to the work are equal, employees will be recalled in order of seniority. No new employees will be hired until those laid off have been given opportunity to return to work in accordance with above. A list showing the seniority of full-time and part-time employees as calculated in of all absences due to illness or injury as compensated employeescovered by The the Agreement shall be compiled twice each year in January and July. A copy of this seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall will be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March designated for Union use and October of each year and copies shall a copy will be provided for the and Recording Secretary of sent to the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list for regular full-time employees shall be determined by lotthe date on which such employees become regular full-time employees. Promotions to higher classifications within the bargaining unit shall be made in accord with seniority, conducted by provided that the Union Management Committeeemployees consi- dered for promotion must possess the qualifications and ability necessary for the higher classification. The seniority list EMPLOYER shall deter- mine the qualifications and ability of employees considered for pro- motion, provided such determination shall not be unreasonable and be subject to the grievance procedure. Any employee who has been promoted to a higher classification with the bargaining unit and after a reasonable trial period does not meet the EMPLOYER's require- ments for the higher position shall be posted on restored to his former posi- tion and shall retain his seniority. Any employee who has been promoted to a higher classification outside the bulletin board in each locationbargaining unit and after a reasonable trial period not to exceed six months, does not meet the EMPLOYER's requirements for the new position, or the employee wishes to to his former position, he shall be restored to his former position and shall retain his senio- rity therein. The foregoing shall be applied only once to any indi- vidual employee during the months term of March and October of each year and copies this agreement. Demotions or layoffs within the bargaining unit shall be provided made in accord with seniority; provided, the employees considered for such change in status possess the ability and Recording Secretary qualifications neces- sary to perform the work of the UnionEMPLOYER. Within thirty (30) days The EMPLOYER shall the ability and qualifications of employees considered for such changes in status, provided such determination shall not be unreason- able, and shall be subject to the grievance procedure. Whenever the guaranteed number of hours of work per week shall be regularly available to a single part-time employee, in excess of the posting regularly scheduled work then guaranteed to regular full-time employees and exclusive of relief work performed for employees who are absent or on vacation, emergency and special Sunday, holiday and night work, then another employee will be added to the list of regular full-time employees. In the event the work requirements of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list EMPLOYER shall be reported reduced due to a shop xxxxxxx loss of business or curtailment of the EMPLOYER's operation, to the point that the guaranteed number of hours of work per week shall not be regularly available to all of the regular full-time employees, the EMPLOYER shall have the right to reduce junior regular full-time employees to part-time status. Regular full-time employees who may be demoted to the status of time employees, shall hold top seniority among the part-time employees, shall have first call to assignments with greater earning opportunities and shall be responsible first in line for the presentation of the concern, promotion to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingregular full-time status. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain lose seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date in any of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.events:
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The A single seniority list shall consist be maintained for all inside Workers. Where an employee is the successful applicant to a permanent vacancy in another of the names Collective Agreement, that employee shall transfer full seniority and service into that Note: An applicant for a job vacancy that currently holds a job on the same and meets the conditions of all members Articles A6 and will have priority to fill the vacancy over applicants who hold jobs in other Seniority for permanent employees shall mean length of continuous service in the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon from the original date of hire. Employees shall notify the BoardFor time spent as a part-time employee, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept calculated on a pro-rata day to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the day basis from their original date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions contingent upon continuous service in the seniority list shall be reported bargaining unit. A break in continuous service due to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation layoff of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of less than one (1) yearyear in duration, maternity leave, and authorized leave of absence shall not be construed as a break in continuous service for seniority purposes. Permanent appointments shall be subject to a six (6) month probationary period. A performance evaluation report shall be made before the end of the six (6) month probationary period. On the basis of this report, a decision shall be made and the employee notified that permanent appointment has been confirmed; appointment is not confirmed and employment is terminated; time spent under temporary appointment shall be credited to the probationary period upon successful qualification for the position presently being held. In the case of the employee shall be notified of the reason. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this article when a probationary period is interrupted by illness, injury or for any other reason for a period of time exceeding one week altogether the probationary period shall be extended by an equivalent amount of time that exceeds one (1) week. Where the employer finds it necessary to reduce jobs within a classification, or to reduce the complement of employees, employees within the affected classification shall be given notice of layoff in reverse order of their seniority. Permanent employees who are to be laid off or are laid off, shall be eligible for employment in other departments at the prevailingjob rate of pay dependent upon a willingness to assume such other work and based on a maximum two (2) refusal limit. Time employed in this regard shall count as service. The Corporation agrees that if an employee is placed in another department as a result of a layoff they shall maintain have first preference to return to their former department position upon the need of employment. Employees who receive notice of layoff may, prior to the effective date of layoff, either accept the layoff or bump another employee in the bargaining unit who has lesser seniority, on condition that the employee is willing and qualified to perform the available work at the applicable job rate. Seniority rights for bumping purposes shall be exercised in a lateral or downward manner. Employees shall be recalled to work in order of their seniority during and before new employees are hired, provided they are willing and reasonably qualified to perform the available work at the applicablejob rate. Employees may be temporarily promoted to another City position outside of their seniority group for periods of up to two (2) years and seventeen (17) weeks subject to a loss of for the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worktime involved.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority a) There shall be defined five (5) separate seniority lists as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirefollows: Armoured Car; Money Room; Coin Centre; Xxxxxxx. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list Seniority for full-time employees shall be determined by lot, conducted the date on which such employees become full-time employees. Seniority for extra employees shall be determined by the Union Management Committeedate on which such employees are placed on the full time and extra armoured division list. Seniority for part time employees shall be determined by their hire date, the date on which such employees commenced part time employment with Brink's (i.e. employees first active day on the employers payroll, first active date employee punched time card and time of start as a part time employee). Seniority shall be recognized for employees and shall prevail in the following respects: In the selection of vacation; In the layoff and re-hiring of employees; provided the xxxxxxx shall be deemed senior employee with respect to layoff; In cases of promotions, provided the ability and qualifications of employees considered for promotion are relatively equal. Any employee who has been promoted to a higher classification shall his overall seniority into said classification. In the event an employee, having had a reasonable trial period, does not meet the Employer's requirements for the new position, that employee shall be restored to his former position and retain his seniority. Extra employees shall be given preference, by seniority, to all work assignments in excess of work guaranteed to full-time employees up to a maximum of forty (40) hours per week. Extra employees shall enjoy seniority over part-time employees. Work assignments for part time employees will be scheduled from a part time availability list according to seniority provided employees are qualified to perform the work required. Part time employees will be required to make themselves available for a minimum of five (5) shifts per month, should those shifts work be available. Part time employees will be required to make themselves available a minimum of two (2) weekends per month (weekend being Saturday and Sunday). These shifts shall count towards the above noted minimum. Part time employees will be required to submit the days they are available on the posted schedule for a two (2) week period. When this two (2)week schedule is made up the shifts hours submitted, part time employees will be required to be available for the scheduled shift. Employees will be required to perform all duties in the classifications. The seniority list shall be posted on Employer will post the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March part time availability list. Full-time and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx extra employees who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so laid off shall retain seniority and recall rights for a maximum period of one (1) yearIy)ear. The employee Recall shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned by registered letter to the employee's same positionlast known address. Employees must report to work within seven (7) days after delivery of such letter. Employees who fail to report within seven (7) days shall lose seniority and recall rights. Whenever hours of work per week equal to the weekly guarantee of hours provided for full-time employees, or if said position no longer existsas provided for under Article above, shall be regularly available on the Employer's armoured cars to part-time employees in excess of the regularly scheduled work then guaranteed to full-time employees, and exclusive on call of relief for employees absent, on vacation, emergency relief, Sunday, holiday and Special Night Work, an additional employee will shall be governed added to the list of full-time employees. Such vacancy shall be filled by the provisions of Article effective the date promotion of the employee's scheduled return most senior extra employee to workfull-time status. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illnessIn the event there are no extra employees, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves such vacancy shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workfilled from normal employment sources.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority In laying off employees not as Tradesmen, plant seniority shall govern and the last of these employees hired shall be defined the first laid off. In laying off employees classified as total years Tradesmen, seniority shall govern and the last employee hired shall be the first laid off within the specific trade in which the employees are classified and in which the employee-force is being reduced. These employees shall have the right of continuous employmentexercising their plant seniority before being laid off. When increasing the work force in jobs not classified in Trades, as a member seniority shall govern and the last of these employees laid off shall be the bargaining unitfirst recalled. When increasing the work force in jobs classified in Trades, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment seniority shall include all absences due govern and the last of these employees laid off shall be the first recalled within the specific trade in which the employee was classified and in which the work force is being increased. It shall be the laid-off employees’ responsibility to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist notify the Company of the names any change of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireaddress. Employees recalled will be allowed a reasonable time to report for work. In making transfers, except to occupations excluded by Clause 1 of this Agreement, seniority shall notify govern, provided the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and eligible employees have approximately equal ability or current home phone numberefficiency. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. Seniority rules shall not be changed and apply to making transfers to occupations excluded by Xxxxxx Any employees who are transferred or promoted to an occupation excluded by Clause 1 of this order Agreement shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty a period of six months and retain that seniority. However, it is agreed that no employee so transferred, upon his return to the bargaining unit, shall displace or cause any lay-off of an employee in the bargaining unit. Notwithstanding the above, seniority shall not be for any employees transferred or promoted to an occupation excluded by Clause 1 of this Agreement after July and who are returned to the bargaining unit more than six months after having been transferred or promoted to an occupation excluded by Clause 1 of this Agreement. It is understood, however, that service shall be Any employees (30) months from not in excess of two who leave the commencement employment of the Should an employee be absent from work due I Company to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement become officers of the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union, or of its Locals, shall retain and accumulate seniority. Upon their return, they shall be entitled to a rate of pay commensurate with the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulategroup rate of the job they held at time of departure. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list Notwithstanding anything to the top contrary contained in this Agreement, all employees are hired on probation and, during the probationary period, they are to be considered probationary employees only and, as such, during this period, these employees shall have no seniority rights except for the purpose of posted job vacancies and may be subject to discharge at the sole discretion of the next lower yearCompany without any recourse to the Grievance Procedure. The first move down the Upon completion of two months service, they shall, if retained, be entitled to seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration dating from date of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workoriginal employment.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) There shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of four (4) separate Full-time Seniority lists for the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include Ottawa Branch: Division Seniority Armoured Division Seniority Money Room Division Seniority Master full-time all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The divisions seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30for lay off or demotion) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list Seniority shall be determined by lot, conducted the date on which employees become full-time employees. Armoured Seniority shall be determined by the Union Management Committeedate on which employees become full-time Armoured employees. The seniority list Money Room Division Seniority shall be posted determined by the date on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies which employees become full-time money room employees. There shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearfull-time seniority list for the Cornwall Branch. There shall be three (3) separate part-time date of hire lists: Ottawa and Armoured Ottawa Cornwall and Armoured Part time employees shall have seniority rights for the purpose of scheduling of hours and days of work. The scheduling of part-time hours will be dependent on the qualifications and the ability of the part-time employee to do the work. Part-time employees will be scheduled from a part-time availability sign-up list. With respect to scheduling part-time employees, the Employer will equalize the hours worked by part-time employees, endeavouring to recognize seniority, customer requirements, and operational needs. Part-time employees will be required to be available to work a minimum of two (2) weekend shifts per month. (Weekend consisting of Saturday and Sunday shifts) Whenever the guaranteed number of hours of work per week shall maintain seniority during be regularly available to a single part-time employee, in excess of the period regularly scheduled work then guaranteed to full-time employees and exclusive of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence relief work performed for employees who are absent or on vacation, emergency and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leavespecial Sunday, an and holiday work, then another employee will be assigned added to the employee's same list of full-time employees. Newly hired employees shall be considered as probationary during the first ninety (90) days of their employment. During this period they may be terminated without recourse to the grievance and/or arbitration provisions of this agreement. Any employee who has been promoted to a higher classification outside the bargaining unit and after a reasonable trial period not to exceed six (6) months, does not meet the EMPLOYER’S requirements for the new position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will wishes to return to his former position, he shall be governed by restored to his former position and shall retain his seniority therein. The foregoing shall be applied only once to any individual employee during the provisions term of Article effective the date this agreement. An employee shall lose seniority in any of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.events:
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority The Company will maintain a seniority roster for all Employees who are not disabled and are not under JWOD. These Employees shall be defined as total years of continuous employmentoperate under a "last hired, as a member first fired" seniority roster. It is expressly understood and agreed between the Company and the Union that seniority rights of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board non-disabled employees shall not take precedence over the disabled employees and workers hired and employed under JWOD. It is the intent and purpose of the Company to hire as many qualified disabled workers as employees as possible. A non-disabled Employee who is displaced by a disabled person or its Continuous employment terminated as the result of the hiring of a disabled person shall include all absences due not have a right to illness grieve or injury as compensated by The arbitrate any matter relating to such displacement or termination. It is agreed that the Company and the Union meet for the purpose of establishing seniority list shall consist for Employees in the unit at the time of the names of all members signing of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management CommitteeAgreement. The seniority list shall will be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary based upon official records of the Union, of the Company, and state and federal agencies. Within thirty Not later than fifteen (3015) days prior to the expiration of the posting Company's vendor contract covering any facility, the Company shall furnish the Union and the successor contractor a list of its current Employees together with their dates of hire and the dates their last vacation pay was paid by the Company. The following Sections in this Article shall become applicable and shall be in force and effect upon the establishment of the seniority listlists. In the event that the Company finds it necessary to lay off Employees for any reason,such layoffsshall beon thebasis of seniority, any errors or omissions the least senior in inverse order will be first laid off. After, and subject to, assignment and scheduling of disabled persons, Employees will have the right to select available work schedules by seniority in job assignments for which they are qualified. For purposes of one's placement on the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concernlists, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or bothotherwise, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee shall be absent from work due to illnessconsidered, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will but shall be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list subordinate to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start Employer's commitment to accumulate upon return to work.persons with disabilities:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall mean length of continuous service with the Employer at its warehouse operations in Toronto and Ontario, from the employee's last date of hire. It shall have relevance only where specifically set forth and explained with respect to how it is to be applied. Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, and every six months thereafter, a seniority list including separate seniority ranking number shall be defined posted in the main hallway by the Human Resources Manager. Employeeswill have two (2) weeks following such posting to clarify any disputes with respect to such seniority after which the list shall be accepted by the Union and all employees as total years of continuous employment, as a member of correct. If an employee is hired into the bargaining unit with recognized company service accumulated outside the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include such service will be recognized for the purposes of wage and benefit administration and entitlement. In the event that an employee elects to bump into the bargaining unit pursuant to Article from other Distribution Centre buildings, previous service earned at that DistributionCentre will be recognized by the Employer as if earned under this collective agreement, for all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of purposes under this collective agreement. It is further understood that all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order employed by the Employer as of years of seniority based upon the date of hireexecution of this Agreement shall receive full recognition for any service which may have been earned at the Employer's City View Distribution Centre for all purposes under this ColI ment An employee shall be considered on probation and shall have no seniority until he has worked sixty (60) consecutive working days in the bargaining unit. Employees shall notify Upon completing such period the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order employee will be placed on the seniority list as published Jan. of his last date of hire. An employee on probation shall hold no seniority and the employer shall have the right to discharge, demote, suspend, reprimand, lay off or otherwise discipline a probationary employee providing they act in good faith and in a non-arbitrary manner. When filling permanent vacancies and on lay the skills, ability, dependability and qualifications of employees together with the results of any tests deemed by the Employer to be relevant shall be given consideration. If there is any choice to be made between two employees who are otherwise relatively the employee having the greater seniority shall receive the preference. In all instances, regular full time (Material Handlers and Maintenance) will be given first preference by seniority and then material processors. The Company may consider personal leaves prior to any lay-off. Recalls from lay off will be conducted by seniority if the employee is capable of doing the job. Regardless of seniority, the Chief Xxxxxxx will be the last employee laid off and the first to be recalled. When the work force is reduced, employees will be laid off in the following order: material processor and material handler. Permanent vacancies are defined as vacancies that are expected to or do last in excess of ninety (90) days, except where relieving for sickness, accident, vacation, leave of absence and leave, or for temporary assignments outside the bargaining unit. Employees within the bargaining unit shall have the opportunity to apply in the event a permanent vacancy in the bargaining unit occurs, subject to the criteria set out in article To facilitate such applications any such vacancy shall be posted for a period of three (3) full clear working days. There will be a maximum of three (3) for a vacancy the original posting to fill the vacancy and the two subsequent for the vacancies created. Any further vacancy that occurs after the second subsequent posting may be filled by the Employer without posting. Should the successful applicant to a posting be unsatisfactory, he shall be returned to his former job and the vacancy may be filled from other applicants if any are qualified without further posting. A newly hired employee or an employee who has successfully bid under this article shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept entitled to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so bid for a maximum of one subsequent posted job for six (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (306) months from the commencement date of his employment or date of his successful bid except with the Employer's permission. If an employee is going on vacation he will give notice in writing to the Company that he will be considered a candidate for any job posting that may be posted during this time. A copy of the Should an employee notice will be absent from work due given to illness, disability or both the chief xxxxxxx. The employer may lay off employees for a period greater not exceeding one (I) working day, by shift, by reverse seniority. In the event the Employer reduces or eliminates a department or shift for more than monthsninety (90) calendar days the employees affected shall be the most junior in the department and may exercise their seniority in another department within any Distribution Centre building in or Metropolitan Toronto as per article and Such employees affected for less than ninety (90) days shall exercise their seniority within available vacancies at the time of redundancy. BUMPING PROCEDURE Any employee having completed his probationary period, whose position is eliminated, or who is laid-off from his position may exercise his bumping rights within his classification wherever his seniority permits, subject to the criteria set out in paragraph Article and according to the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.procedure:
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall The most senior employee making application who meets the first two factors will be defined as total years selected. The selected employee will be given a period of continuous employmenttime to train and become acquainted with the new position. If during the first five days of this period of time the employee wishes not to remain on the new posi- tion, as the employee will be returned to the former position. However, such employee will be prevented from bidding on another posting to that same job for a member period of six months. If found suitable for any given job, an employee’s application for such job will be marked “accepted”. Should the bargaining unitemployee prove unable to perform the duties in an acceptable manner, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due the application will be marked “rejected” and withdrawn from file. Rea- sons for such rejection to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of be supplied, in writing, to the names of all members of Union and the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireemployee. Employees shall notify going on vacation or other approved ab- sences may file a request with the Board, within thirty (30) days, of Company to ensure their eligibility and consideration for any changes to permanent vacancy occurring during their current home address and or current home phone numberabsence. The order employer agrees to post office Union job postings simultaneously on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed office and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and plant job posting proceduresboards. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall Plant employees wishing to be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided considered for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, such open- ings may do so within the posting period provided in this Article. The employer is under no obligation to fill such posted job with a plant applicant. If there are no successful bids on the posted vacancies, employees on the recall list will be recalled in order of seniority. Employees who refuse recall to train under this section shall not lose their seniority nor shall their recall rights to other jobs or training opportunities be affected. Where a job posting for a maximum of one (1) yearpermanent position has not been filled under the above procedures, consideration will be given to probationary employees who have bid on the job. The employee shall maintain seniority during with the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee earliest start date will be assigned to the job at the minimum rate for that classifi- cation. Any vacancy resulting from a probationary employee being assigned to a job as a result of this provision will be filled by a new hire or another proba- tionary employee's same position. If, after the above procedure, vacancies still remain, the Company will be free to use its discretion in filling the vacancy. When a new job is created in the bargaining unit, the occupation will be posted in the plant and filled in accordance with the factors as outlined in Section If there are no bids received or if said position there are no longer existsqualified bidders, the Company is free to fill the vacancy at its discretion. An employee who bids on a job may withdraw such application at any time by applying in writing to the Personnel Department. The successful bidder will be governed by entitled to the provisions of Article effective vacancy unless such bidder is notified in writing that the date of the employee's scheduled return to workvacancy has been cancelled. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or boththe Company determines a vacant job will not be filled, the following terms and conditions apply: The Company will post a notice advising the employees such vacancy will not immediately be filled. Section Any employee who bidder will continue to accumulate seniority not be considered for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both any further vacancy for a period greater than of six months except where such vacancy is in an equal or higher rated category. Similarly, any employee who rejects a transfer to any job will sign a waiver to that effect and will not be considered for the same job for a period of six months, . Section Due to the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement unique operations of the 3 Making Department, operating requirements from time to time necessitate changes in shift schedules, numbers of shifts and the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month number of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workemployees.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on employee who has completed the seniority list as published Jan. pro- bationary period shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) working days from prior to the postingdate on which the employee completed her probationary period. An In cases of promotions, demotions or permanent transfer of employees, the qualifications, experience, ability and seniority of the employees shall be considered. Where these factors are relatively equal, seniority shall govern, provided the employee who leaves can perform the bargaining unit on work. Any question having to do with the observance or non- observance of seniority may be the subject of a grievance dealt with under the grievance procedure, including the arbitration provisions. Effect of Absence Whenever they are used in the Collective Agreement, the terms seniority and service shall be deemed to refer to length of employment, subject to the following conditions: It is understood that during an approved absence not paid by the Employer and not exceeding continuous days or any approved absence paid by the Employer, both seniority and service will accrue. During an absence not paid by the Employer exceeding continuous calendar days, credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation, sick leave, may do so or any other benefits under any provisions of the Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended; the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro-rata basis and the employee's anniversary date adjusted accordingly. In addition, the employee will become responsible for a maximum full payment of one (1) yearsubsidized employee benefits in which she is participating for the period of the absence. The employee It is further understood during such absence, not paid by the Employer, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall maintain seniority be suspended and not accrue during the period of absence. Such Notwithstanding this provision, seniority for purposes of layoff, recall, job posting or other non-economic reasons shall accrue up to twenty-four (24) months when an employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence is absent due to and Insurance Board, Paid Leave The Employer shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, premiums for benefit plans for employees who are on paid leave of absence or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by continues her contribution towards said benefits. It is understood that the provisions obligation of Article effective the Employer to pay the aforesaid benefits while on shall continue for up to twenty-four (24) months following the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workinjury.
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority 1. Every new employee shall be defined as total years a probationary employee and shall not attain seniority status until he has served in a Union jurisdiction job for seven hundred and twenty (720) work hours. Any employee laid off prior to completing his full seven hundred and twenty (720) work hour probationary period, shall, provided he is recalled within two calendar months from date of continuous employmentlay- off, as a member accumulate such hours worked prior to his lay-off towards completion of his probationary period. Upon completion of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty seven hundred and twenty (30720) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existswork hours, the employee will be governed by deemed eligible for permanent status and Union membership. Upon the provisions attainment of Article effective seniority, the employee’s seniority rating will be calculated from the date of employment or reemployment period. Any person hired as a temporary employee shall not be covered by this contract, shall not be eligible for Union membership and shall not be represented by the Union. Temporary employees will not be retained to perform bargaining unit work while regular employees are on lay-off, provided the regular employees are available and have the ability and experience to perform the required work. Temporary employees shall be used to replace regular employees who are absent due to vacation, illness or injuries, leaves of absence and to fill temporary work surges. , when these vacancies cannot be filled by overtime from available, eligible employees within the classification and in the department where the vacancies occur. Use of temporary employees shall be for limited duration, not to exceed fifteen (15) shifts of work per month. This time limit may be extended by mutual agreement. Such agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. Use of temporary employees to replace an absent employee shall be limited to the duration of the permanent employee's scheduled return ’s absence. Where the Company knows that the absence will extend for at least a year, the Company will hire a new employee to replace the absent employee. If not required, the new employee hired will be laid off once the absent employee returns to work. When an For work surges and temporary additional manpower requirements, each temporary employee is absent from engaged shall be limited to fifteen (15) shifts of work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms per month. This time limit may be extended by mutual agreement and conditions apply: such agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. The employee Company will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement remit monthly Union dues of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list $40.00 to the top Union on behalf of the next lower yeara temporary employee once that employee has completed 80 hours worked in that month. The first move down the seniority list will foregoing shall not be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start used to accumulate upon return to workavoid filling permanent vacancies.
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. (a) An employee, other than anyone hired and designated as temporary, shall acquire seniority status after he/she has been in the employ of the Company for a probationary period of ninety consecutive days. It is understood that in cases of absence beyond ten consecutive days, the Company may extend the probationary period by the total number of consecutive days absent. Seniority shall govern on all occasions when: a lay-off which the Company expects to remain in effect for more than one week occurs provided employees are sufficiently qualified. Sufficiently quali- fied shall be defined deemed to mean that the employee is qualified to perform the normal duties of the job. In the event of a workforce reduction, employees designated as total years temporary will be termin- ated before any regular employee. a transfer or a promotion to a classifi- cation included in Schedule “A” which the Company expects to remain in effect for more than thirty days occurs, provided however, that the senior employee has qualifications equal to or better than those of continuous employmentother employees. If any such temporary lay- off, as a member transfer or promotion should subse- quently become permanent, or exceed the stipulated time limits, the provisions of this clause shall apply immedi- ately but such application shall be with- out retroactive effect. For the purpose of this Agreement, seniority shall be calculated from the date an employee first enters the bargaining unit under this Collective Agreement with the Company or its predecessor. Employees who leave the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Boardfor any reason, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months the total period of their subsequent employment with the Com- pany or its predecessor. An employee’s seniority shall be lost upon termination of employment, except that an employee’s lost seniority shall be restored upon if such termination was due to lay-off, provided the lapse of time between the date of termination for such reason and the date of does not exceed eighteen months. This paragraph shall not apply to anyone hired and designated as tem- porary. An employee, other than anyone hired and designated as temporary, who is laid off for two weeks or less as the result of a lay- off which the Company expects to remain in effect for two weeks or less, will be credited with seniority for such period upon return to work from such lay-off. When an employee who has been in a classi- fication for twenty-six or more consec- utive weeks is regressed to a lower classi- fication due to lack of work, he/she will be given four weeks’ notice of such regres- sion or paid at the commencement rate of the Should an employee be absent from work higher classi- fication in lieu of such notice. When employment offers are made, former employees whose employment with the Company was terminated during the eighteen months due to illnesslay-off and who are qualified for the job or jobs available shall be offered employment on the basis of seniority accumulated prior to ter- mination. Any person being under this clause shall not be designated as temporary. The Company shall be under no obligation to such a former em- ployee unless he/she has filed his/her current address and telephone number with the Company for this purpose, disability or both can be reached when the opportunity for employ- ment arises and is available for work when his/her services are required. In the event that a period greater former employee fails to accept other than monthsof a tem- porary nature, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's Company may consider that he/she no longer wishes to be re- employed. The Company agrees to post seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down lists showing the seniority list status of each employee and to furnish a copy of such lists to the top of the next lower yearUnion. The first move down Company agrees to alter the seniority list will be made during lists from time to time and to correct any errors therein whenever proof of error is submitted by the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty monthsUnion or any employee. Subsequent moves No change shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workin the seniority status of an employee without consultation with the Union.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. (a) The purpose of seniority is to provide a policy governing work preference, lay-offs and recalls. In the event of a reduction of the working forces, the Company shall apply the principle of "Last on First off'' insofar as it is consistent with management's obligations to maintain an efficient working force. Following a layoff, rehiring shall be executed conversely to the outlined layoff procedure. Should an employee be laid off and is not recalled he shall maintain his seniority for a period of two years (2) from the date of layoff. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member terminal wide and include all persons working at the terminal and on the terminal payroll. It is further agreed that the maintenance department's seniority shall be separate and not interchangeable with any other department within the Terminal. In all layoffs the Company shall consider (a) seniority of the bargaining unitemployee; merit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment training, skill and efficiency of employee, and where the qualifications expressed in are relatively equal, the employee's seniority shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist be the determining factor. In the event of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years a layoff, before laying off employees out of seniority based upon date of hireorder (after acquired) the Company will notify the Union. The Seniority lists for the Maintenance, City and Highway departments shall be prepared and posted separately, every three (3) months. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order be considered probationary until placed on the seniority list as published Jan. list. Such employees shall not be changed work under the provisions of this Agreement and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order employed on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided a probationary basis for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from working days, during which period he may be terminated or disciplined without recourse to the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yeargrievance procedure. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall Company may not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, terminate such an employee will be assigned to for the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existspurpose of forcing an additional probationary period. Upon completion of the sixtieth working day, the employee will shall either be governed by terminated or placed on the provisions regular seniority list as of Article effective the date of the commencement of his probationary period. Employees promoted to Supervisory positions or positions not subject to this Agreement will retain their seniority after promotion for a period of twelve (12) months only. If demoted for any reasons or if they voluntarily request reinstatement to their former position, the time spent in the supervisory position shall be included in their seniority rating. Such employee shall forfeit any and all recourse to the grievance procedure as outlined in this Agreement should subsequently be discharged in such a position beyond the jurisdiction of this Agreement. This Article is to be applied only once for any employee during the term of this Agreement. An employee's scheduled employment shall be terminated for any of the following reasons: If an employee voluntarily quits; If an employee is discharged and is not reinstated pursuant to the Grievance Procedure as provided in this Agreement; If an employee has been laid off and not employed elsewhere and has refused to return to workwork within (24) hours after being contacted personally. When the employee cannot be contacted or is employed elsewhere, then the Company will notify the employee by registered mail to his last known address to return to work and he will be allowed no more than seven (7) consecutive days from the date of notification to report for duty; If he takes employment other than that declared and agreed upon when applying for a leave of absence; If an employee is absent from work without securing a leave of absence for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty more than three (303) months from the commencement of the Should consecutive working days; If an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both is laid off and not recalled for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.extending beyond
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority In the event the HOSPITAL has to reduce its staff for any reason, either temporarily or permanently, such layoff of CLS/MLT/LTAs is to be done by means of seniority. This means that where the competency and ability of CLS/MLT/LTAs is equal, accumulated (hours worked) length of service employed as a CLS/MLT/LTA at the HOSPITAL shall be defined as total years the controlling consideration in reducing the force. The HOSPITAL agrees to provide an updated current seniority list once each year during the first week of continuous employmentJanuary to the GROUP representative(s). This list may be posted at the discretion of the GROUP. In the event that the HOSPITAL increases its staff, or has need to hire new CLS/MLT/LTAs, or re- establishes a previously abolished position, the HOSPITAL agrees to recall its CLS/MLT/LTAs in the order of their seniority, the ones laid off last being recalled first, and the ones laid off first being recalled last. If a position that has been abolished has been re-established, the person(s) who formerly held those positions shall first be offered those positions in the order of their seniority. In the event of a layoff, the HOSPITAL agrees to offer the CLS/MLT/LTA who is to be laid off, any position in this Agreement, which he/she is qualified to fill, on the basis of seniority. That person who is displaced as a member result of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist election of the names laid-off CLS/MLT/LTA shall similarly be offered any position in this Agreement which he/she is qualified to fill, on the basis of seniority; thus resulting in the person with the least seniority being ultimately laid off if all members the senior CLS/MLT/LTAs elect to exercise their rights to a job. A CLS/MLT/LTA who elects to be laid off rather than accept another job shall not lose his/her seniority rights by said lay-off, and shall have the right to any future vacancy on the basis of place in seniority. In the bargaining unit in decreasing order event of years a recall, the HOSPITAL agrees to send the CLS/MLT/LTA a registered letter informing him/her of seniority based upon date of hiresaid vacancy. Employees shall notify If the Board, CLS/MLT/LTA fails to appear at the HOSPITAL or contact the Administration within thirty five (305) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberabsent exigent circumstances, said CLS/MLT/LTA shall lose his/her seniority. The HOSPITAL shall have the right to send said registered letters to the first five (5) CLS/MLT/LTAs in the order of seniority, but shall be obligated to follow seniority strictly in returning to a job. No job category shall be abolished without prior consultation with the GROUP. In the event that the Administration reasonably concludes that a category of CLS/MLT/LTA is no longer necessary, said CLS/MLT/LTAs are to be terminated on the seniority list as published Jan. basis of seniority. In the event the HOSPITAL requests that CLS/MLT/LTAs take days off without pay, such absent days shall not be changed affect the CLS/MLT/LTAs classification, and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and CLS/MLT/LTAs shall continue to receive benefits in the same manner as if he/she had worked the days he/she was requested to be absent without pay. In the case of lay-off, the HOSPITAL shall give the CLS/MLT/LTA two (2) calendar weeks’ notice or two (2) weeks pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee in lieu of notice will be assigned paid. Neither the foregoing provisions nor any other provisions of this collective bargaining agreement limit the HOSPITAL’s exercise of the reserved management rights to reorganize the employee's same positionLaboratory during the current term including, or if said position no longer existsbut not limited to, the employee will be governed by elimination of former classifications, the provisions creation of Article effective new job classifications, the date modification of duties, including but not limited to supervisor tasks, the acquisition of equipment, the adoption of new or different procedures, and the determination of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, optimum number of full time employees among the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year staff in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workeach category.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority The net credited service date as shown on records and as posted on the seniority lists establishes an employee's seniority. agrees that existing rules for determining net credited service, as described in practices, will not be changed during the life of this Agreement in a manner that will diminish the net credited service of any em All employees covered by this Agreement reporting to the same management director shall comprise a seniority unit. The exercise of seniority shall be defined within a seniority unit except as total years otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement. If two or more employees have the same seniority, the one occupying the same position the longest shall be deemed to have the most seniority. If two or more employees, hired after December have the same seniority and have held the same position for the same amount of continuous employmenttime, the employee whose employee number is closest to zero (0) shall be deemed to have the most seniority. will prepare and post on appropriate bulletin boards, on February and August each year, lists showing the seniority of employees within each seniority unit, and their service territory. One copy of such lists will be sent to the local Union office. agrees to advise the Xxxxxxx concerned of any: hiring retirement permanent transfer temporary transfer reassignment to a job location, for five days or more reclassification temporary or permanent promotion to a management position Such advice shall include: the employment status of the employee his occupation his reporting centre and will be given to the Xxxxxxx in writing at the time the employee is informed, or immediately thereafter. further agrees to advise, in the same manner, the Xxxxxxx concerned of an employee's: death resignation leave of absence for a period exceeding days Every two months, agrees to supply, to designated Local Officers of the Union, for each service territory, the surname and first name on records, employment status, position, and reporting centre, of all employees, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury well as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided line managers for the and Recording Secretary of the Unionthree tiers above each employee. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.ARTICLE FORCE ADJUSTMENT
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. For the purposes of determining eligibility for any benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement, Overall Seniority shall be is defined as total years continuous length of continuous employmentservice in years, as a member of months and days from the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon last date of hire. Employees Classification Seniority is defined as continuous length of service in years, months and days from the last date of hire in a classification of the Employer. Classification Seniority shall notify apply to layoff and recall situations. The Employer shall provide the Board, Union with an accurate and updated Overall Seniority list and Classification Seniority List within thirty (30) dayscalendar days of the ratification of this Agreement, and on an annual basis thereafter as of August 1st of each year. For any changes Employee hired into the bargaining unit after the annual notice period, the Employer shall provide the Union and the Employee with Employee’s hire date and classification. New Employees do not have seniority status during their probationary period. At the end of the probationary employment period, seniority will date back to their current home address the initial date of employment. Independent Contractors, On-‐Call Employees and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. temporary Employees shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the accrue seniority concept to promotionsfor any purpose. However, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November for seniority purposes if such Employees are subsequently hired as Full time or Part-‐Time Employees the date of the change to regular employment will be used. If the last hire dates of two or more persons is Employees are the samesame day, the order their placement on the seniority list shall be determined by lotthe following: • Date first worked: and • If tied after above, conducted by coin toss. Classification Seniority shall be used to determine overtime decisions (opportunity to accept or reject overtime shall be afforded in seniority rotation order to the Employee(s) in the job classification in the site who is scheduled to be present at the beginning of the overtime period). It is understood that relationship-‐based needs of the children and/or their families may require a specific Employee or Employees to work overtime, notwithstanding seniority considerations. In such situations, the Employer shall specify the unusual circumstances, which shall not be arbitrary or capricious. Seniority shall be used to determine vacation schedules in cases when vacation schedules conflict. Overall Seniority and Classification Seniority shall be broken by discharge for cause, resignation or by six (6) consecutive months on layoff status. Leaves of absence granted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list employer in writing shall not be counted as part of such six (6) month period unless the Employee fails to return to work on the date specified; in which case his/her employment shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary considered terminated as of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of date the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported Employee failed to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.
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Samples: Union Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years is the length of continuous employment, as a member of service with the Company within the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist . Length of service means the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireentry into service with the Company. Employees shall forfeit their seniority in the event that: they are discharged for just cause; they voluntarily terminate their position; they are on layoff for more than months; or they fail to notify their intent to return in accordance with Article 10.05; they fail to from scheduled leave without prior notice to the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberCompany. The order on the A seniority list as published Jan. shall not will be changed compiled by the Company and will be revised annually. Such list will show names, positions and last entry into service in positions covered by this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresAgreement. Effective November if the date A copy of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lotforwarded to the Union, conducted by and shall also be posted on each vessel for all to see, annually, no more than fifteen days after it is compiled. For the Union Management Committeepurpose of this article, the time limit for filing a grievance regarding a member's seniority shall be fifteen days. The seniority list shall Layoff and Recall It is agreed that in layoffs and rehires, preference will be given to qualified employees with the greatest length of service with the Company for placements within t h e bargaining unit. Vacancies within the bargaining unit will be posted on the employee's bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided board. Where more than one employee applies for the position where skill and Recording Secretary ability are relatively equal, preference will be given to the employee with the greatest length of service with the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingCompany. An employee who leaves has been laid off will retain seniority and the bargaining unit on right to be recalled for the next sailing season. Unlicensed personnel who are laid of€ in the previous season shall advise the Company's personnel office, in writing, between February 15th and March 15th of each year to indicate whether they will be available for employment in the upcoming operating season. Employees who fail to notify the Company in accordance with this Article are subject to discharge from service. The Company recognizes the value of career development and may, form time to time, promote qualified unlicensed employees to officer positions. It is understood that an approved leaveemployee who has satisfactory prior Company service as an Officer (with no break in Company service) will be ahead of employees who do not have company service as an Officer. It is understood that employees seeking promotions to Officer status must be members of the in good standing. Employees who are promoted shall only retain their seniority rights with the Unlicensed Union provided they remain as members in good standing with the Union. Employees who are temporarily promoted for the purpose of training and/or relieving permanent Officers, may shall retain their unlicensed seniority provided they do not work in an Officer category for more than a total of ninety days (excluding lay days) in any calendar year. Upon promotion to a full time Officer's position with the Company, an Unlicensed employee will have his Unlicensed seniority frozen, so as to enable later possible returns to his former Unlicensed position. Such recall right shall only continue for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return three years from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return his initial f u l l time position, following this, he shall have no further claim to workUnlicensed seniority. When an employee is absent from work for up All new employees shall be appointed subject to months due a probationary period of hours. Any subsequent appointments shall be subject to illness, disability, or bothprobationary periods of hours; however, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves probationary rate shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workapplied once per employee provided there is no break in service.
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Samples: negotheque.travail.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years an employee's length of continuous employment, service with the Employer since their last hiring date. "Last hiring date" shall mean the date upon which an employee first reported for work as a member Classified employee at the instruction of the bargaining unitEmployer unless the employee has quit or been discharged except as provided in Article 12, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment number 1 (one). No time shall include all absences be deducted from an employee's seniority due to illness absences occasioned by authorized leaves of absences, vacations, sick or injury accident leaves or layoffs for lack of work except as compensated by The hereinafter provided. Seniority for part-time employees will be pro-rated based on 2080 hours per year as full-time employment. To break a tie when two (2) or more employees have the same hiring date, the employees’ seniority shall be ranked in descending order of the sum of the individual units of their Social Security Number. In case of a second tie, the last four (4) digits of the Social Security Number will be added for a second total to determine their seniority. In case of a further tie, the last five (5) digits, six (6) digits, etc., will be used to break the tie. An up-to-date seniority list shall consist be prepared by the Employer and presented to the Local Union President on January 31 and July 31 of each year. The Seniority list will show the names of names, job classification, campus and level, full and part time, step, department, and supervisor, ordered by seniority date from most senior to least senior for all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order members. If a part-time employee applies for a posted position or is to be laid off within Local 2042, seniority will then be computed on a pro-rated basis of years of 2080 hours per year. If a part-time employee transfers to a full- time position, seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify be pro-rated and the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order employee’s name shall be placed on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed in accordance with the corrected date. The Employer agrees to furnish the names and dates of all newly hired employees, all transferred employees, re-hired employees, and reclassified employees covered under this order shall be utilized when applying contract. The Employer also agrees to furnish the seniority concept job classification, titles, and representational areas of these employees to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty Secretary/Treasurer within ten (3010) regularly scheduled working days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worksuch action.
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Samples: Classified Master Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority When an employee has completed three calendar months in the service of the Company or any extended period mutually agreed upon by Union and Management, they shall be granted seniority from date of hire. The Company shall maintain and post a seniority list every three months for all employees and this list shall be available to all employees for reference at any time during working hours. A copy of the said seniority list to be forwarded to the Union office. Length of continuous service with the Company shall be the determining factor governing lay-off and after lay-off for all employees hired on or before April For all employees hired after April layoffs shall be determined sepa- rately at each plant location (Main Plant and West End Plant) according to an employee’s plant seniority which shall mean the Length of an employee’s continuous service at the Plant. Employees to be laid off, or on lay off, from one plant shall be offered employment at the other plant if there is a vacancy or the other Plant is hiring. Employee’s shall be recalled in accordance with their Company seniority to either Plant. Employee’s recalled to a plant other than the Plant where the layoff originated shall have the the option of accepting the employment or continuing on layoff until such time as they are recalled to the plant from which they were laid off. The seniority of employees who accept employment in a plant other than the plant where the lay off originated, shall be transferred to the plant in which they are now employed. As an exception to the above, lay off of employees in the maintenance, shipping or live hang classifications shall be determined by the length of continuous service with the Company of those employees in maintenance, shipping or live hang departments. By local arrangements between the Company and the Union, the names of employees to be laid off or recalled will be available to the Union on the same day the employees are notified or the day prior. A list of the names shall be forwarded to the Union within one working day of notification. Promotions shall be based on seniority, ability and merit. Ability and merit being equal, seniority shall prevail. In doubtful cases, the Company shall discuss the matter with the Union and shall allow the employee to qualify for a period not exceeding two months. . Promotions shall be defined as total years of continuous employmenta transfer to a position paying a higher rate, and no employee shall be considered as being demoted unless they are transferred to a member of posi- tion paying a lower rate. Seniority will prevail when a higher job classification becomes vacant provided the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of employee can perform the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, job within thirty (30) days, . If the employee cannot perform the job satisfactorily within the said period of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on time then the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order employee shall be utilized when applying returned to the seniority concept to promotionsformer job without loss of seniority. However, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date said period of hire of two or more persons time is the same, the order on the seniority list shall in ques- tion it may be determined extended by lot, conducted by mutual agreement between the Union Management Committeeand the Company. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When If an employee is absent from work for up because of sickness or accident they shall not lose seniority rights, and shall return to months due the position held prior to illness, disability, or both, their absence when capable of performing his/her duties. It shall be the following terms and conditions apply: The duty of each employee will continue so absent to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from notify the commencement Company of the Should an reasons of the absence, and how long their absence will last. Where the employee fails to do so the Company may, at its’ discretion, request the employee to verify their absence. New employees will be absent from work due to illness, disability or both on probation for a period greater than months, of three calendar months or any extended period mutually agreed upon by the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty Union and the Employer during which time they may be laid-off without reference to seniority and the Company is under no obligation to such employees. The termination of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance. All employees retained beyond the three calendar months after the commencement of the the employee's probation period shall become regular employees and entitled to seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list accordance to the top length of service and entitled to all benefits under this Agreement and may be discharged only for just cause. In the next lower event that it is found that an employee is wrongfully fired, they shall not suffer any loss of seniority, if reinstated as an employee. Any employee with three or more months of service with the Company and is laid off, terminated, or terminates voluntarily and is rehired within one year. The first move down , shall receive the seniority list will be made during rate of pay for the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration job classification as specified in Appendix A of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Purpose of Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the worker’s length of continuous employment, as a member of service with the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of Employer in the bargaining unit commencing with the date and hour on which the worker first began work in decreasing order a bargaining unit position. Seniority shall not accrue to probationary employees during the probationary period. However, at the successful completion of years of the probationary period, the worker’s seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes be retroactive to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date first day of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board work in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit position, and shall accrue during his/her continuous employment with the Employer within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall accrue and not be lost during a worker’s paid time off (PTO), union leave and during any paid leave of absence, or approved unpaid leave of absence not to exceed twelve (12) weeks. A worker shall not accrue seniority while on Layoff or on an approved leaveunpaid leave of absence which exceeds twelve weeks. A worker shall lose accumulated seniority and seniority shall be broken for any of the following reasons: Voluntary quit; Discharge; Failure to report to work after a Layoff, may do so within three (3) days after receipt of written notice of recall sent by the Employer to the worker at his/her last address of record on file with the Employer or ten (10) days after written notice of recall is sent to the address that was last provided by the worker; Xxxxxx which either extends (a) in excess of twenty‐four (24) consecutive months, or (b) for the period of the worker’s length of service, whichever is less; Absence from work without notifying the Employer, unless reasonable notification could not be given for emergencies, determined on a maximum case‐by‐case basis at the sole discretion of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority management and exercised in good faith; Unauthorized failure to report to work at the expiration of a leave of absence pursuant to this Agreement; Taking employment elsewhere during the period of absencea contractual leave of absence without the express consent of the Employer unless on layoff. Such Accepting a position with the Employer in a non‐bargaining unit category, such as a supervisory or managerial role. A worker whose seniority is lost for any of the reasons outlined above shall be considered as a new employee however if the Employer again employs him or her. The failure of the Employer to rehire said worker after the loss of seniority shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the grievance and arbitration provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the worker’s length of continuous employment, as a member of service with the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of Employer in the bargaining unit commencing with the date and hour on which the worker first began work in decreasing order a bargaining unit position. Seniority shall not accrue to probationary employees during the probationary period. However, at the successful completion of years of the probationary period, the worker’s seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes be retroactive to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date first day of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board work in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit position, and shall accrue during his/her continuous employment with the Employer within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall accrue and not be lost during a worker’s paid time off (PTO), union leave and during any paid leave of absence. A worker shall not accrue seniority while on Layoff or on an approved leaveunpaid leave of absence. A worker shall lose accumulated seniority and seniority shall be broken for any of the following reasons: • Voluntary quit; • Discharge; • Failure to report to work after a Layoff, may do so within three (3) days after receipt of written notice of recall sent by the Employer to the worker at his/her last address of record on file with the Employer or ten (10) days after written notice of recall is sent to the address that was last provided by the worker; • Layoff which either extends (a) in excess of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, or (b) for the period of the worker’s length of service, whichever is less; • Absence from work without notifying the Employer, unless reasonable notification could not be given for emergencies, determined on a maximum case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority management and exercised in good faith; • Unauthorized failure to report to work at the expiration of a leave of absence pursuant to this Agreement; • Taking employment elsewhere during the period of absencea contractual leave of absence without the express consent of the Employer. Such A worker whose seniority is lost for any of the reasons outlined above shall be considered as a new employee however if the Employer again employs him or her. The failure of the Employer to rehire said worker after the loss of seniority shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the grievance and arbitration provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee shall acquire seniority rights after ninety (90) calendar days in any consecutive twelve (12) month period terminating during the life of this Agreement in which event the employee’s seniority date will be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due date ninety (90) days prior to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date on which the employee’s seniority rights were acquired. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, employees hired as will not acquire seniority rights, nor acquire credit towards seniority rights except as provided in Section and Section of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingthis Collective Agreement. An employee shall be a probationary employee until such employee has acquired seniority rights at which time the employee becomes a seniority employee. As used throughout this Agreement an “eligible employee” or “Seniority employee” shall refer to a who leaves has acquired seniority rights in accordance with the bargaining unit provisions of paragraph (47) of this Agreement and does not include vacation replacements or excluded employees. An employee’s seniority shall be broken: if the employee quits; if the employee is discharged and not reinstated; if the employee is absent for three working days without properly notifying the Employer, unless a satisfactory reason is given; if the employee fails to report for work in accordance with a notice of recall by registered mail and/or courier service which is clear in intent and purpose or within five (5) working days after receipt of such notice, whichever is later, unless a satisfactory reason is given; if the employee fails to report for work within five (5) working days after the expiration of any leave granted to the employee, unless a satisfactory reason is given; Subject to the provisions of Section and Appendix if the employee is laid off or is absent on an approved leave, may do so a sick leave for a maximum continuous period equal to the seniority such employee had acquired at the time of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during such layoff or absence or the period of absenceone year, whichever is greater. Such employee however The Local Committee Chairperson shall not accumulate bargaining unit be informed by the employer of the anticipated loss of seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, by the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date one week in advance of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an anticipated occurrence; if the employee retires or is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, retired under the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Pension Plan Should an employee’s seniority be broken and should the employee thereafter be absent from work due to illnessrehired, disability or both for such employee shall on such rehiring be a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's Probationary Employee. Up-to-date seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves lists shall be made annually thereafteravailable to each Committee Chairperson quarterly. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workThis list shall include departmental and pension dates.
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Samples: Master Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) The purpose of seniority provisions herein is to provide a policy governing layoffs, reduction of employees in a department or job classification, rehirings and job In the event of a reduction of the working force, the Company shall apply the principle of “last on, first off, provided the retained employees have the necessary quali- fications and ability to perform the remaining work, consistent with the Company’s obligation to maintain an efficient working force. Following a layoff, rehiring shall be defined as total years executed conversely to the outlined layoff procedure, subject to the same conditions. This clause does not apply to those employees from the layoff list in a temporary job, because the acceptance, performance and com- pletion of continuous employmenta temporary job is not a recall to perma- nent employment or subsequently a layoff. Necessary qualifications and ability shall mean in the case of qualifications, the minimum educa- tional qualifications of equivalency, as per present hiring practice (see Schedule No. 7) and abi- lity shall mean the employee has the ability, until proven otherwise, through the current training pro- gram within his department. When exercising seniority rights in another department, ability shall mean the employee must have the ability to do the job within a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberday training period. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. Such training shall not be changed conducted by members of the Bargaining Unit. An employee on layoff and this order having recall rights shall have the privilege of making application for all job openings which are posted. The Company shall notify the employees with seniority on the layoff list by registered mail, with a copy to the Union. An employee who wishes to be transferred, due to a reorganization which does not involve a layoff, shall regress to the job classification level as determined by his seniority, provided he has the necessary qualifications and ability to perform the job. Seniority shall be utilized when applying recognized on a plant-wide basis for employees covered by this agreement. An employee with seniority who is indefinitely laid off due to the shortage of work, in accordance with clau- se (a) of this Article, shall be given by the Company either the required weeks of notice in writing, detailed in the Employment Standards' Act of Ontario, or severance pay, in lieu of notice, at his regular hourly rate as hereunder stipulated: LESS THAN ONE (1) YEAR'S SERVICE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT ONE (1) YEAR OF SERVICE, BUT LESS THAN TWO (2) YEARS TWO (2) YEARS, BUT LESS THAN FIVE (5) YEARS OF SERVICE FIVE (5) YEARS, BUT LESS THAN TEN (10) YEARS OF SERVICE TEN YEARS' SERVICE WEEKS PAY WEEKS, PAY WEEKS' PAY OR MORE WEEKS' PAY Employees given notice, and subsequently laid off prior to the specified notice date detailed in the Employment Standards' Act, shall receive the outs- tanding balance as severance pay. When an employee has received severance pay under this clause, and is later recalled within a time interval shorter than the number of weeks for which severan- ce pay was granted, the amount of excess severance pay paid to the employee shall be considered as an advance in pay by the Company and shall be repayable by payroll deduction. An employee who has received benefits under this clause, and who is recalled and laid off again at a later date, shall recei- ve such benefit in relation to his service since date of last recall, provided the initial period of xxxxxx was for thirteen (13) weeks or longer. An employee laid off for a temporary period of time less than thirteen (13) weeks shall be given one (1) week's notice in writing, but shall not be entitled to severance pay. General notices posted on notice boards, listing employees to be laid off in the first instance, their seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if classifications and setting forth the effective date of layoff, shall be notice of layoff, as of the date of hire posting, to employees losing their employ- ment due to the application of two seniority. Once noti- fied, each employee shall have forty-eight (48) hours to notify the Company, in writing, of intent to exercise seniority, under Article X (a) An employee having been given notice of xxxxxx, who elects to be laid off, rather than exercise seniority rights to replace a junior employee, shall receive own severance pay, according to own seniority, if severance pay applies. The Company may elect to pay severance pay in weekly installments, or more persons is the same, the order on the in a lump sum. A seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted prepared and posted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty Company once every six (306) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority for a permanent full-time employee who has completed the probationary period shall be defined as total years mean the length of continuous employment, as a member of service since the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon employee’s most recent date of hire. Employees When a permanent full-time employee has completed the probationary period the employee shall notify be credited with accrued seniority from the Boardemployee’s most recent date of hire as a permanent full-time, permanent part-time employee or contract employee provided there has been no break in employment. A permanent part-time employee who has completed the probationary period shall accrue seniority on a pro rata basis and shall be credited with one (1) year seniority for every hours worked. A permanent part-time employee may only accumulate one (1) year of seniority in one (1) calendar year. When a permanent part-time employee has completed the probationary period the employee shall be credited with accrued seniority from the employee’s most recent date of hire as a permanent part-time employee or contract employee provided there has been no break in employment. Seniority for casual, contract and sponsored employees who have completed the probationary period shall mean the number of hours worked for the Employer since the employee’s most recent date of hire calculated in the same manner as set out in Article Seniority for casual, contract and sponsored employees shall only be used for the purpose of giving consideration when a casual, contract or sponsored employee applies for a permanent full-time or permanent part-time position. Seniority Lists Upon signing of this Collective Agreement and annually thereafter the Employer shall post and deliver to the Union a separate seniority list for each of the following: permanent full-time employees; permanent part-time employees; and casual, contract and sponsored employees. No objection may be taken by the Union or by any employee unless written notice of objection is given to the Employer within thirty (30) days, of any changes working days after delivery to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority listlist in which the item first appeared, any errors or omissions in provided, however, that the Employer may rely upon the seniority list lists posted once they have been posted for working days. Where two (2) or more employees have the same seniority, preference shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned given to the First Nation employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workany.
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Samples: negotech.service.canada.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority There shall be two types of seniority: General Seniority Classification Seniority For the purpose of hiring and lay-off, employees in the Driver Classifications listed in Schedule "A, holding a Class O1 license and holding seniority in the classifications of Tractor Trailer, Knuckleboom, B- Train, Single and Tandem Axel will have such seniority combined into one classification of Truck Driver General Seniority is defined as total years the employee's length of continuous employment, accumulated service in days worked as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire as shown on the Seniority List. For the purpose of two or hiring and lay-off, a person's position on the Frozen Seniority List of June will prevail provided the senior employee is capable after a reasonable period of training. Company agrees to the establishment of a ranking list based on the current Frozen Seniority List in Logging. New into Logging Classificationswill be listed on the bottom of the Logging Ranking List. Employees will accumulate seniority for all time worked in a particular classification, it being understood that an employee may have more persons is the samethan one type of Classification Seniority. When considering seniority for promotions and demotions, the order first consideration be Classification Seniority. Where Classification Seniority is equal, position on the Ranking List be considered. When a vacancy occurs at a camp or operation because of accident, illness, leave of absence, etc., the Xxxxxxx may fill the vacancy on a temporary basis with an employee from that camp or operation with seniority list in the classification. Employees will be offered the temporary position in order of seniority in that classification. A temporary placement will not remain in the position beyond the end of the calendar week following the week in which the placement became necessary. If the vacancy continues beyond the time limit specified above, the position be by the employee with the most Classification Seniority who is not working in that classification at that time and wishes to accept the position. The employee placed on a temporary basis will continue to accumulate seniority in his previous classification unless in which case he will accumulate seniority from the date he was originally placed. When it becomes necessary for the Company to temporarily transfer an employee from one classification to another, it will be offered on a voluntary basis to employees with seniority in the classification. if no employee accepts the position, the most junior employee with classification seniority will be transferred. When it becomes necessary to displace an employee from a classification, the employee with the least amount of classification seniority will be displaced from that classification and that employee will have the right to bump the most junior employee in another classification in which he has classification seniority. If the displaced employee has insufficient classification seniority to exercise his bumping rights, then in lieu of a lay off may bump the employee with the least ranking seniority among those employees who have less ranking seniority than him within the classification where he is classified. In the event the affected employee does not have seniority in any other classification, he will be offered other employment, which may include cutting under Schedule If there is no other work available, or if the employee does not accept the offer of other work, he will be laid off. Notwithstanding the above, when an employee is transferred into a particular operation and a subsequent crew change causing a reduction in the crew occurs on that operation within working days of his transfer date, such employee will be the first displaced from that operation. Employees the Company will have the option of interchanging employees on a voluntary basis between the harvester and forwarder classifications during a on a given operation. General Seniority and Classification Seniority shall be determined by lotaccrued for all days on authorized vacation, conducted by for all authorized holidays for which the employee is paid and for all days that would have been worked but were lost because of confirmed illness or injury or leave of absence or Union Management Committeebusiness, but such service will not be considered to the extent to change his position on the Seniority List. The seniority list An employee not on the Seniority List shall be posted entered on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within Seniority List when he has accumulated thirty (30) days of work and his seniority shall be effective from the posting date of employment. When the time of recall has been determined following a general shutdown, adequate notice will be given by telephone advising an employee of the seniority listdate to report for work and the employee will be expected to report for work on the date specified unless other arrangements have been made. It is the responsibility of the employee to advise the Company of any change in address or telephone number on record at the employment office. Upon commencement of a general shutdown, any errors or omissions in the seniority list Employer shall be reported to allowed a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum leeway of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority week during the period of absenceshutdown in the event that inexperienced employees in the Harvester Operator classification have to be transferred from operations in Central to operations on the West Coast. Such employee however shall During such leeway period, seniority provisions will not accumulate bargaining unit seniority necessarily apply. It is understood and agreed that the provision of week leeway does not apply to any work that may become available during the period of absence general shutdown, nor following temporary lay-off such as may be caused by weather and the conditions following therefrom. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when emergency jobs of short duration have to be done during periods of general shutdown, the Company will not be required to recall the most senior employees. Employees who have to leave the job because of personal injury or sickness shall continue return to pay union duesthe job from which he if same is continuing. On return from leaveOtherwise, an employee he will be assigned placed according to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions his seniority. A medical certificate of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves fitness shall be made annually thereafterrequired for the purpose of rehiring. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.Where the term "camp" is used, it shall also mean commuter operation,
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority rights shall prevail on an Operating Center basis except Operating Centers in the Broadway Building shall operate from one seniority list, and operating centers in the Eagan and Maple Grove buildings shall operate from one seniority list. The senior employ- ees in point of service with the Employer shall be defined as total years provided full-time employment when work is available in their respective job classifi- cations. If an employee is laid off in excess of continuous employmenttwo (2) weeks he/she may exercise his/her seniority rights in the event an employee jun- ior to him/her is working in the classification in another Center in the same Local Union area; in which case he/she will then replace the most junior employee in the classification in that Center and must remain in that Center for at least two (2) years. In reducing the personnel because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons the last employee hired shall be the first laid off and re-employment shall be in the reverse order. Whenever a Center is closed and the work is transferred to or absorbed by another Center, as the affected employees will be entitled to follow their work and their seniority shall be dovetailed at the new Center. Whenever a member Center is partially closed and the work is transferred to or absorbed by another Center, the affected employees may either follow their work and have their seniority dovetailed in the new Center or be allowed to exercise their seniority and remain in their present Center. If any of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due employees whose work is transferred elects not to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of follow their work then the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order remaining employees on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed from which the work was transferred may elect in sen- iority order to follow the transferred work and this order shall be utilized when applying have their seniority dovetailed in the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committeenew Center. The employees who elected not to fol- low their transferred work will then in seniority list shall be posted on order select the bulletin board jobs vacated by those employees who chose to follow the transferred work. In the event that a permanent job opportunity develops in each location, during the months clas- sification of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for work at the and Recording Secretary original center from which an employee moved as a result of the Union. Within thirty (30) days change of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existsoperation, the employee will shall be governed by allowed to return at his/her expense on a one (1)-time basis to the provisions of Article effective the date original center. This opportunity must take place within twelve (12) months of the employee's scheduled return to workoriginal move. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, This Section shall supersede the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year six- for-one provision elsewhere provided in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workthis Agreement.
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Samples: Local Union Supplement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) A newly hired employee will be considered on probation until after has completed forty-five (45) days of work within any twelve (12) calendar months. Upon completion of such probationary period, the fulltime employee’s name will be placed on the appropriate seniority list with seniority dating from the date was last hired by the Employer. A new hired part-time employee will be considered on probation until after has completed hours of work in the part- time bargaining unit within twelve (12) calendar months. Upon completion of such probationary period, the part-time employee’s name will be placed on the appropriate seniority list with seniority dating from the date the part-time employee was hired by the Employer. If more than one employee commenced employment on the same starting date and if any dispute arises concerning Seniority, the employee with the higher number of hours worked will have the higher seniority. Both parties recognize the principle of promotion within the service of the Employer and the job opportunity should increase in proportion to length of service. Therefore, in making staff changes, transfers, or promotion, appointment shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member made of the bargaining unit, applicant with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due the greatest seniority having the necessary qualifications and ability to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of perform the work required. Seniority lists containing the names of all members employees and their respective dates of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall hiring will be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the Union Bulletin Board and will be revised every six (6) months of March (January and October July of each year year). It is agreed that the Chairperson will be advised as soon as an employee commences employment as to their classification and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Unionhiring date. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in If there are no written complaints concerning the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for in the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within first sixty (60) days from following its posting, the postinglist shall be deemed to be accurate. An employee who leaves Complaints raised after the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one sixty (160) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the day period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article addressed effective the date they are raised, and the Employer shall have no liability for decisions and actions taken based on the posted seniority list. The Employer will supply the Union Committee members and Stewards with sufficient copies of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for Seniority List as well as forwarding a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list copy to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workLocal Union Office.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee will be considered a probationary employee until they have been employed by the Company for a period of three (3) continuous calendar months. During such probationary period they will have no seniority rights but once seniority is acquired it will be regarded as having started from the date upon which such probationary period commenced. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Collective Agreement, the termination of employment of a probationary employee shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member at the sole discretion of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment Company. There shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The be established a seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the showing bargaining unit employees in decreasing order of years of seniority. Such list shall show the employee's seniority based upon date of hireand the department in which the employee holds such seniority. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order Seniority lists shall be utilized when revised once every six months and copies supplied to the Union. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, seniority shall be by department and plant-wide. For the purpose of applying the seniority concept to promotionsprovisions of this Agreement, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the such seniority list provisions shall be determined applied only to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement. A seniority employee who is transferred to another department by lotseniority on an indefinite layoff layoff for a period longer than a temporary layoff as defined on recall xxxxxxxxx, conducted by shall lose seniority in their former department in which hey had department seniority) and attain seniority in the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty new department after sixty (3060) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concernnew department. However, to Human Resources, such employee's former job opens up within sixty (60) days from in the postingnew department, the employee shall return to their former job. An employee shall hold seniority in only one department at any one time. The appointment or selection of employees for supervisory positions or for any position not subject to the provisions of this Agreement is not covered by this Agreement. A non-bargaining formerly a seniority employee in the bargaining unit, who leaves is transferred to a position within the bargaining unit, shall be credited with seniority equal to their full accumulated service with the Company including the time worked outside the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for and they shall be placed in a maximum job consistent with his seniority. In filling permanent job vacancies (except those in respect of one (1positions excluded from the bargaining unit) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period and in cases of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, decrease or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date increase of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or bothworking force, the following terms factors shall be considered: length of continuous service; efficiency and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from qualifications; physical fitness and reliability. Where, between employees, the commencement qualifications factors and are relatively equal in the judgment of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illnessCompany, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.factor
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined determined by the amount of net credited service of any employee. In the event any employee is properly discharged (with Just Cause), or resigns their position, they shall forfeit their seniority immediately, and in all other cases, seniority shall terminate at the end of one (1) year after lay off or two (2) years after being placed on Long Term Disability. After an employee has been reengaged in the service of the Cooperative for a period of five (5) consecutive years, all previous service which was lost when the employee previously left the service of the Cooperative shall be credited to the employee's seniority. When employees have been laid off because of lack of work and are later re-employed, such lay-off shall in no way change their seniority on the seniority list. Seniority shall prevail in matters affecting the assignment of hours on work schedules, vacations, lay-offs, and re-hiring after lay-offs, insofar as total years service requirements will permit. When positions are filled, seniority shall govern provided the employee, in the opinion of continuous employmentmanagement, as possesses the capabilities and qualifications necessary to perform the work. Part-time employees may exercise their seniority after full-time employees have exercised their seniority. When a member of newly created position or vacancy occurs in the Cooperative, which is within the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment the Cooperative shall include inform all absences due employees by email to illness or injury their WRT work issued accounts. Such notices shall be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is to be filled and shall set forth the requirements for the position as compensated they have been established by The seniority list shall consist the Cooperative. Employees who wish to bid on the posted position must meet the requirements of the names new position. The employee shall notify the Cooperative in writing of their desire within the seven (7) calendar day period after the position is posted. The Cooperative shall have fourteen (14) calendar days thereafter to either designate the person who has been selected to fill the position or to indicate that no currently employed employee has been selected. In the event a dispute arises as to the seniority of two (2) or more employees starting to work for the Cooperative on the same date, then the older in age shall be deemed to have the greater seniority. Seniority lists shall be kept up-to-date by the Cooperative and shall be available for inspection by the Union or any of its members at reasonable times. Such lists shall be made up and posted on all members bulletin boards during January of each year, showing the name, location, classification, net credited service date, and the position of the bargaining unit employee. In the event of lay-offs, the Cooperative shall follow the principles of Cooperative Seniority insofar as it can, taking into consideration the capabilities and qualifications of the employees to perform the work; however, no employee shall be laid off who has greater Cooperative Seniority and has the capabilities and qualifications to fill a position now being held by an employee with less Cooperative Seniority. It will be the responsibility of an employee to make known his or her qualification for, and desire for employment in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirea position. Employees shall be rehired from layoff in reverse order of and under the same policy prescribed above for lay-offs, and preference shall be given to employees who have been laid off and who are qualified to perform the work of the job available. Employees laid off because of lack of work who make an appropriate request in writing to the Cooperative shall receive a notice of all re-employment job openings covered by seniority as set forth herein, so long as their accumulated seniority is in force. Such former employees shall notify the BoardCooperative within seven (7) days from the date job openings are mailed from the Cooperative office of their desire to apply for the job. Communications sent to the address of the former employee as shown on the records of the Cooperative, within shall constitute proper notification. The Union will be informed immediately of all such notifications. The Cooperative shall give thirty (30) days’ notice prior to lay-offs, of any changes and notice to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will who, because of force reduction, is to be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workjob classification.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. (a) Seniority is determined by the length of service of an employee with the Company since the date of most recent employment, subject to the following provisions. In all job vacancies, layoffs and preference shall be given to employees in accordance with their length of service with the Company, providing the employee has the capability of satisfactorily perform- ing the job at the time the job vacancy, layoff or recall occurs. If a question arises as to whether an employee can satisfactorily perform the job, a “refresher” period with proper instruction of up to five working days will be allowed for the employee to demonstrate that he can do the job. It is understood that an employee will not be trained for the job to which he may “bump” or to which he may be recalled from layoff. Where, during a reduction in the workforce, a displaced employee is unable to “bump” in accordance with above, such employee shall exercise his seniority to displace a less senior employee working on a similar machine type and receive a training period of up to five working days. If there is not a less senior employee working on a similar machine type, such employee shall displace a less senior employee in Manufacturing and receive train- ing according to the following schedule: Job Classes up to five working days Job Classes up to fifteen working days Job Classes up to thirty working days An employee who is unable to perform the work upon completion of his training period may exercise his seniority to displace the least senior employee in the “labour pool” or, if no “labour pool” exists, shall be placed on the lay-off list be subject to recall. It is understood that Manufacturing personnel shall not displace trades and craft personnel, unless fully qualified; nor shall trades and craft personnel displace manufacturing personnel unless such displacement is the result of a reduc- tion in the work force in the respective skilled trades area or is due to bona fide medical reasons. It is that trades and craft personnel shall not be considered for temporary or permanent postings in unless such bid results from a reduction in the work force in the respective skilled trades area or is due to bona fide medical reasons. Trades and craft personnel shall include Plant Electricians, Plant Electricians Industrial Mechanics, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Pipefitter-Millwrights, Welder-Millwrights, and Lift Truck Mechanic; excluded are Repairmen, Lubri- cator Inspector and Roll Grinders. When there occurs a breakdown of equipment, or lack of materials or other manufacturing irregularities, an em- ployee may be sent home without regard to seniority for a definite period of time not to exceed two days, or a total of two days within any one month, to a maximum of ten days per calendar year. Such procedure would be termed a temporary adjustment in the working force. If it becomes necessary for an operator or his helper to leave the plant prior to the end of the shift, the Company will provide work for either the Operator or the Helper, as the case may be, for the remainder of the shift. The Company will give an employee with three years or more seniority, five days notice of layoff. All employees who have completed eighteen months service will be given two days notice prior to layoff. Any employee who is laid off due to lack of work, after the date hereof, shall not lose his earned seniority of service with the Company and he shall accrue further seniority rights during such absence from employment providing such absence from employment has not continued more than eighteen months. An employee recalled from layoff will be guaranteed a mini- mum of one week of work. A new employee shall be considered probationary until such time as he has worked a total of sixty days, consecutive or accumulated, at which time he shall be considered a regular employee and be credited with his previous service. The dismissal of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided lost for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. following reasons: When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.voluntarily terminates his employ-
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority Probationary Period A new employee will be considered on probation until he has completed hours of work within any twelve calen- dar months. Upon completion of the probationary period he shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member credited with seniority equal to worked hours. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee, and the President of the Local Union or designate, such proba- tionary period may be extended. Any extension agreed to will be in writing and will specify the length of the extension. The release or discharge of an employee during the probationary period will not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration and is at the sole discretion of the Hospital. Definition of Seniority Part-time employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year's seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unitunit as of the last date of hire, except as otherwise provided herein. Seniority will operate on a bargaining unit wide basis. Notwithstanding the above, employees hired prior to October will be credited with The District School Board the seniority they held under the Agreement expiring November and will thereafter accumu- late seniority in accordance with this Article. For purposes of accumulation of seniority, transfer of sen- iority and service, progression on the wage grid and progression on the vacation schedule, all part-time employees' service and seniority shall be converted as at October on the fol- lowing basis. Employees' hours of service x = Converted hours of service Transfer of Service and Seniority Effective October and for employees who transfer subsequent to October an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his/her full service and seniority. An employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for seniority and service on the basis of one year equals hours worked, and will be enrolled in the employee benefit plans subject to meeting any waiting period or its Continuous employment other requirements of those plans. hired prior to October will be credited with the service and seniority they held under the Collective Agreement expiring November Loss of Seniority An employee shall include lose all absences seniority and shall be deemed terminated if: employee quits; employee is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance and arbitration proce- dure; employee is absent from scheduled work for a period of three or more consecutive working days without not- ifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; employee fails to return to work upon the expiration of a leave of absence or a leave of absence for a purpose other than that for which it was granted; employee has been laid off for eighteen months; employee fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five working days after he has received the notice of recall, and fails to report to work within ten working days after he has received the notice of recall; employee is absent due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list disability which absence continues for twenty-four calendar months from the time the disability or illness commenced. It shall consist be the duty of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall employee to notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, Hospital promptly of any changes change of address. If any employee fails to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the samedo this, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall Hospital will not be responsible for the presentation failure of the concern, a notice sent by registered mail to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the reach such employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years Fundamentally, rules respecting seniority are designed to give employees an equitable measure of security based on continuous employment, as a member of service with the Company in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment . There shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The be a probationary period for each new employee of five worked days after which the employee shall be placed on the seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon dating back to date of hire. Employees A probationary employee may be discharged for any reason satisfactory to the Company. It is agreed that seniority shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted govern lay offs by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on Company and reemployment of employees, providing the bulletin board in each locationemployees are able and willing to perform satisfactorily the work required, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported subject to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: conditions. In case a job is discontinued, the employee from said job may exercise his seniority rights, by displacing the least senior full-time employee, or the least senior part-time employee in the same or lower classification whose job he is able and willing to satisfactorily perform. The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty person so displaced may exercise the same right. Notwithstanding (30a) months from the commencement of the Should and above, an employee be absent who has been displaced have the first opportunity to return to the original position they were displaced from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than monthsof six months prior to the position being filled in accordance with There shall be only one Chief Xxxxxxx who shall have at least one year of service with the Company, and such Chief Xxxxxxx will have top seniority over all other employees during his term of office. This applies in case of offs only. When there is a vacancy, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months Company shall post a request for applications for the said vacancy on its bulletin boards for a period of four days. Employees entitled to apply for the vacancy must do so in four days of the date of posting in order to have their application considered. Applications shall be in writing in duplicate, one copy to be turned into the Company and one copy to the committee. It is understood that any intent to return to a full-time student status is sufficient cause to disqualify an applicant. Applicants will be considered for the position on the basis of their seniority, knowledge, skill and ability. If the last three factors are relatively equal, the most senior applicant shall be promoted. The second vacancy that becomes vacant after the commencement first vacancy has been filled shall be posted as provided for above. The Company may fill a vacancy temporarily until the above mentioned procedure is completed which shall be done within fifteen working days of the initial posting referred to in In addition, the employee's Company need not post temporary vacancies which are caused by illness, accidents, vacations or leaves of absence including maternity leave. Such vacancies may be filled temporarily at the sole discretion of the Company. The Company need not consider any applicant to a posting who has within the prior twelve month period, successfully bid on two vacancies. If an employee does not prove satisfactory in a position to which he has been promoted within thirty days worked of his promotion, he shall be returned to his previous job and any other employees affected by his return shall be returned to their former jobs. The Chief Shop Xxxxxxx shall be notified of the name of the successful candidate. An employee shall lose his seniority will standing and his name shall be frozenremoved from all seniority lists and he shall be deemed to have quit for any one of the following reasons: If an employee quits, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves an employee shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start deemed to accumulate upon return have quit when he has given his notice in writing or, on failure to workgive written notice within two days he shall be deemed to have quit.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority New employees will be considered as probationary employees until they have been employed continuously for a three (3)month probationary period. Probationary employees shall have no seniority rights but after the probationary period their seniority shall be defined as total years dated b date of continuous employment, as a member commencement of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous probationary period. and employment shall include all absences be deemed to be Voluntarily leaves the employ of the Company. Is discharged for just cause and is not reinstated purs- uant to the of this agreement. Is absent without an acceptable reason for three consecutive working days without notifying the Com- pany during such period of the reason for such absence, unless the reason for failure to notify is justifiable. Fails to return to work on the day specified at the end of a leave of absence, unless the reason for failure to re- turn is acceptable to the Company. For the purposes of Article Section a reduction in the number of employees in a job due to illness the volume of work or injury as compensated by The seniority list for economic reasons shall consist be deemed to be a lay off. For the purposes of Article Section "location" shall mean the names branch or division office at or out of all members of which the bargaining unit employee works. Lay and recalls shall occur in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirethe manner herein- after set forth, provided that the employees who re- main are capable, willing and available to do the work required. In the event lay are required, the following proce- dure shall be followed: All Temporary Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberbe laid off first. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order All Probationary Employees shall be utilized when applying laid off in the respective departments where the layoffs occur. All Probationary Employees throughout the Bargaining Unit shall be laid off. Thereafter employees shall be laid off in accord- ance with Article Section (e). Bargaining Unit for which is qualified and for which seniority concept to promotions, transfers would entitle which there exists for which qualified and job posting procedures. Effective November if for which entitle In the date of hire of two or event that more persons than one employee is laid off at the samesame time, the order on the seniority list senior such employee shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported have preference as to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingwhich junior employees af- fected they displace. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The is laid off and who displaces another employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of in accordance with Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.Section
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty on probation for ninety (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (6090) days from the postingdate of the last hire. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the During such period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will may be governed by dismissed if the provisions employee is unable to perform adequately the work for which the employee is employed or is otherwise unsuitable. For the purpose of Article effective this Agreement an "seniority" (other than that of a probationary employee) shall commence with the date of the employee's scheduled most recent hiring (other than as a result of a recall after a layoff) by the Board and shall be maintained and accumulated so long as the employee during: a layoff within any period during which the employee was entitled to be recalled; any sickness or accident; and any leave of absence. When a probationary employee completes the probationary period the employee shall be entered on the seniority list and shall rank seniority from the date the employee was last hired. A loss in seniority shall be deemed to have occurred if an individual employed by the Board: quits; is discharged and is not reinstated by reason of the grievance procedure; is laid off beyond the period during which the employee was entitled to be recalled; or fails following a layoff, unless the employee exercises the right to refuse such work as provided in section to notify the Board within seven ( 7 ) days of the Board sending the employee a notice to return to work. When an work of the intention to return or fails to report for work on the date and at the time specified in such notice, which date is not sooner than said seven ( 7 ) days; or "continuous service" shall be determined by the length of the employee's actual service with the Board and shall not include any period of time while the employee is was absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, because the following terms and conditions applyemployee was on: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for leave of absence in excess of thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability days; layoff; or both for strike or lockout. The Board shall maintain a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the master seniority list to showing the top name, classification, region and hiring date of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereaftereach employee. Seniority will start be unit-wide. An up-to-date seniority list shall be posted annually by January and three copies thereof shall be sent to accumulate upon return to workthe Union.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority Full-time and part-time employees who have completed their probationary period shall be defined have seniority. Employees shall have earned seniority for all time prior to the effective date of this Agreement in continuous employment with the Employer.' For all time on and after the effective date of this Agreement, seniority shall accrue as total years the length of continuous employment, as employment with the Employer in a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of position in the bargaining unit in decreasing order covered by this Agreement. 1 This includes any and all time of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of continuous employment at any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority listProspect CharterCARE, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafterChareCARE and/or pre- CharterCARE facilities. Seniority will start govern with respect to accumulate upon return matters such as the filling of vacancies, vacation accrual and scheduling, service area (tract) assignments, layoff, recall and as otherwise provided for in this Agreement. Layoff/Bumping Management has the right to layoff employees for lack of work. Layoff for lack of work shall be in the order of seniority within the job classification, least senior first. Employees in the non-professional bargaining unit who have been designated for layoff may fill an available bargaining unit vacancy provided they are qualified. Such employees will be required to fill an available vacancy for which they are qualified if it involves the same department and number of regularly scheduled hours per week as the position the employee held when the employee was designated for layoff. If an employee in the non-professional bargaining unit does not fill a vacancy pursuant to the preceding paragraph, then she/he will have the option to be laid off or, if qualified, to bump. In that regard, the laid off employee may bump a junior employee in a different job classification provided that the employee exercising the bump can perform the essential functions of the job with an orientation not to exceed fourteen (14) calendar days. Notwithstanding, a regular part time employee can only bump another regular part time employee - provided however that a part time employee cannot bump into another part time position with a greater number of regularly scheduled hours than the part time position previously held.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years The Company the principle of continuous employmentse- niority. In the application of seniority, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list it shall be determined by lotLumber Division or Woodlands Division seniority but the seniority of each Division will be separate and distinct from the seniority of the other. The selection and promotion of supervisory officials from the bargaining unit shall be entirely a matter for the Company’s decision, conducted in making such selection or promotion, length of service will be given due consideration. In the event of a reduction of forces, the last per- son hired shall be the first released. It is agreed between the parties that seniority dur- ing lay off shall be retained on the following basis: Employees with less than one year of service shall retain their seniority for a period of six months. Employees with one or more years service shall retain their seniority for one year, plus one additional month for each year’s service up to an additional twelve months. It shall be the employer’s to maintain an address file of the employees and it shall be the employee’s responsibility to notify the employer in writing of any change of address. For the purpose of establishing seniority for all employees during the term of the Agreement, it is hereby agreed that seniority shall be by number starting with Number One When an employee leaves the operation his number shall cease to exist and shall not be given an employee entering into the employ of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement it shall be mutually agreed that all employees are hired on probation, the probationary period to continue for Forty-Five calendar days during which time they are to be considered probationary employees only. During this same period no seniority rights shall be Upon completion of Forty-Five calendar days they shall be regarded as regular employees and shall then be entitled to seniority dating from the day in which they entered the Company’s employ. When hiring new employees consideration for pre- xxxxxxx shall, subject to the same conditions as in and be given to those employees of the Company having previous seniority and who have applications on file. The Company agrees to provide the Union Management Committeewith a Seniority list, by Division, of the Company’s employees by number once each six months, setting out the number, name, camp (Woodlands Division) and seniority with the Company of each employee. The seniority list shall of the employees will be posted on the bulletin board boards in each location, during conjunction with the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of list being sent to the Union. Within thirty (30) days of In any where an employee has been trans- ferred by the posting of Company to a supervisory position and at a later date ceases to be a supervisory worker and the seniority listCompany desires to retain his services, any errors or omissions it is hereby agreed that reinstatement can be made within the bargaining unit, provided however, that supervisory workers reinstated in the seniority list shall be reported bargaining unit must return within one year to the job held at the time of their promotion to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for supervisory position providing the presentation job is not held by an employee having more Plant seniority. If the employee returns to the bargaining unit after the expiration of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days one year from the postingdate of his promotion, he shall return to a base rate job to which his seniority entitles him. Supervisory employees in above shall have their seniority frozen while in a supervisory position. An employee who leaves shall cease to have seniority and his employment shall be terminated if the bargaining unit employee: Is discharged for proper cause. Terminates his employment with the Company. Does not return to work fifteen days after he is called back to work. In case of major recalls after reduction in the labour force employees will be notified by telegram at least fifteen days in advance of the commencement of operations. Upon receipt of the recall the employee will notify the Company by telegram, Collect, within seven days of his intent to work on the specified date. It shall be the employee’s responsibility to keep the Company informed of his address during layoff. Recall notice will be sent to the last known address on record of the employee. During a reduction of work forces when an approved leaveem- ployee’s seniority is such that he will not be able to keep his regular job he may elect to apply his seniority to obtain a job paying a higher rate if he has previously held the job in the operation on a regular basis. He may also elect to apply his seniority to obtain a lower paid job or a job paying the same rate of pay, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearprovided he is able to perform assigned work. The employee shall maintain seniority during Upon increasing the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leaveworkforce, an employee will shall be assigned returned to service in order of seniority, provided he is able to perform the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate Employees exercising their seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.allowed a day period as a refamiliarisation
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Samples: Master Agreement
SENIORITY. The purpose of this Seniority Article is to provide the maximum job security and promotional opportunity for all bargaining unit employees, based on length of time spent in the bargaining unit while giving full consideration to efficient plant operation. Seniority, as referred to in this Agreement, shall mean length of time spent in the bargaining unit not inter- rupted by any seniority break or freeze (Article 17.05) and shall be defined as total years on a plant wide basis. Each employee shall be a probationary employee and shall not attain seniority sta- tus until the completion of continuous employmenta minimum of seventy (70) days worked for the Company. After attainment of seniority, as a member the employee’s seniority rating will be established from the date of employment in the bargaining unit, or, in the case of an employee re- employed following a break in seniority, from the date of re-employment in the bargaining unit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the employment of a pro- bationary employee may be terminated for any reason at the sole discretion of management and no arbitrator or arbitration board shall have jurisdiction to entertain any grievance filed as a result of such termination. A terminated probationary employee will, however, he given the opportunity to confer with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury xxxxxxx before leaving the Company premises. Seniority lists will be posted as compensated by The seniority list shall consist soon as possible after the signing date of this Agreement, and every three months thereafter, including such revisions as are necessary. A copy of the names list will be posted in the plant and a copy given to the Union. Promotions shall be made on the basis of all members a), ability and seniority. When the ability of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of candidates is equal, then seniority based upon date of hireshall be the governing factor. Employees shall notify the Board, within After a tempo- rary job exceeds thirty (30) consecutive working days, the position will be posted and filled in the normal manner. This shall also apply to the selection of any changes employees who have success- fully completed required Company prescribed tests and wish to their current home address enter a Training Programme. Promotionalopportunities in job classificationindustrial truck operator and or current home phone numberabove will be posted. Seniority, as herein defined, shall apply in the case of lay-off resulting from a reduction of the work force. Employees with the least seniority shall be laid off first and senior employees retained, provided however, the senior employees retained have the neces- sary ability to perform the normal requirements of the job. Seniority shall apply in the case of re-call of employees after lay-off. Employees shall be recalled in the order of Plant Seniority, with the most senior employee being recalled first, and the least senior employee recalled last, in that order, provided, however, the senior employees recalled have the necessary ability to perform the normal requirements of the job. The order on definition of “necessary ability to perform the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary normal requirements of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors job” as it applies to lay-off or omissions recall in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.mean:-
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee will be considered on probation and will not be subject to the seniority provisions of this Collective Agreement, nor shall her name be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order placed on the seniority list as published Jan. until after she has completed eighty-four (84) calendar days of work with the Gallery. Upon completion of such probationary period, the employee's name shall be placed on the appropriate seniority list with seniority dating the date she was last hired by the Gallery. The dismissal of a probationary employee shall not be changed the subject of a grievance. Employees who hold both a full-time and this order part-time position with the Gallery must complete the appropriate probationary period for each position. Seniority will be maintained but shall not accumulate during leaves of absence without pay in excess of six (6) months. Seniority will be maintained and accumulate in the case of paid leaves, such as leave, Short- term Disability, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and during the period the employee is on approved Long-term Disability. Seniority lists shall be utilized when applying revised every six (6) calendar months (January 1st and July by the seniority concept Staff and Volunteer Resources Division. A copy of the list shall be provided to promotions, transfers the Union Local President and job posting proceduresposted on the designated bulletin boards throughout the Gallery. Effective November if It agreed understood that each list shall remain posted for a period of twelve (12) months. If an employee does not challenge the date position of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order her name on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by within the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted first (1st) fourteen (14) calendar days from the date her name first appears on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the a seniority list, any errors or omissions in provided she is at work when the seniority list is posted, then she shall be reported deemed to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for have proper seniority standing. In the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, event the employee will be governed by is not at work when the provisions of Article effective list is posted, she must object to her seniority standing within fourteen (14) calendar days the date of the employee's scheduled return she returns to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms A person shall lose all seniority and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start conclusively deemed to accumulate upon return to work.have terminated employment with the Gallery if she:
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority A probationary employee shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized declared regular when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if he/she has accumulated hours worked since the date of hire his/her employment. Upon completion of two or more persons is the samehis/her probationary period, the order employee shall be declared regu- lar and his/her seniority will be dated from the date he/she commenced work with the Company and will accumulate thereafter. When more than one is hired to commence work on the same day, their position on the seniority list shall be determined by lotbased on the records of order of the job acceptance. The Company shall maintain a seniority list of employees and shall provide the Union every 3 months with sufficient copies to supply its stewards, conducted Local Presi- dent and Plant Chairman. The Company shall advise the Plant Chairman daily whenever possible of any additions, terminations, transfers, recalls or reclassifications affect- ing the status ofemployees covered by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list bargaining unit, and the Financial Secretary of hirings, terminations, re- calls, and change ofaddress, such shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall written form. LOSS OF SENIORITY An employee’s seniority will be provided cancelled for the and Recording Secretary any of the Unionfollowing reasons: If he/she voluntarily quits his/her employment with the Company. Within thirty (30) days is discharged and is not reinstated voluntar- ily by the Company or by order of the posting a board of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported arbitration. If while on Lay-off he/she fails to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, return to Human Resources, work within sixty (60) five working days from the postingdate of receipt of a registered letter or telegram recalling him/her to work, provided however that the employee shall not lose his/her seniority submits reasonable justification in writ- ing for being unable to return to work and provided such submission is received by the company within three working days from the date of receipt of his/her recall notice. An In this circumstance, the employee who leaves may request either an extra delay up to ten the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for privilege of a maximum second recall before the expiration of one (1) yearhis/her recall rights. The employee Company shall maintain seniority during the period of absencegrant such request wherever possible. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee Employees granted a second recall will be assigned to placed at the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existsbottom of the recall list. If the recall is of a nature, the employee will be governed so notified. If the employee elects to decline such a recall he/she will main- tain his/her current position on the recall list, and not be placed at the bottom of the recall list. If he/she overstays a leave of absence granted by the provisions Company, without securing an extension of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months such leave from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illnessCompany in writing, disability or both unless his/her cause for not requesting such extension is through a justifiable reason. If he/she is on layoff for a continuous period greater of: two years; employee had less than months, five years on the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worklayoff.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years Fundamentally, rules respecting seniority are designed to give employees an equitable measure of security based on continuous employment, as a member of service the Company in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment . There shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The be a probationary period for each new employee of thirty-five worked days after which the employee shall be placed on the seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon dating back to date of hire. Employees shall notify A probationary employee may be discharged for any reason satisfactory to the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberCompany. The order on Company will endeavour to offer the seniority list most senior employee in the store the most scheduled hours and any hours of work beyond those normally scheduled hours of work which arise because of absence due to sick leave or holidays, provided the senior employee has the immediate ability and willingness to perform the work as published Jan. shall not be changed required, and this order shall be utilized when applying is available to perform the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedureswork immediately. Effective November if As of the date of hire ratification of this Agreement, the Company agrees that two or more persons part-time employees will not be regularly scheduled in such a manner so as to cause the displacement of full-time employees. It is the same, the order on the agreed that seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted govern lay offs by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on Company and reemployment of employees, providing the bulletin board in each locationemployees are able and willing to perform satisfactorily the work required, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported subject to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: conditions. In case a job is discontinued, the employee from said job may exercise his seniority rights, or the least senior part-time employee in the same or lower classification whose job he is able and willing to satisfactorily perform. The employee person so displaced may exercise the same right. There shall be only one Chief Xxxxxxx who shall have at least one year of service with the Company, and such Chief Xxxxxxx will continue to accumulate have top seniority for thirty (30) months from over all other employees during his term of office. This applies in case of lay offs only. When a full-time vacancy occurs in the commencement positions of clerk, stock clerk and postal clerk, part-time employees may bid on such a vacancy in accordance with Article of the Should an employee full-time agreement and jobs will be absent from work due to illnessfilled in accordance with said clause. Bids by part-time employees will only be considered when bids by full-time employees have been exhausted. As per Article (loss of seniority standing and deemed quit), disability or both for a period greater than monthsof the full-time Agreement. Also, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves reason shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.included for this Appendix:
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority A regular employee shall be defined considered as total years such an employee of continuous the Railway when: he has his period. he makes himself available to the Rail- way for full time employment. Employ- ees not available for permanent employ- ment shall not accumulate seniority. he has no other outside employment except where such employment may he specifically permitted under provisions of this Agreement. It shall not be it cause discipline dis- charge an to seek and/or accept gainful employment while on provided the employee complies with Clause of this to all the A seniority roster of all employees. showing name and date of entry into the service. coming within the scope shall be posted in a place employees concerned. shall he and posted on January of each year. shall be open for correction fur of ninety the date of posting. on of proof of employee his accredited representative. the two tho will work. to by the they start the the will the Factor. All within the shall comprise seniority group. position seniority rights shall the seniority list. An transfer within the position not rights seniority period six If to six relinquish rights. working days' advance notice will be given in the case of a strike or work in the Railway industry, as in which case a shorter notice may he given. Employees whose positions are abolished. who are displaced. will, within ten calen- dar clays of notification. exercise their senior- ity over any other junior employee. In the application of this Rule. employees will not necessarily be required to exercise seniority outside of their home station or terminal. Such employees shall notify the appropriate Rail- way Officer of the position to which they will exercise their seniority and shall fill posi- tion within five calendar of the date of notification: that an employee on approved of including annual vacation and bona fide sickness or injury. their position is abolished or arc displaced. may exercise their seniority within calendar days from expira- tion of approved leave of Note: An employee will be considered on laid he hisseniority at his home terminal In order to qualify for Job Security Payments under the Security Agreement, exhaust his seniority on system. notified and returned to work in be of Employees to themselves of this Rule must with proper Officer of the Procedure. In an is made, the duly accredited representative the employee shall be furnished, upon written request. the for the in writing. An assigned to a position by will receive a full explanation of duties of the position and must demonstrate his ability to perform the work within period thirty calendar days. the length of to he upon character the work. Failing tu demonstrate his ability to do work within the period allowed. he shall be returned to his former position without loss of seniority. Should an employee to dem- onstrate his ability to the work during the period he his Shop will entitled to an explanation in writing from appropriate Officer the Railway. including the lor which shall to in with the declining shall not lase their of within ten their return of including fide sick- ness or injury, exercise their seniority rights any during their OTHER discipline employees. He shall be a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due Union and entitled to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist provisions of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the BoardCollective Agreement, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.RULE
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority A. voluntary quit or discharge for just cause seniority, from work on account of an accident, illness, disease or leave of absence does not break The plant offices seniority list which is posted shall be defined as total years revised by the Company every three The names of continuous employmentemployees commencing employment on the same date shall be entered on such list in alphabetical order. In the event that a lay-off becomes necessary, as a member the Company will retain at work the employees having the greatest plant offices seniority provided that these employees have the necessary qualifications for the performance of the bargaining unitwork available. who are laid off, in accordance with The District School Board paragraph shall be given a minimum of one week’s notice, unless otherwise required by the Standards Act of Ontario. PAY who are laid off in addition to the notice given under paragraph shall receive two weeks severance pay for each full year of service and a proportional amount for any remaining part year, paid at their current salary. One week’s severance pay shall be based on current monthly salary divided When an employee who has received under this clause is later recalled, (or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist an employee who has received severance pay under a similar clause from any other plant the Company is hired from another plant of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by Company under the provisions of Article effective Clause of this within a time interval “shorter than the date number of weeks” for which severance pay was granted, amount of excess severance pay paid to employee shall be considered as an advance in pay by the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee Company and shall be repayable by payroll deduction, In the event that a lay-off is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or bothrequired, the following terms Company will advise the Union and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from discuss the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list reasons prior to the top lay-off talking place and prior to the being advised. Company will endeavour to make lay-offs on a Friday, 1 ‘I increasing the work force, laid off employees shall he recalled in accordance with plant offices seniority provided they have the necessary qualifications for the performance of the next lower yearwork available. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves It shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start the laid off employee’s responsibility to accumulate upon return to worknotify the Company of any change of address.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years granted any employee who has completed forty-five (45) days of continuous employmentwork within a five (5) month period. Prior to seniority and consistent with the Equal Employment Section, as a member employees may be laid off with or without cause. Upon completion of the bargaining unitprobationary period, with The District School Board an employee's seniority date shall be made retroactive to the first day worked. Part-time drivers hired prior to ratification may drive in the a.m. or its Continuous employment p.m. but in no event shall include all absences due they work a split shift. Part time employees hired after ratification will be subject to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of restrictions contained in the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address Pick Up and or current home phone numberDelivery Operational Supplement. The order on of call will be: Cover Driver Grandfathered part-time drivers hired prior to ratification (p.m.) full-time drivers (start time after 11 a.m.) Full- time, pre-seniority drivers In the event the Employer is unable to meet staffing requirements, employees may be assigned to work by inverse seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed by classification and this order qualification. Qualified part-time employees with seniority shall be utilized when applying given the opportunity to fill full-time vacancies prior to the employer hiring off of the street. Full-time and part-time employees shall be placed on separate seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the lists as of their first date of hire of two in their status as full-time or more persons is part-time employees with the same, the order on the seniority list unit covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall be determined measured by lotlength of service in such status with the Employer as a bargaining unit employee. For example, conducted by the Union Management Committeea part-time employee transitioning to full-time status will not be credited with his part- time service for seniority purposes. The seniority list Such time, however, counts for all other purposes such as vacation going forward on a pro-rata basis. Pro-rata basis shall be posted on computed by adding the bulletin board in each location, during the months total number of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions hours worked in the employee's work history divided by 2080. A full-time employee transitioning to part-time status will maintain his date of hire into the part-time covered position as his seniority list shall be reported date after he has transitioned into the part-time position. Employees voluntarily transitioning to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible part-time status must stay in that part-time status for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence year and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to paid the rate for the job based upon the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workseniority.
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Samples: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net
SENIORITY. Seniority Bargaining unit members shall earn one seniority credit for each semester covered by an appointment for which the member taught. Any such teaching done during a Fall or Spring semester shall be eligible for the purpose of determining seniority credit. Seniority credit is accumulated for the purposes of accumulating credit toward eligibility for longer term contracts and course appointments. Instruction during summer sessions shall be excluded in determining the seniority credit. Beginning in academic year 2020 – 2021, any post-probation bargaining employee who has a break in service as defined as total years of continuous employmentin Article II, as will be considered a new employee upon return to teaching at the University, and will be required to serve a new probation period, and be subject to dues checkoff. Any bargaining unit member of who does not teach for two consecutive Academic Years following his/her last full-time or part-time teaching assignment at the University shall no longer be considered a unit member. If a post-probationary bargaining unit member resigns their position but subsequently chooses to return, at any time, to a part-time teaching assignment which would again place them in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment they will be considered a new bargaining unit member and required to serve a new probation, and they will be subject to dues checkoff. If such an individual is reemployed, that person will have the status of a new employee for the purpose of seniority. Anyone on an approved leave of absence shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The have his/her seniority list shall consist frozen for the duration of the names of all members of the leave. Seniority shall also be broken if a bargaining unit member resigns, or is terminated for cause or turns down an offer of employment and does not teach. Seniority credit shall be provided from employment records on hand in decreasing order the University PeopleSoft system beginning with employment from July 1, 2000. Bargaining unit members hired into teaching assignments at Syracuse University prior to July 1, 2000 will be provided six (6) seniority credits for every year of years continuous University service prior to 2000. The University will use the appropriate date that best reflects teaching time to determine service prior to July 1, 2000, if any. For the period between July 1, 2000 and May 31, 2011, seniority credits were determined by the number of credit hours taught. All seniority based upon date credits earned prior to May 31, 2011, shall be maintained in the individual’s seniority credit accumulation. Bargaining unit members shall have the right to review their seniority credit accumulation when additional seniority credits have been accrued. Except as otherwise provided herein and subject to the terms of hirethis Agreement, the University reserves the right to make all decisions regarding course assignments and appointments, including the addition of new part-time faculty. Employees shall notify In the Board, within thirty (30) days, absence of any changes other appointment option, as defined by Article VII – Faculty Appointments, and in the event school, college, department or program leadership decides to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept offer a new open section to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the samepart-time faculty, the order on University will follow the seniority list shall following process: A report detailing the current open part time faculty positions, including the job number, title and posting period will be determined by lot, conducted by sent to the Union Management CommitteePresident once per week. The seniority list shall Each open position will be posted on the bulletin board Syracuse University online job posting website for seven (7) days. Bargaining Unit members interested in each location, during teaching any new course offering and/or open section being offered to part-time faculty may submit an application via the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of online posting process within the posting of the seniority listperiod. Unless otherwise assigned individuals covered under Article VII - Faculty Appointments, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during members who are teaching or who have taught the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee course will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workconsidered first.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority Xxxxxxx seniority shall be defined as total years an Employee’s length of continuous employment, as from the Employee’s original start date with the College this includes 9,10, 11 and 12 month Employees. Any temporary employee who becomes a member of the bargaining unitunit will be credited with their temporary work in the calculation of their benefits and seniority. Part-time temporary work will be pro- rated in calculating that seniority. However, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members any temporary employee who becomes a member of the bargaining unit will still have to serve an Introductory Evaluation Period but can put in decreasing order a request to their supervisor to have it waived after 60 days. Student employment is excluded from the calculation of years of seniority based upon seniority. If two or more Employees have the same starting date of hireemployment, and in any case where seniority is a factor pursuant to this Agreement, the relative seniority between such Employees will be determined by the drawing of lots. Employees Seniority shall notify continue to accrue during any approved paid leaves of absence, or any approved unpaid leave of absence of twelve (12) weeks or less associated with the BoardFamily Medical Leave Act or comparable state law provision. When an Employee is laid off, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the Employee’s seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority lost during the period of absencelayoff, but it shall no longer accrue during the layoff period. Such employee however shall not accumulate An Employee who has been laid off and returns to the bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return within one year from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return layoff shall have their seniority restored to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, what it was on the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement date of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: layoff. Loss of Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority – Seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.lost when an Employee:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority For the purposes of determining a seniority date, an employee’s aggregate paid hours will be converted by using the following formula: two thousand and eighty (2,080) paid hours equals one ( I) year. An employee’s seniority shall be defined as total years calculated from initial date of hire, provided is not absent from work for any period exceeding twelve (12) continuous employmentmonths for reasons other than illness, as a member injury, layoff or an approved leave of the bargaining unitabsence. If has been so absent, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment seniority shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon accumulate from last date of hire. Employees Notwithstanding the foregoing sub-clause, as of May all employees who were previously covered by a Collective Agreement shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes have placed to their current home address and credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor collective agreements. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement. Notwithstanding clause as of May all employees who were not covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement shall have placed to their credit seniority in accordance with Section or current home phone numberof the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, Schedule. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order which shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the calculated from their first date of hire with their predecessor employer unless they lost seniority in accordance with clause in which case it shall be calculated from their subsequent date of two or more persons is hire. Following the sameaforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement. Notwithstanding Clause as of May all employees who were covered by a predecessor Collective Agreement and who are not excluded from the Unit B bargaining unit in accordance with Clarity Note in Article (Recognition) shall have placed to their credit such seniority as they had accumulated in accordance with the terms of their predecessor Collective Agreements. Following the aforementioned effective date, employees shall continue to accrue seniority in accordance with the terms of this Collective Agreement. As soon as possible following the ratification of this Collective Agreement, the order on City shall, for each employee (other than new hires or employees previously notified) coming within the Unit B bargaining unit, establish such employee’s seniority, and notify in writing of such. A complaint concerning the accuracy of an employee’s seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, considered if submitted within sixty (60) working days of the employee’s receipt of the notice of seniority. As soon as possible, the City shall notify employees on their pay stubs of their accumulated hours for seniority purposes. Loss of An employee shall lose all seniority and service if, Seniority Lists voluntarily terminates employment subject to the right to rescind in clause 12.05; is discharged for reasonable cause; fails to report for scheduled work within ten working days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue date is recalled to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by work under the provisions of Article effective 12.04; is not recalled to work within twenty-four (24) months of the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent removal from work pursuant to the staff reduction article; does not work for up to any period exceeding twelve (12) continuous months due to for reasons other than illness, disabilityinjury, layoff or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement approved leave of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.absence;
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Samples: negotheque.travail.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employmentA. An Assistant who is employed, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board Graduate Assistant or its Continuous employment Teaching Assistant shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of accrue one (1) yearseniority credit for each semester worked. Seniority credits shall lapse automatically and are not redeemable after a period of three (3) consecutive semesters during which time there is no employment relationship with the University, as a Teaching Assistant or Graduate Assistant with the University. Where, upon a review of the qualifications of the applicants for the Assistantship position, it is concluded that qualifications of applicants are, as between or amongst applicants, deemed relatively equal, then the accumulated seniority credits shall be the determining factor in the selection of the Assistant. Such seniority shall be used with respect to Assistant work offered to Ryerson University (carrying on business as Toronto Metropolitan University) Undergraduate students who are enrolled in the 3rd or 4th year of an undergraduate program and to Ryerson University (carrying on business as Toronto Metropolitan University) Graduate students who apply for posted vacancies. A Graduate student may not receive a Graduate Assistantship from the University subsequent to the first year of studies, however, they are eligible to apply for a Graduate Assistantship following the normal practices, and if it is concluded that qualifications of applicants are, as between or amongst applicants, deemed relatively equal, then the accumulated seniority shall be the determining factor in the selection of the Assistant. Any individual who currently holds seniority in the bargaining unit may grieve an unsuccessful application for an assistantship position. It is understood that appointments which are made on the basis of seniority as the determining factor, are not subject to the grievance procedure, unless the Union alleges improper motive or discrimination. Teaching Assistantship appointments may commence at any time throughout the semester, and may be of any duration up to and including thirteen (13) weeks per semester. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period offer of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned appointment to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, Assistant shall confirm the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: of employment, including hours of work, the start/end date, the assigned duties and the expected hours of work breakdown for the Assistantship. A workload sheet shall be attached to the letter of appointment for this purpose. The employee will continue University shall send to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement Local Union a copy of the Should an employee be absent from work due Assistant’s letter of appointment, including the workload sheet. The University shall not reduce the Assistant’s contract hours and/or pay once the Assistant has accepted their letter of appointment. Pursuant to illness, disability or both for a period greater than monthsArticle 17, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after Assistant shall receive payment, at the commencement appropriate rate of pay, for all the hours of work in their signed letter of appointment for the applicable semester. Should the hours allocated for one of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year duties in the month of October contract be more than required, the employee's name will move down Assistant may be reassigned to other duties as provided for in the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workcollective agreement.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority a) is defined as length of service in the unit New employees shall be defined as total years on probation for a of continuous three calendar months of employment. If retained the period, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order each employee’s shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if effective from the date of hire The Hospital may extend the a of two or more persons is one month where considers such to be the samebest interest of the employee and the Hospital. The and the employee be in writing of such extension and, upon request. the order on Hospital shall advise the employee and the of the basis for the A seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted compiled by the Union Management CommitteeHospital for all employees who have completed their probationary period based on each employee’s date of last This date shall be to reflect any which is not accumulated. The seniority A of said shall be-provided to Association January and June of each year, and a current of such list shall be posted maintained in the Pay Office and made available to employees upon request. In the event that a temporary employee is retained by the Hospital on a permanent basis, her seniority and for the bulletin board in each locationpurpose of salary, during the months of March sick leave and October of each year and copies vacation entitlement, shall be made retroactive to her last date of hire as a employee. provided for no break in has and, in the event that she is retained in the job as originally hired for, her period of temporary employment shall be applied towards her probationary period, which shall be reduced Seniority rights and Recording Secretary an employee’s employment shall be deemed to have bean terminated ii she: voluntarily leaves the employ of the UnionHospital; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance procedure; off work due lo sickness, accident or disability in of thirty months. Within thirty (30) off work due to layoff of twenty-four months; is absent from work without permission for three consecutive working days, unless explanation satisfactory to the Hospital is given by employee; fails to return to work upon of an leave of absence and fails furnish an explanation to the or a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave was granted; fails to return to work within ten calendar days of after being recalled from layoff by notice sent by registered mall unless an explanation satisfactory to the posting of Hospital is given by the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingemployee. An employee who leaves a position the bargaming shall not accumulate In the event that the is returned the to a position in the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum she be credited the seniority held at the time of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence transfer and shall continue to pay union dues. On return resume accumulation from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled her return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workbargaining unit.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority List Where qualified seniority is preference or priority for promotions, demotions, lay-offs and and all other matters measured by length of service with the Employer as outlined herein, seniority shall operate on a bargaining-unit-wide basis, The Employer shall maintain a seniority list showing the date upon which each employee’s service commenced. An up-to-date seniority list shall be defined as total years sent to the Union and posted on all bulletin boards in January and July of continuous employment, as each year. for New Newly hired employees shall be considered on a member trial basis for a period of sixty days worked from the date of hiring. During the trial period employees shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of this agreement except that the employment of such employees may be terminated at any time during this period of sixty days worked without recourse to the grievance procedure. After completion of the bargaining unittrial period, seniority shall be effective from the first day of the present period of employment and shall accrue on the basis of his/her length of service with the Hospital. The District School Board or its Continuous employee will receive a progress report at approximately the mid-point of the trial period. Such report will be discussed with the employee. It is understood that the contents of the progress report are not Absence An employee shall lose all seniority and’shall be deemed to have terminated his/her employment if he/she: is discharged for cause and is not reinstated; he/she resigns; he/she is absent from work in excess of two working days without notifying the employer unless such notice was not reasonably possible; after a lay-off, fails to return to work within seven calendar days after being notified by registered mail to do so, unless not reasonably possible. It shall include all absences be the responsibility of the employee to keep the employer informed of his/her current address; fails to return to work on termination of an approved of absence without just cause; uses a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted; is laid off and not recalled within the time limits provided in Article is absent from work due to illness or injury disability for a period of thirty months from the time such absence commenced. Transfers to Positions If an employee is temporarily transferred to a Supervisory position or any other position not covered by this agreement, he/she shall retain and accumulate seniority in the position from which he/she was temporarily transferred. Effect of Absence Length of Service will be interpreted by the Hospital as compensated years of unbroken service with It is understood that during an approved unpaid absence not exceeding thirty continuous days or any approved absence paid by The the Hospital, both seniority list shall consist and service will accrue. During an unpaid absence exceeding thirty continuous calendar days, credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation, sick leave, or any other benefits under any provisions of the names of all members Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended for the period of the bargaining unit absence in decreasing order excess of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) continuous calendar days, the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro rata basis and the employee’s anniversary date adjusted accordingly. In addition, the employee will become responsible for full payment of any changes employee benefits in which he/she is participating for the period of the absence, except that the Hospital in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Act, will continue to their current home address and premiums for up to twelve n pay its share of the months while an employee is io in receipt of benefits. Notwithstanding this provision, accrue for a period of fifteen weeks if an employee’s absence is due to a disability resulting in benefits. It is further understood that during such unpaid absence, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order lay-off shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers suspended and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority not accrue during the period of absence. Such employee however Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both accrue for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty of eighteen months after the commencement of the the if an employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease ’s absence is due to accumulate. Each year a disability resulting in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workbenefits.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. An employee, other than a student hired for the vacation period, shall acquire seniority status after being in the employ of the Company for a probationary period of one hundred and eighty consecutive days. Seniority shall govern in the case of a lay- off which the Company expects to remain in effect for more than seven days provided employees are sufficiently qualified. No individual employee will be defined as laid off for more than a total years of continuous employmentdays in a year with- out applying his/her seniority rights, as notwithstanding the Company’s ability to implement the seven day lay-off without said employee’s seniority. Sufficiently qualified shall be deemed to mean that the employee is qualified to per- form the normal duties of his/her job For equally qualified employees seniority shall govern in the case of a member of transfer or pro- motion to a classification within the bargaining bar- gaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due which the Company expects to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit remain in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireeffect for more than thirty days. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall It is understood that where employ- ees are not be changed and this order equally qualified preference shall be utilized when applying given to the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresbest qualified. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority Qualifications acquired during the period of absencea transfer or promotion made under the temporary provisions of this clause shall be disregarded in making a permanent adjust- ment. Such employee however Where the temporary adjustments contem- plated above occur and subsequently become permanent or exceed the stipulat- ed time limits, the provisions of this clause shall apply immediately but such applica- tion shall be without retroactive effects. Copies of the Job Posting and Lay-Off Procedure are available to the Union and show the established lines of and retrogression. The Company agrees not to revise the Procedure during the term of the agreement. However, any addition to the Procedure shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during be deemed to be a revision but will be discussed and reviewed with the period Union. After moving through the lines of absence retrogression and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leavebefore lay-off, an employee will be assigned by the Company according to the employee's same position’s seniority and subject to the first paragraph of this clause, or to the lowest classification of any job progression, other than the Manufacturing Serviceman job (and such assignment may be to that classification occupied by the employee with the least seniority of all the employ- ees in the bottom classifications of the lines of progression) or, if said position there is no longer existssuch classification available to the employee, the employee will be governed by assigned to one of the provisions following classifications, in the follow- ing order based on said employee’s senior- ity; Manufacturing Serviceman, Serviceman, Labourer-Janitor and Seniority shall govern in the case of Article effective a off from the classification of Manufacturing Serviceman, Serviceman, Labourer-Janitor and For the purposes of this agreement an employee shall be credited with seniority for the total period of employment with the Company or its predecessor in any capacity at any location. Seniority so acquired shall be lost on termination of employment. However, accumulated seniority shall be restored upon if such termi- nation was due to lay-off, or the expiration of leave of absence for illness or accident, provided the lapse of time between the date of termination for such reasons and the employee's scheduled return to workdate of does not exceed twelve months. When an employee is absent from work for up to employment offers are made, former employees whose employment with the Company was terminated during the ‘ceding twelve months due to illnesslay-off and who are qualified for the job or jobs able shall be offered employment on the basis of seniority accumulated prior to The Company shall be under no obligation to such a former employee unless said person has filed a current address and telephone number with the Company for this purpose, disability, or both, can be reached when the following terms opportunity for employ- ment arises and conditions apply: is available for work when required. In the event that a former employee fails to accept the Company may consider that said person no longer wishes to be The employee will continue Company agrees to accumulate post seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down lists showing the seniority list status of each employee and to furnish a copy of such lists to the top of the next lower yearUnion. The first move down Company agrees to alter the seniority list will be made during lists at least every four months and to cor- rect any errors therein whenever proof of error is submitted by the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty monthsUnion or any employee. Subsequent moves No change shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workin the seniority status of an employee without consultation with the Union.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority It is hereby agreed that each Local Union shall designate which retroactive seniority date (a. or b.) shall apply to their Customer Counter Clerks that were on the payroll as of November 19, 1998 (hereinafter “effected Customer Counter Clerks”). The application of this seniority date shall not be defined as total years of continuous employment, as cause for a member contract violation prior to or after the signing date of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment Letter of Understanding and shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by become effective on the signing date of the Letter of Understanding. The seniority list date for those effected Customer Counter Clerks who were on the payroll and a United Parcel Service employee on November 19, 1998 shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of have their seniority based upon date be retroactive to December 5, 1995 or their actual date of hire, whichever is more recent. Employees shall notify This language applies to these Locals of JC #28: Locals #174, 313, 589, 690 and the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberLocal 252 locations formerly represent- ed by Local 378. The order seniority date for those effected Customer Counter Clerks who were on the payroll and a United Parcel Service employee on November 19, 1998 shall have their seniority list as published Jan. date be retroactive to November 19, 1998. This language applies to these Locals of JC #28: Locals #38, 58 and the Local 760 locations formerly represented by Local 524 Those Customer Counter Clerks hired after November 19, 1998 shall not have a seniority date of their first day worked upon gaining seniority. Seniority for all contractual purposes will be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date applicable in #1 a b or c above, except as provided in # 5 below. Vacation accrual for those effected Customer Counter Clerks will be their original hire date at United Parcel Service. For the vacation peri- od of hire 2000, all effected Customer Counter Clerks will receive those weeks of two vacation they would have received as a Customer Counter Associate. For the remainder of the current collective bargaining agreement, those effected Customer Counter Clerks will receive the number of weeks from Article IX of the United Parcel Service Joint Council of Teamsters No. 28 Rider or more persons is Article 6 of the same, Sort Addendum. The scheduling of vacations for the order on the seniority list shall Customer Counter Clerks will be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committeetheir area practice. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided Only for the and Recording Secretary purpose of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors bidding Article 22.3 full-time inside jobs or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee if displacement occurs these Customer Counter Clerks will be assigned allowed to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to workutilize their Company hire date. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.WAGES AND BENEFITS
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Samples: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net
SENIORITY. SECTION 1 – RULES FOR SENIORITY Seniority is an exclusive right and under the jurisdiction of Local 1182 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. In the event there are multiple employees hired on the same date, seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employmentbased on the date and time the employee starts their training with Independence Plus. A seniority roster covering all employees shall be posted in a place accessible to all employees. The roster shall show the employee’s name, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon classification and last date of hire. Employees If the Union determines that an employee shall notify loose seniority for not being a member in good standing of A.T.U., Local 1182, the Board, Employer shall be notified in writing by the Union of the change and the intended impact on the employee’s seniority rights. The Employer is not responsible for any decision made by the Union with regards to seniority rights. The seniority roster shall be revised in January of each year. Any objections pertaining to the seniority roster shall be made within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order All objections shall be utilized when applying filed with the Union Executive. In all cases where employees are equally qualified, seniority concept to shall prevail in overtime assignments, selection of work assignments, promotions, transfers dealing with applications for leave of absence, selection of vacation periods, and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported laying off or re-hiring of employees. Any employee promoted to a shop xxxxxxx who position not covered by this agreement shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence retain and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months in the group from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both which promoted for a period greater than monthsof ninety (90) consecutive days, provided the employee pays all Union dues, fines and assessments during the ninety (90) consecutive days. During this ninety (90) consecutive days, the following conditions apply: employee has the right to revert back to their former position, giving sufficient notice for replacement in the event the employee is dissatisfied with the new position, and/or Management also has the right to place the employee in their former position should, solely in the opinion of Management, the employee’s services in the new position be unsatisfactory. In considering any application for a department transfer by a present employee, the Employer shall be expected to consider only the experience or qualifications which are outlined on the application form. In addition, the employee’s job performance shall be considered. After such employee has served ninety (90) consecutive days in such temporary classification and provided their work is satisfactory to the Employer, they shall, at their request, be allocated a permanent classification. Seniority Thirty months in the previous department is lost after the commencement ninety (90) day temporary period and seniority in the new position shall begin as of the day the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list employee transferred to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worknew department.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority There shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearseniority list for employees covered by this section. The employee Prior credit for seniority for the purpose of this section shall maintain be as per the seniority during list dated April Seniority for regular employees in this section of the period of absence. Such employee however Agreement shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during be established at the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, time the employee will successfully obtains a full time position. Regular employees shall be governed by credited with any previously accumulated seniority if: the employee has been laid off and later recalled under the provisions of Article effective this section; they transfer to a position covered by another section of this Agreement and subsequently return a period of ninety (90) days to a classification covered by this Section, providing continuous membership has been maintained in the Union. An approved leave of absence shall not constitute a break in seniority, for the purposes of this section, provided continuous membership in the Union is maintained. The seniority of casual employees relative to each other shall be their date of hire and they shall be junior to regular employees on the seniority list. When an employee transfers to a new position, the following rules shall govern: Any time during the first ninety (90) days, any employee who enters a new position shalt have the right to return to their former position without loss of seniority. April to March Collective Agreement between Gray Line of Victoria and CAW Local Section ARTICLE - JOB AND SELECTION Vacant full time positions shall be posted and filled by applicants from this section provided they fulfill the criteria of the position. If the position is not filled in this manner, then applicants from other sections shall be considered. Employer shall have right of selection to fill Charter Sales Clerk positions. Selections to all other posted vacancies shall be made on the basis of ability, qualifications, experience and seniority in that order. If any employee who is junior is selected, their ability to perform the vacant job shall be significantly and demonstrably higher than senior candidates. Ability shall include consideration of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the performance in the employee's seniority will present job. In addition to Article above, where selection is being made to any dispatcher classification, or to a position with supervisory or work leader responsibilities, primary consideration shall be frozengiven to personal qualities such as leadership, reliability, judgement, ability to organize and instruct, and will cease to accumulatean understanding display of the practice of good human relations. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list Only those possessing these characteristics shall be considered. When obtaining a full time position, a casual employee shall be given service credits equal to the top total number of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workdays worked as a casual.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority It is hereby agreed that each Local Union shall designate which retroactive seniority date (a. or b.) shall apply to their Customer Counter Clerks that were on the payroll as of November 19, 1998 (hereinafter “effected Customer Counter Clerks”). The application of this seniority date shall not be defined as total years of continuous employment, as cause for a member contract violation prior to or after the signing date of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment Letter of Understanding and shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by become effective on the signing date of the Letter of Understanding. The seniority list date for those effected Customer Counter Clerks who were on the payroll and a United Parcel Service employee on November 19, 1998 shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of have their seniority based upon date be retroactive to December 5, 1995 or their actual date of hire, whichever is more recent. Employees shall notify This language applies to these Locals of JC #28: Locals #174, 313, 589, 690 and the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberLocal 252 locations formerly represented by Local 378. The order seniority date for those effected Customer Counter Clerks who were on the payroll and a United Parcel Service employee on November 19, 1998 shall have their seniority list as published Jan. date be retroactive to November 19, 1998. This language applies to these Locals of JC #28: Locals #38, 58 and the Local 760 locations formerly represented by Local 524. Those Customer Counter Clerks hired after November 19, 1998 shall not have a seniority date of their first day worked upon gaining seniority. Seniority for all contractual purposes will be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date applicable in #1 a b or c above, except as provided in # 5 below. Vacation accrual for those effected Customer Counter Clerks will be their original hire date at United Parcel Service. For the vacation period of hire 2000, all effected Customer Counter Clerks will receive those weeks of two vacation they would have received as a Customer Counter Associate. For the remainder of the current collective bargaining agreement, those effected Customer Counter Clerks will receive the number of weeks from Article IX of the United Parcel Service Joint Council of Teamsters No. 28 Rider or more persons is Article 6 of the same, Sort Addendum. The scheduling of vacations for the order on the seniority list shall Customer Counter Clerks will be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committeetheir area practice. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided Only for the and Recording Secretary purpose of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors bidding Article 22.3 full-time inside jobs or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee if displacement occurs these Customer Counter Clerks will be assigned allowed to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to workutilize their Company hire date. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.WAGES AND BENEFITS
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Samples: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net
SENIORITY. Provided the probationary period is successfully completed, seniority shall date from first hour of work in job classification covered by contract. Seniority can only be gained in job classification worked covered by contract. Seniority, for the purpose of layoff, job bidding, bumping, or other specified purposes, shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of district wide. In the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of event that two or more persons is employees shall be hired at the samesame board meeting, the order on Board shall designate the seniority list standing at the time or employment. Such seniority standing shall be determined included in the chronological hiring motion recorded in the minutes of the Board. In case of layoff in any classification covered by lotthis Agreement, conducted the youngest employee in point of seniority within the job classification affected will be laid off first. When laid off employees are called back to work, the procedure will be reversed; the oldest employee in point of seniority will be called back first. In any classification covered by this Agreement, seniority earned in any higher classification shall be added to any previous seniority earned in any lower classification for the purpose of job bidding, layoff, bumping, etc. Should any employee in any classification be given cause to exercise his/her seniority, he/she shall be permitted to bump any employee with lesser seniority in any classification that his/her seniority permits. For a two-year period commencing at and following a layoff of any full-time employee in classifications covered by this agreement, no new employee shall be hired unless all laid-off employees have been offered in writing the opportunity to work the hours for which the new employee would be hired. Refusal to return to work for less hours, or at a lower rate of pay than his/her former position provided shall not change any laid-off employees’ call-back rights under this Agreement. Whenever a vacancy occurs or a new position is created, such vacancy or new position shall be put in writing and forwarded to each employee by the Union Management CommitteeSuperintendent of Schools. The seniority list shall Bids will be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided accepted for the and Recording Secretary vacancy or new position at a meeting of the Union. Within staff at a time and place designated by the Superintendent of Schools within thirty (30) days of the posting of date the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall vacancy occurs. Bids will be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible accepted for the presentation vacancy or new position on the basis of seniority and qualifications. Any vacancy created by the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from first bid will be placed for bid during the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearsame meeting. The employee with the most seniority shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same vacancy or new position providing he/she has the necessary qualifications to fill the position. Whenever there is doubt about qualifications, or if said persons bidding on the position no longer exists, the employee will shall be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for given up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from days (probationary period) to qualify. In the commencement of the Should event an employee does not qualify for the vacancy or new position (as determined by the Superintendent), he/she shall return to his/her former position, and the employee with the second higher seniority who has bid on the position shall be absent from work due assigned to illness, disability the position under the same provisions. The same procedure shall be followed until the position or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the positions are all filled and all qualifications are met. Employee evaluations during these probationary periods shall be in writing and placed in the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease ’s personnel file with a copy given to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list . Such evaluations are not subject to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start grievance procedure but are subject to accumulate upon return review and to workdiscussion.
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Samples: Drivers Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority A seniority list of Employees covered by this Agreement shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of posted by the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority Employer annually in January each year. Such list shall consist of show the names and dates of all members of last entry into Employer’s service, from which date seniority shall accumulate. An Employee transferred or promoted to a position which is excluded from the bargaining unit shall, in decreasing order the event of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify his subsequent return to the Boardbargaining unit within twelve (12) months, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order be reinstated on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order if he had remained in the bargaining unit. If such an Employee returns to the bargaining unit after twelve (12) months following his transfer or promotion, his seniority date shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire his return to the bargaining unit. An Employee who has been laid off shall retain his seniority status for a period of fifteen (15) months. If recalled to service in a classification covered by this Agreement within fifteen (15) months of day of lay-off, he shall be reinstated with seniority status held at time of lay-off. An Employee who resigns or is discharged for just cause shall forfeit all seniority rights under this Agreement. When two (2) or more persons is Employees are hired by the sameEmployer on the same calendar date, the order Employee whose surname is first alphabetically will be shown as such on the seniority list list. Protests in regard to seniority status shall be determined by lot, conducted by submitted in writing to the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within Employer within thirty (30) days of the posting publication of the seniority list. When proof of error is presented by an Employee or his representative, any errors or omissions in the seniority list such error shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who corrected, and when corrected, the agreed upon seniority date shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingfinal. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one Employee with than six (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (306) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves service shall be made annually thereafteron probation and may not exercise seniority rights nor grievance procedure relating to his separation while on probation. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.ARTICLE
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall be defined as total mean length of continuous service in e of the member listed in the store where the individual is employed. Total years of continuous employment, as I will continue to determine the employee's vacation entitlement or other are part of established Goodwill policy. Part-time employees will accrue seniority in classification. months service employees will be calendar months began. It is also moves to a member new required to work a benefits. Goodwill transferred from prolong their probationary Goodwill. It is wherever possible. employees will be considered on probation until completion of three (3) calendar and will have no seniority rights during that period. Full-time and part-time to all tasks within that three month period. After completion of three (3) with Goodwill the seniority shall date back to the date on which employment that only one (1) probationary period is required when a full-time employee cation in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board . Part-time employees moving to full-time status will be (3) month probationary period before eligibility for after probation wages and agrees that there will be no separate probation period for employees moved or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due ore to illness another. There is also no intent to terminate or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit rehire employees in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberperiod. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. discipline, dismissal, layoff or failure to recall after layoff of a shall not be changed the subject of a grievance and this order shall remain within the discretion of hat the dismissal of a probationary employee shall be utilized in the presence of a xxxxxxx the store and a to job performar Goodwill. layoffs shall be the determining exercise seniority location who to exceed two (2) when applying the Seniority lists will be revised each six (6) months; a copy of the list will be posted in to the Union. 4s used in this Agreement, the term "qualifications" shall mean such factors relating skill, competence, ability, training experience, and general work record with Layoffs which are anticipated to exceed five (5) workings days and recalls after in the following factors: seniority; and qualifications t is understood that where qualifications are relatively equal, then seniority concept shall be is understood that, in the event of a layoff, employees who are laid off shall not for the purpose of displacing employees with less seniority in any classification or laid off. shall have absolute discretion in making layoffs which are not anticipated days and such layoff shall not form the basis for any grievance. Seniority shall terminate and an employee shall cease to promotionsbe employed by Goodwill voluntarily quits employment with the company; is off work for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or the length of the employee's seniority, transfers whichever is the shorter. is discharged and job posting procedures. Effective November if is not reinstated through the grievance procedure or arbitration; fails to report to work within three (3) working days after being notified by Goodwill of recall by registered mail at the last known address; fails to return to work upon the termination of an authorized leave of absence unless a bona fide reason is given to the appropriate Manager or Director on or before the expected date of hire return; accepts gainful employment while on a leave of two or more persons absence without first obtaining the consent of Goodwill in writing; is absent from work for three (3) consecutive working days without notice to Goodwill and x bona fide reason therefore. when requested, a caused the same, the order on the seniority list absence. absence it shall be determined by lotai shall be at the the discretion of the the employee's the pattern of Goodwill has the will bear the cost of supervisory or within the scope of and shall have position for a period unit position within be lost. address. Notice last address of which acknowledges that it within the possible, conducted by to apply the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be filled from within be posted on the bulletin board unit in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies another Company shall be provided for herein shall prevent employee applies. It Goodwill seniority on a temporary maternity leave, it is apply, Goodwill exists. Every effort in a reasonable Any employee's return to work after sick leave will be conditional on supplying, from a physician that they have fully recovered from the and Recording Secretary of sickness which It is agreed that when a doctors note is requested within the Union. Within thirty first five (305) days of an expense, and when requested after an absence of five (5) days or more it expense. Goodwill agrees to pay for reports to the posting extent required by law. It is agreed that a medical certificate may be requested following any absence at supervisor and that this shall be at the expense of the seniority list, any errors employee in cases where level has exceeded an acceptable level determined by the company or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingwhen is questionable. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however It is agreed that this shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during be the period subject of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to worka grievance. When an employee is absent from off work for up to months six (6) weeks or more due to illnessillness or injury, disability, or both, n to require the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from be examined by a doctor designated by Goodwill who examination. In the commencement event that any employee covered by this Agreement should be promoted to a position beyond the scope of the Should an Agreement and is later placed in a position Agreement the seniority previously acquired in the bargaining unit shall be retained thereto the seniority accumulated while serving in such supervisory or confidential four (4) months. In the event that such employee is not returned to a bargaining said four (4) month period, all seniority formally acquired in the bargaining unit shall It shall be absent from work due the duty of each employee to illnessnotify Goodwill promptly of any change in by the company shall be deemed to be given if forwarded to the employee at the Company had notice. Without limiting Goodwill's right and discretion to hire and promote, disability or both Goodwill endeavour where possible, to fill vacancies by the appointment of employees unit at the time such vacancy occurs and in so doing, will attempt insofar as is of paragraph Goodwill and the Union acknowledge their mutual intention that vacancies should bargaining unit wherever possible, therefore: permanent vacancies in new classifications and in existing classifications shall tin board for a period greater than monthsof five (5) working days and any employee in the bargaining may make application for such vacancy. In the filling of the vacancies, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after to the commencement limitations set forth in Article relating to cases of promotion. Nothing Company from hiring persons outside the bargaining unit when no qualified agreed that where bargaining unit members apply with equal qualifications, then the determining factor. Any vacancy can be filled at the discretion of Goodwill not to exceed forty-five (45) working days. In cases of major illness, parental or reed that this time period could be extended. a vacancy exists and no qualified candidates from within the bargaining unit the right to transfer a qualified employee to the store within which the vacancy I be made to select an employee who can reach the newly assigned store location of time. In cases where Goodwill has initiated the transfer, the employee's seniority will be frozen, carried to current job request for a consider these will be the date of prevent a joint transfer. necessary to temporary transfers outlined in Article temporary transfer is place of residence Goodwill agrees to new store location and feathered into the existing store seniority and within the employee who wishes to be transferred to another store may file a written the Human Resources department of Goodwill. Every effort will cease be made to accumulates before a new hire is made. Each year The employees seniority in the month new Employees will be limited to one transfer annually. This however does not being reached between the employee and Goodwill on a mutually beneficial limiting Goodwill's right and discretion to transfer employees where operation of October the employee's name a store, Goodwill will move down the seniority list endeavour to the top make its best effort to limit a maximum of forty-five (45) working days. The extension of the next lower transfer as may apply with respect to major illness, parental or maternity leave. Where a Goodwill will endeavour to ensure that the travel time from the employees the new location is similar to that experienced when at their regular location. employees for additional travel costs associatedwith this type of transfer. ARTICLE with the and December of ea earned during the employees only: but less than three such pay to be twelve months years or more prior vacation with pay, Goodwill during the years or more prior calculated at eight immediately vacation entitlement for part-time employees will be calculated in accordance Act of Ontario. Part-time employees will receive their vacation pay in July year. The vacation pay shall be calculated at the rate of of their total wages The following vacation entitlement detailed in a, d refer to full time employees who have been continuously employed by Goodwill for one full year prior to June 30th in any year, shall receive two (2) weeks vacation with pay, at four percent (4%) of such employee's earnings with Goodwill during the preceding June 30th in that year. employees who have been continuously employed by Goodwill for three (3) full 30th in any year, but less than nine (9) full years, shall receive three (3) weeks pay to be calculated at six percent (6%) of such employee's earnings with months immediately preceding June 30th in that year. employees who have been continuously employed by Goodwill for nine (9) full 30th in any year shall receive four (4) weeks vacation with pay, such pay to be cent (8%) of such employee's earnings with Goodwill during the twelve months June 30th in that year. full years or more be calculated at immediately employees who have been continuously employed by Goodwill for sixteen (16) to June 30th in any year shall receive five (5) weeks vacation with pay, such pay to (10%) of such employee's earnings with Goodwill during the months June 30th in that year. choosing a vacation of vacation period shall be based upon seniority, provided that prior to an employee first move down receives written consent from the seniority list department supervisor for the period chosen, a operating needs. No except in employees will be made during as requests will be one (I). Seniority may, where The maximum accordance with providing also, that such choice does not interfere with the regular semi-annual normal departmental period in excess of two (2) consecutive weeks need be granted by Goodwill which Goodwill considers to be exceptional. Goodwill agrees to supply a vacation schedule for each department where by April I in any year to state their vacation preferences. Written confirmation of by May I in any year based upon seniority list revision immediately and the criteria mentioned in paragraph not apply to vacation requests after expiration May I in any year. It is agreed that employees carry forward a portion of the mentioned thirty monthsvacation entitlement not used in the previous year. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.t of carryover should not exceed the equivalent of six months of vacation due in ?
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years The purpose of continuous employmentseniority is to provide the order of layoffs, as a member of recalls, filling job openings in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include vacation scheduling, and the allocation of work as specifically provided for in this Agreement. Separate seniority lists will be maintained for each location. In all absences due applications of seniority it is agreed that seniority will be subject to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist the qualifications of the names of all members of senior employee to do the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of job available, and when this factor is relatively equal seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committeegovern. The seniority list shall list, containing the names and starting dates of employees will be prepared and posted on the bulletin board boards in the office every three (3) months with sufficient copies for Stewards and Business Representatives. Seniority lists containing the names and addresses of employees as contained in the records of the Company will be prepared and forwarded to the Local Union office annually during September of each locationyear. An employee shall be considered probationary until placed on the appropriate seniority list. Such employee shall work under the provisions of this Agreement and shall be employed on a probationary basis for ninety (90) calendar days during which period he may be terminated or disciplined without recourse to the Grievance Procedure. The Company may not terminate such employee for the purpose of forcing an additional probationary period. Upon completion of the ninetieth calendar day, the employee shall either be terminated or placed on the appropriate seniority list as of the date of commencement of his probationary period. Employees promoted to management positions or positions not subject to this Agreement will retain their seniority after promotion for a period of ninety (90) calendar days only. demoted for any reason or if they voluntarily request reinstatement to their former position, the time served in the management position shall be included in their seniority rating. Such employee shall forfeit any and all recourse to the Grievance Procedure as outlined in this Agreement should he subsequently be discharged in such a position beyond the jurisdiction of this Agreement. This Article is to be applied only once for any employee during the months term of March and October of each year and copies this Agreement. An employee’s employment shall be provided for the terminated and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the he shall lose his seniority list, any errors or omissions in standing and his name shall be removed from the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation any of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.reasons:
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years the length of continuous employmentservice of an employee in a position covered by this Agreement. For the purposes of calculating seniority for a part-time employee, as sixteen hundred and fifty (1650) hours worked shall equal one year of seniority. Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a member period hours worked. If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the bargaining unitHospital, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist the probationary employee and the President of the names of all members of Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It understood and agreed that any extension to the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify probationary period will not exceed an additional hours worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberparties. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. release of a probationary employee shall not be changed the subject of a grievance or arbitration. Seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and this order shall be utilized when applying the parental leave, seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list accrual shall be determined by lotmultiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, conducted by the Union Management Committeewhichever applicable. The seniority list Seniority shall be posted retained by an employee in the event she is transferred from full-time to part- time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for her seniority on the bulletin board in each location, during the months basis of March and October of hours worked for each year and copies shall be provided of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the and Recording Secretary purposes of service under any provisions of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for her seniority on the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum basis of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period year of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement each hours worked. Any time worked excess of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves equivalent shall be made annually thereafterpro-rated at the time of transfer. Seniority will start It understood that the hour conversion shall apply to accumulate upon return hours accumulated prior to workratification and that the hour conversion applies only to hours worked subsequent to ratification.
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall The most senior employee making application who meets the first two factors will be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberselected. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an selected employee will be assigned given a period of time to train and become acquainted with the employee's same new position, or if said position no longer exists. If during the first five days of this period of time the employee wishes not to remain on the new position, the employee will be governed by returned to the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to workformer position. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illnessHowever, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The such employee will continue be prevented from bidding on another posting to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both that same job for a period greater than of six months. If found suitable for any given job, an employ- ee’s application for such job will be marked “accepted”. Should the employee prove unable to perform the duties in an acceptable manner, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after application will be marked “rejected” and withdrawn from file. Reasons for such rejec- tion to be supplied, in writing, to the commencement of the Union and the employee's seniority will be frozen, . Employees going on vacation or other approved absences may file a request with the Company to ensure their eligibility and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower yearconsideration for any permanent vacancy occurring during their absence. The first move down employer agrees to post office Union job postings simultaneously on office and plant job posting boards. Plant employees wishing to be considered for such openings may do so within the seniority posting period provided in this Article. The employer is under no obligation to fill such posted job with a plant applicant. If there are no successful bids on the posted vacancies, employees on the recall list will be made during recalled in order of seniority. Employees who refuse recall to train under this section shall not lose their seniority nor shall their recall rights to other jobs or training opportunities be affected. Where a job posting for a permanent position has not been filled under the regular semi-annual seniority list revision above procedures, consideration will be given to probationary employees who have bid on the job. The em- ployee with the earliest start date will be as- signed to the job at the minimum rate for that classification. Any vacancy resulting from a probationary employee being assigned to a job as a result of this provision will be filled by a new hire or another probationary employee. If, after the above procedure, vacancies still remain, the Company will be free to use its discretion in filling the vacancy. When a new job is created in the bargaining unit, the occupation will be posted in the plant and filled in accordance with the factors as outlined in Section If there are no bids received or if there are no qualified bidders, the Company is free to fill the vacancy at its discre- tion. An employee who bids on a job may withdraw such application at any time by applying in writing to the Personnel Department. The successful bidder will be entitled to the vacancy unless such bidder is notified in writ- ing that the vacancy has been cancelled. When the Company determines a vacant job will not be filled, the Company will post a notice advising the employees such vacancy will not . immediately after expiration be filled. Section Any employee who is a successful bidder will not be considered for any further vacancy for a period of six months except where such vacancy is in an equal or higher rated category. Similarly, any employee who rejects a transfer to any job will sign a waiver to that effect and will not be considered for the same job for a period of six months. Section Due to the unique operations of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start 3 Making Department, operating requirements from time to accumulate upon return to worktime necessitate changes in shift schedules, numbers of shifts and the number of employees.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority An application from a person who is employed on a temporary basis in bargaining unit position (such as for summer help or snow-shovelling, etc.) shall be defined the first to be considered in the event a full-time job becomes vacant, other than jobs which are required to be posted under Article All employees, including probationary employees, have recourse to the grievance procedure if disciplined or discharged. However, the standard for discharging a probationary employee will be a lesser standard than for those employeeswho have successfully completed the probationary period. Probationary employees may be discharged for unsuitability unsatisfactory performance. Temporary employees may be hired by the Board for a period of up to six (6) months for relief work or during peak periods, or for a period of up to twelve (12) months to replace an employee absent on a Pregnancy Leave Parental Leave, and during these periods they will not be subject to the terms of this Agreement except as total years to the wage rate and the check-off provision as provided for in Section Temporary employees shall receive vacation pay of continuous employmentof gross earnings excluding the vacation pay, for each pay period, payable on the regular pay cheque applicable to that period. It is understood, however, that employees on lay-off, and in all cases having the required qualifications and experience for the job, will be recalled before any new temporary employees are hired under this section. The periods noted above may be extended by mutual agreement The Union shall be advised of temporary appointments under this section. It is also understood that no regular employeeswill be laid off as a member of long as temporary employees are employed by the Board in the same occupational classification. on Transfer for Accommodation Purposes The parties hereto agree that an employee transferring from one bargaining unit, unit to another under “Duty to Accommodate” shall carry with her or him full credit for seniority and service earned while in the former bargaining The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of will consult with the names of all members of Local President and the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, committee regarding permanent placements within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the that bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue under “Duty to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workAccommodate”.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee's seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of based on the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon employee's most recent date of hire, and be subject to Articles and of this Agreement. Employees An employee shall notify lose all seniority rights, employment deemed to be terminated, and the Board, within thirty (30) days, Company relieved of any changes further obligations to their current home the employee for any one or more of the following reasons: voluntary resignation; discharge for cause; failure to return to work after layoff; failure to respond to a letter for recall within five (5) days receipt of the letter, provided such letter is sent to the employee’s last recorded address as provided to the Company by the employee; layoff for more than eight (8) months; absence from work for three (3) consecutive working days or more without advising the Company and giving reasons for such absence, or; leave of absence due to injury or current home phone numberillness in excess of two (2) years. The order on This period may be extended upon mutual agreement between the seniority list as published Jan. parties that shall not be changed unreasonably withheld by either party. Every employee shall serve a probationary period of ninety (90) worked days. Seniority shall not be recognized until an employee has successfully completed probationary period. The Company may terminate the employment of a probationary employee anytime during this period and this order such termination shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration procedure. The Company will notify the Union as to why the probationary employee was terminated. In the event of changes in the size of the work force, either reduction or recall, the Company shall consider the seniority of employees, and where ability, efficiency, and qualifications are relatively equal, seniority shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept determining factor. In the event it becomes necessary to promotionsreduce the work force because of a shortage of work and/or in cases where the Company decides for any reason to discontinue any operation, transfers whether temporarily or permanently, probationary employees shall be laid off first, provided the Company is not prevented from maintaining a working force of employees who are at that time qualified and job posting proceduresable to efficiently do the work available. Effective November if An employee must inform the date Company immediately of hire any change in residential address and/or telephone number for the purposes of two or more persons is the same, the order on the recall. A seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by compiled and kept posted on the Union Management Committeebulletin board. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March revised semi-annually and October of each year and copies all errors shall be provided for addressed between the and Recording Secretary of parties. In the Union. Within thirty (30) days of event such discussions are unsuccessful, the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list error shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned subject to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workgrievance procedure.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority A seniority list of Employees covered by this Agreement shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of posted by the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority Employer annually in January each year. Such list shall consist of show the names and dates of all members of last entry into Employer's service, from which date seniority shall accumulate. An Employee transferred or promoted to a position which is excluded from the bargaining unit shall, in decreasing order the event of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify his subsequent return to the Boardbargaining unit within twelve (12) months, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order be reinstated on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order if he had remained in the bargaining unit. If such an Employee returns to the bargaining unit after twelve (12) months following his transfer or promotion, his seniority date shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire his return to the bargaining unit. An Employee who has been laid off shall retain his seniority status for a period of fifteen (15) months. If recalled to service in a classification covered by this Agreement within fifteen (15) months of day of lay-off, he shall be reinstated with seniority status held at time of lay-off. An Employee who resigns or is discharged for just cause shall forfeit all seniority rights under this Agreement. When two (2) or more persons is Employees are hired by the sameEmployer on the same calendar date, the order Employee whose surname is first alphabetically will be shown as such on the seniority list list. Protests in regard to seniority status shall be determined by lot, conducted by submitted in writing to the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within Employer within thirty (30) days of the posting publication of the seniority list. When proof of error is presented by an Employee or his representative, any errors or omissions in the seniority list such error shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who corrected, and when corrected, the agreed upon seniority date shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingfinal. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one Employee with less than six (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (306) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves service shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start on probation and may not exercise seniority rights nor grievance procedure relating to accumulate upon return to workhis separation while on probation.
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Samples: Employees
SENIORITY. The recognizethat job opportunity and security shall increase in to length of service. It is therefore agreed that in all cases of vacancy, vacation preference, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, after layoff, cell and shift preference, senior employees shall be entitled to preference provided they have the ability and physical fitness to perform the available work. For the purposes of a layoff, from layoff or job posting, qualifica- tions will not be taken into consideration. The intention of providing preference in this article is for the senior employee to have preference among available openings or options at the timeof a layoff or recall layoff. Senior employees entitled to preference will not be entitled to “bump” employees in exercisingtheir preference. To “bump” is defined as displacing existing employees who are not otherwise affected by a work- force reduction. During a workforce reduction only affected employees willbe entitled to exercise their seniority to select among available openings or options. When employees have been laid off, they shall be placed on a recall and when work is available they shall be recalled in order of seniority and with respect to ability and willingness to perform the job available. An employee will be considered probationary for his first sixty (60)working days within a one hundred and twenty (120) day and will have no seniority rights during that period, and his employment may be terminated at any time during such probationary period. After sixty (60)working days’ service within the one hundred and twenty (120) day period his seniority shall date back to the date sixty (60)work- ing days within the one hundred and twenty (120) day prior to the date on which he completed his probationary period. Seniority shall be defined as total years terminatewhen an employee: Voluntarily quits for any reason; Is discharged and is not reinstated throughthe grievance procedure or arbitration; Has been on layoff for a period equal to his to a maximum of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) months; Failsto respond to recall within three (3)working days and present himself within five (5) days. Notification of recall will be by registered mail to the employee’s last address registered with the Company and a copy of such notice shall be sent to the Union; Fails to return to work immediately afterthe expiration of a leave of absence, unless prevented from so doing by verified illness or without reasonable and substantialjustification; Is absent from work for a period of three(3) consecutive working days without previously notifying the Company, unless there was reasonable and substantialjustification for failure to such notice; Is absent from work for a period of three (3) consecutive working days without leave, unless there was reasonable and substantialjustification for such absence; Is not at work for a continuous period of thirty (30)months for any changes reason unless on approved leave of absence in accordance with Article or as otherwise provided for by law. During emergency situations, including interferenceswith the Company operations, beyond the control of the Company which cause a layoff reasonably anticipated by the Company to their current home address and or current home phone numberlast for a period not in excess of one (I) working day, the Company shall have the right to waive the provisions of this Article. The order Company shall give at least five (5) working days notice whenever reasonably possibleto any employee laid off for a period in excess of five (5) working days. Seniority lists will be revised every three (3) months and a copy of the list will be posted on the seniority plant bulletin board. A copy of the list will be given to the Union. Seniority as published Jan. referred to in this Agreement shall not be changed and this order mean service in the employ of the Company within the bargain- ing unit, provided that persons hired on the same day shall be utilized when applying the listed in accordance with Company hiring records. Each employee’s seniority concept to promotions, transfers date and job posting proceduresclassification will be listed. Effective November if the date Once per year a copy of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the such seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by mailed to the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary area office of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority Such list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for contain the presentation employee’sjob classification, current rate of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence pay and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, ’s latest address and telephone number on file with the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workCompany.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. The Company the principle of seniority. Seniority shall be defined as total years will govern subject to reasonable consideration of continuous employmentskill, as a member of the bargaining unitefficiency and ability, with in promotions, transfers, layoffs and recalls after layoffs. The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The present seniority list shall consist frozen as of the names of all members of the bargaining unit July and in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the future date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months basis of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingcalculating seniority. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit is on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum leave of one (1) year. The employee absence on Union business shall maintain accrue seniority during the period while on such leave of absence. Such An employee however who has accrued seniority and is then employed by the Union shall retain such accrued seniority for a period not accumulate bargaining exceeding eleven months. Employment of any new employee shall be considered as probationary until he has worked thirty days within a six month period. Thereafter Article shall apply, and the employee shall be credited with thirty days of accrued seniority. Subject to the memorandum of understanding senior- ity will be applied on a company-wide basis in recalls, promotions, transfers from camp to camp and layoffs. When layoffs are required due to the completion of seasonal a thereof. each of the affected will be to his and transfer to a for which he is that having Section advance n o t i c e accordance with he advises the Company, prior to the effective date of the advance notice and in writing on forms to be supplied by the Company, of his desire to transfer to be laid off. The Company will provide the Union Grievance Committee, prior to the intended layoff, with a list of jobs filled by employees with less seniority than those employees given notice. It is understood and agreed that when layoffs are occasioned by the completion of seasonal activities, company-wide seniority will be applied only when operations continue in other camps for more than week, otherwise the camp will be the unit of application of seniority during the period of absence and on seasonal layoffs. I n t r a n s f e r s from one job classification to another, senior employees shall continue to pay union duesreceive first consideration. On return from leaveIn such cases, an employee will be assigned shall receive the rate for the to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existswhich he is transferred. case of a temporary change to a lower job classification, the employee will be governed by retain the provisions rate of Article effective his previous job classification. determining the date rate of pay for pieceworkers transferred to day work, the rate specified the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx, Tree Length Skidding shall apply, or the rate of the employee's scheduled return to workjob classifi- cation whichever is higher. When an employee is absent from work Employees accepting a job posting shall remain in that for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) a minimum of three months from the commencement date he filled the job vacancy unless being displaced from that job because of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability lay-off or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower yearbumping procedure. The first move down Company, when filling vacancies, will do so from within the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.unit in accordance with Article
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority During the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment with the Employer, an employee shall be defined as total years considered a probationary employee and, on qualifying his seniority will date back to the time of continuous employmenthiring. During his probationary period an employee shall be subject to all provisions of this Agreement, as save and except the grievance procedure in the event of his discharge. Failing to be on his position or failing to be at work for a member period of time due to illness, injury or on modified duties, the probationary period of the bargaining unitemployee is then automatically prolonged for an equal period of time. In the event that the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment with the Employer are interrupted by a lay-off, the employee, if rehired within a period equal to his former service with The District School Board or its Continuous employment the Employer, shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated receive credit for the number of calendar days previously employed by The the Employer. * In lay-offs of employees from the Plants, seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept governing factor so long as it does not prevent the Employer from maintaining an adequate work force of employees who are qualified to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresperform the work to be done. Effective November if Where the date of hire ability of two or more persons employees is the samerelatively equal, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lotthe deciding factor. * In the case of seasonal lay-off, conducted by all men affected will receive an hour's advance notice during which he will be permitted to clear his belongings. When a man quits a job he shall give the Union Management CommitteeEmployer at least one hour's notice. The seniority list Permanent lay-offs shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act. Seniority shall apply as follows in calling back employees who are on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies lay-off: * Last employee laid-off shall be provided the first employee to be called back by his classification. If the Employer needs an employee for a certain classification, and there is no senior employee with such classification, then the and Recording Secretary of Employer may call back the Union. Within thirty (30) days of most senior employee who is qualified to perform the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingwork. An employee who leaves will lose seniority rights and employment with the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so company for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.reasons:
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority The Union and the Company both recognize and acknowledge that the employees are entitled to an equitable measure of security and advancement based on length of service. Newly hired employees pursuant to Article and shall be defined as total years serve a probationary period of continuous employment, as a member sixty days worked and shall have no seniority rights during this period. Upon completion of the bargaining unitprobationary period, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment a new employee shall include all absences due have his seniority dated back to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon his most recent date of hire. Employees During the probationary period an employee shall notify be considered as being employed on a trial basis and may be discharged at the Boardsole discretion of the Employer. Seniority is the principle of granting preference to employees within the bargaining unit for purposes of promotions, within thirty (30) daysdemotions, lay-offs, recalls, assignments to shifts, selections and transfers. Seniority shall mean an employee's length of continuous service with the Employer. An employee shall maintain and accumulate seniority under the following conditions: while he is actively at work for the Employer after he has completed his probationary period as set out in Article above if applicable; during any period when he is prevented from performing his work for the Employer by reason of injury arising out of and in the course of his employment for the Employer and for which he is receiving compensation under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, subject to Article 11.06; during the first ninety days of any changes absence due to their current home address and illness, lay-off or current home phone numberwritten leave of absence. Such lay- off period shall not include the winter lay up. The order on Employer will consider the requirements and efficiency of operations and the skill, ability and physical fitness of the individual employee to perform the normal required work in determining which employee is to be assigned, promoted, or transferred, and where these are relatively equal, seniority list as published Jan. shall not govern. For lay-off and recall seniority within the bargaining unit shall govern provided the employee has the ability to perform the work. Seniority lists will be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept supplied to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be and posted on the bulletin board in each location, during within two weeks of the months signing of March this Agreement and October at the start of each year and copies navigation season during this Agreement. Seniority once established for an employee shall be provided for forfeited and the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list employee's employment shall be reported deemed to be terminated under the following conditions: if he voluntarily quits; if he is discharged for any cause and not reinstated through the Grievance Procedure; if he fails to report for duty after a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for lay-off or leave of absence in accordance with the presentation provisions of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for this Agreement; if twelve months or a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned time equivalent to the employee's same positionseniority, or if said position no longer existsprior to lay-off, whichever is less, have elapsed from the day of lay-off. (It is agreed that the time spent on lay-off by an employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date as a result of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee winter lay up shall not be included for the purposes of if he is absent from work for up to more than three consecutive scheduled working days without notifying the Employer; and if he is absent from work for more than twelve months due to illness, disability, accident or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability illness or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the equivalent to the employee's seniority prior to absence, whichever is less. When recalling an employee after lay-off, he shall be personally notified by telephone or notified by registered mail or telegram and allowed five working days from the date he is personally notified by telephone or notified by registered mail or telegram to report for work and, in the meantime, if an employee who is recalled for work and is not available for work, other employees in seniority standing may be recalled but will be frozen, and will cease temporarily employed until the senior employee reports within the five working day period as outlined. An employee to accumulatewhom a registered letter or telegram is sent in accordance with this Article must contact the Employer within forty-eight hours of the notice of return to work if he wishes the Employer to hold the job open for him for the full five working day period. Each year in the month of October It shall be the employee's name responsibility to keep the Employer notified as to any change of his address or telephone number so that they will move down be up to date at all times. Employees promoted to supervisory positions or positions not covered by this Agreement will retain their seniority after promotion and if transferred back into the bargaining unit the time served in such position shall be included in their seniority list standing, up to a maximum of twelve months, unless otherwise mutually agreed. At the top lay-up of the next lower yearvessel for the season, the Employer shall provide each satisfactory employee with the following letter of intent: copy for Employee; copy for the Engineer; copy for Employer; and copy for COMPANY LETTERHEAD NOTICE OF INTENT Employee's Name Home Address Name of Ship Manager's Address Employer's Address Rating Home Telephone Engineer Manager's Telephone Employer's Telephone This will certify that the above-named employee has indicated his intention to resume his employment with this Employer for the navigation season. The first move down I have accepted his notice of intent, and accordingly endorse the seniority list will be made during same. It is agreed that this shall not constitute a guarantee of work for the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration coming season, but is dependent upon the availability of work for the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worknavigation season.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) An employee will be considered on probation, and will be placed on the appropriate seniority list(s) three calendar months from the date of hire, and providing the employee has completed four hundred working hours in this period. If he has not completed the required hours, the Company may elect to extend his probationary period to allow completion of the hours, at which time he shall be placed on the appropriate seniority list(s) three months prior to such date, but the four hundred hours must be worked within six consecu- tive months. When a probationary employee is terminated, the Human Resources Department will notify the Union Plant Chairperson. No grievance may be filed pertaining to such termination. Students hired for summer employment will not be eligible for seniority status. The Company may elect to hire students for summer employ- ment within the period of May through September providing there are no seniority employees on lay-off, and all permanent vacancies are posted and filled or are in the process of being filled. Students will be assigned work in direct labour job classifications, on a rotating shift basis or steady afternoons or midnights. The wage to be paid to such students is laid-out in Article XXI. The Company shall maintain the seniority lists and revise them every three months. There shall be no seniority amongst probationary employees. For the purpose of this agreement, the word employee means an employee who has seniority unless otherwise stated. For the purpose of this agreement, seniority means the seniority accumulated by an employee as defined as total years of continuous employment, as on the respective seniority lists. Any employee assigned to a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of job outside the bargaining unit in decreasing order of shall not return to a job within the bargaining unit and shall forfeit any accumulated seniority. Not withstanding their seniority status, the Zone Xxxxxxx, Chairperson or Chairperson, with one or more years of seniority based upon date with the Company shall, in the event of hirelayoff be continued at work as long as work in their respective zone, plant or company, whichever is applicable, is available provided they are qualified, willing and able to satisfactorily perform the work being done at that time. Employees With respect to scheduled work to be performed on overtime, the Company will schedule the zone xxxxxxx, who has the ability to perform an overtime job, when five or more people are working in the zone. Should the zone xxxxxxx refuse the overtime, the Union shall appoint one of the employees scheduled to work overtime as a temporary xxxxxxx. It is the responsibility of the zone xxxxxxx to notify the BoardUnion of his overtime refusal. In situations where no stewards are representing ten or more workers, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the samea plant, the order on the seniority list shall Vice-Chairperson will be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary scheduled to perform one of the Unionavailable overtime jobs. Within thirty (30) days Seniority rights and employment of an employee shall cease for any of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.reasons:
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority Each Company shall draw up one list of tendermen employed for a longer than three months during the season. This shall show the original date of hiring of xxxxxxxxx and his job classification. Employees with the longest service with the Company shall head the list with the others following in their proper order according to length of service. New employees shall be defined as total years added to the list on completion of continuous three consecutive months of employment. If a man is re-employed for a second consecutive season, as he shall be placed on the Seniority List regardless of his length of service the previous year. If for any reason a member tenderman leaves the employ of the bargaining unitCompany, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order his name shall be utilized when applying removed from the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresList. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list Lists shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October revised not later than February 1st of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported available in each Company Head Office to tendermen employed by the Company. The Company shall forward a shop xxxxxxx copy of such List to the Headquarters of the Brotherhood. The Seniority List shall clearly show the classifications under which each tenderman worked in the five years immediately preceding the compilation of 'the List. This shall not have the effect of excluding consideration of other classifications prior to the five years. A tenderman shall not lose seniority because of inability to accept employment on account of sickness or when forced for any good reason, acceptable to the Company, to obtain leave of absence. When leave of absence is granted for reasons other than sickness, the Brotherhood ' shall be advised of the reasons upon request. If a tenderman chooses to accept other employment when he could be working as a tenderman he shall not receive a leave of absence. However, when a Company cannot employ a tenderman during a particular season and the tenderman accepts alternative employment, his senior- ity rights shall be regained upon being re-employed as a tenderman. Leave of absence shall be given any Brotherhood tendermen who are elected or appointed as full time Brotherhood Representatives. Upon expiration of one year's leave of absence, the employee must apply for renewal or his seniority rights will be cancelled. Employment of tendermen at the commencement of operations shall be on the basis of preference to those employees who have the greatest length of service and who have the necessary ability and experience for the particular job. The principle of seniority shall be applied throughout the salmon fishing season. If a vessel is tied up for the season, crewmen on such vessel shall replace, where practicable, those crewmen on other vessels with lesser seniority, if those crew members being transfer- red are ready, available and qualified. Short-term lay-ups during the season shall not involve transfer of personnel. The Company shall e for the transfer of tendermen from one vessel to another during t e season in order to carry out the intent of Section The Company shall not be responsible for flying or shipping personnel to or from out-lying areas to effect the presentation transfer. Crews of vessels used in collecting operations shall not be covered under the terms of Article except that in the employment of the concernCaptain and crew at the start of the season seniority shall be applied wherever practicable and where ability and experience are equal, ARTICLE SEVERANCE PAY Severance pay shall be paid to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An any tenderman employee who leaves is compel- led to retire because of ill health or attainment -retirement age. Similarly, severance pay shall be paid to any tenderman employee whose employment is terminated through corporate mer er, consolida- tions, dissolution or bankruptcy. Tendermen employe by companies that do not have a compulsory retirement age must take their sever- ance pay on attaining the bargaining unit on an approved leaveCanada Pension retirement age. This does not the seniority status of any tendermen. For the purpose of the Tendermen’s Agreement, may do so Article Canada Pension Age shall be from to years old. Em with seven years or more of consecutive service a company shall be entitled to days’ pay for a maximum each year of one (1) yearservice with the Company. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the Company seniority list will be made during used as the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty monthsservice standard in calculating severance pay. Subsequent moves shall Severance pay, under this article, can only be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workexercised once.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. (a) The purpose of seniority is to provide a policy governing work preference, lay-offs and recalls. In the event of a reduction of the working forces, the Company shall apply the principle of "Last on First off' insofar as it is consistent with management's obligations to maintain an efficient working force. Following a layoff, rehiring shall be executed conversely to the outlined layoff procedure. Should an employee be laid off and is not recalled he shall maintain his seniority for a period of three (3) years from the date of layoff. Seniority shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member terminal wide and include all persons working at the terminal and on the terminal payroll. It is further agreed that the maintenance department's seniority shall be separate and not interchangeable with any other department within the Terminal. In all layoffs the Company shall consider (a) seniority of the bargaining unitemployee; merit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment training, skill and efficiency of employee, and where the qualifications expressed in are relatively equal, the employee's seniority shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist be the determining factor. In the event of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years a layoff, before laying off employees out of seniority based upon date of hireorder (after acquired) the Company will notify the Union. The Seniority lists for the Maintenance, City and Highway departments shall be prepared and posted separately, every three (3) months. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order be considered probationary until placed on the seniority list as published Jan. list. Such employees shall not be changed work under the provisions of this Agreement and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order employed on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided a probationary basis for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from working days, during which period he may be terminated or disciplined without recourse to the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yeargrievance procedure. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall Company may not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, terminate such an employee will be assigned to for the employee's same position, or if said position no longer existspurpose of forcing an additional probationary period. Upon completion of the sixtieth working day, the employee will shall either be governed by terminated or placed on the provisions regular seniority list as of Article effective the date of the commencement of his probationary period. Employees promoted to Supervisory positions or positions not subject to this Agreement will retain their seniority after promotion for a period of twelve (12) months only. If demoted for any reasons or if they voluntarily request reinstatement to their former position, the time spent in the supervisory position shall be included in their seniority rating. Such employee shall forfeit any and all recourse to the grievance procedure as outlined in this Agreement should subsequently be discharged in such a position beyond the jurisdiction of this Agreement. This Article is to be applied only once for any employee during the term of this Agreement. An employee's scheduled employment shall be terminated for any of the following reasons: If an employee voluntarily quits; If an employee is discharged and is not reinstated pursuant to the Grievance Procedure as provided in this Agreement; If an employee has been laid off and not employed elsewhere and has refused to return to workwork within twenty-four (24) hours after being contacted personally. When the employee cannot be contacted or is employed elsewhere, then the Company will notify the employee by registered mail to his last known address to return to work and he will be allowed no more than seven (7) consecutive days from the date of notificationto report for duty; If he takes employment other than that declared and agreed upon when applying for a leave of absence; If an employee is absent from work without securing a leave of absence for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty more than three (303) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.consecutive working days;
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority Each Company shall draw up one list of tendermen employed for a longer than three months during the season. This shall show the original date of hiring of tenderman and his job classification. Employees with the longest service with the Company shall head the list with the others following in their proper order according to length of service. New employees shall be defined as total years added to the list on completion of continuous three consecutive months of employment. If a man is re-employed for a second consecutive season, as he shall be placed on the Seniority List regardless of his length of service the previous year. If for any reason a member tenderman leaves the employ of the bargaining unitCompany, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order his name shall be utilized when applying removed from the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresList. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list Lists shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October revised not later than February 1st of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported available in each Company Head Office to tendermen employed by the Company. The Company shall forward a shop xxxxxxx copy of such List to the Headquarters of the Brotherhood. The Seniority List shall clearly show the classifications under which each tenderman worked in the five years immediately preceding the compilation of 'the List. This shall not have the effect of excluding consideration of other classifications prior to the five years. A tenderman shall not lose seniority because of inability to accept employment on account of sickness or when forced for any good reason, acceptable to the Company, to obtain leave of absence. When leave of absence is granted for reasons other than sickness, the Brotherhood ' shall be advised of the reasons upon request. If a tenderman chooses to accept other employment when he could be working as a tenderman he shall not receive a leave of absence. However, when a Company cannot employ a tenderman during a particular season and the tenderman accepts alternative employment, his senior- ity rights shall be regained upon being re-employed as a tenderman. Leave of absence shall be given any Brotherhood tendermen who are elected or appointed as full time Brotherhood Representatives. Upon expiration of one year's leave of absence, the employee must apply for renewal or his seniority rights will be cancelled. Employment of tendermen at the commencement of operations shall be on the basis of preference to those employees who have the greatest length of service and who have the necessary ability and experience for the particular job. The principle of seniority shall be applied throughout the salmon fishing season. If a vessel is tied up for the season, crewmen on such vessel shall replace, where practicable, those crewmen on other vessels with lesser seniority, if those crew members being transfer- red are ready, available and qualified. Short-term lay-ups during the season shall not involve transfer of personnel. The Company shall e for the transfer of tendermen from one vessel to another during t e season in order to carry out the intent of Section The Company shall not be responsible for flying or shipping personnel to or from out-lying areas to effect the presentation transfer. Crews of vessels used in collecting operations shall not be covered under the terms of Article except that in the employment of the concernCaptain and crew at the start of the season seniority shall be applied wherever practicable and where ability and experience are equal, ARTICLE SEVERANCE PAY Severance pay shall be paid to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An any tenderman employee who leaves is compel- led to retire because of ill health or attainment -retirement age. Similarly, severance pay shall be paid to any tenderman employee whose employment is terminated through corporate mer er, consolida- tions, dissolution or bankruptcy. Tendermen employe by companies that do not have a compulsory retirement age must take their sever- ance pay on attaining the bargaining unit on an approved leaveCanada Pension retirement age. This does not the seniority status of any tendermen. For the purpose of the Tendermen’s Agreement, may do so Article Canada Pension Age shall be from to years old. Em with seven years or more of consecutive service a company shall be entitled to days’ pay for a maximum each year of one (1) yearservice with the Company. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the Company seniority list will be made during used as the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty monthsservice standard in calculating severance pay. Subsequent moves shall Severance pay, under this article, can only be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workexercised once.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority Except as provided for in Article seniority of employees covered by this Agreement shall be defined confined to the seniority terminal at which employed and to the date of entry into the classification. Separate seniority lists will be maintained for the classifications of Stationary Firemen and Engine Attendant at each terminal where such classifications exist. Main shops will be regarded as total years of continuous employment, as a member forming part of the bargaining unitseniority terminal at which they exist. Seniority lists shall be compiled and posted in January of each year, and shall be open for correction for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after being posted. If exceptions are taken, or requests made for corrections, same must be made in writing to the immediate officer in charge, with The District School Board copy to Local Chairman and the General Chairman concerned, within the sixty (60) day limit prescribed in this clause. If no exceptions are taken to a seniority list date within the sixty (60) day limit after it is first posted, the date shall be established as correct and not changed thereafter, except by mutual agreement between the General Chairman and the appropriate officer of the Company, or its Continuous employment for correction of typographical errors. Such seniority lists be open for inspection and copies shall include all absences due be furnished by the Company to the Local Chairman and the General Chairman concerned. For employees on layoff, leave of absence, annual vacation or absence because of illness or injury at the time of posting, the sixty (60) calendar day period prescribed in Article shall begin on the date of return to service. A new employee shall not be regarded as compensated by The seniority list shall consist permanently employed until he has completed days’ cumulative service. In the meantime, unless removed for cause which, in the opinion of the names Company renders him undesirable for its service, the employee shall accumulate seniority from that date and shall be regarded as coming within the terms of all members this Agreement. the event of an employee leaving the service during his probationary period when his services are required, upon re-entering the service, he shall rank as a new probationer. Probationary employees, if qualified, shall have preference of employment over the engagement of new probationary employees. Seniority territories shall not be changed except by mutual agreement between the appropriate officer of the bargaining unit Company and the General Chairman. An employee presently filling or who may in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes future be promoted to their current home address and an official or current home phone number. The order excepted position with the Railway will have his name continued on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Uniongroup from which promoted and shall retain seniority rights and continue to accumulate while employed. Within If released from such official or excepted position an employee will within thirty (30) days of the posting of after such release exercise his seniority in his seniority group and failing to do so will forfeit his seniority, in which event his will be dropped from the seniority list. The General Chairman will be advised of all such appointments. Employees assigned to temporary service, or who are temporarily transferred from one point to another within a terminal by direction of Management, will retain their seniority; and such employees will not suffer any errors or omissions reduction in the seniority list shall rate of pay when so transferred. The General Chairman will be reported advised when employees are temporarily transferred from one point to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postinganother. An employee who leaves is temporarily transferred under this Article will retain prior rights to the bargaining unit on position from which transferred except that such prior rights will not extend over a senior employee who has been displaced and is exercising seniority. Employees who have given long and faithful Service in the employ of the Company and who have become unable to handle heavy work to advantage will be given preference of such light work in their line as they are able to handle (subject to pension regulation age limits). Should an approved leaveemployee enter the service in the classification of stationary fireman, may do so for he shall be accorded a maximum seniority date as labourer according to such date of one (1) yearentry into service. The An employee promoted from a lower to a higher classification within the scope of this collective agreement shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence retain and shall continue to pay union duesaccumulate seniority in the classification or classifications from which promoted. On return from leave, an An employee will be assigned promoted to a higher classification by another collective agreement shall retain and continue to accumulate seniority in the employee's same position, classification or if said position no longer existsclassifications in which such employee held seniority at the time promoted until such time as the employee has been employed in the higher classification covered by another collective agreement for consecutive years. When the twoconsecutiveyear period has elapsed, the employee shall immediately revert to the labourer’s classification and assume his former seniority date on the labourer’s seniority list, except that such employee may, at the discretion of the proper officer of the Company, be permitted to remain in a classification covered by another collective agreement, in which event the employee shall forfeit all seniority rights under the collective agreement governing stationary firemen, oilers and shop labourers. The Chairman shall be consulted when such promotions are made and shall be issued the names of employees reduced. Engine Attendants A separate seniority list will be governed by maintained for the classification of engine attendant at each seniority terminal where such classification exists. An employee shall establish seniority as an engine attendant from the date assigned to a regular engine attendant position unless removed from this classification in accordance with the provisions of Article effective At seniority terminals where the classification of engine attendant existed on April seniority lists shall be prepared on the following basis: All employees who were filling regular positions of engine attendant on March shall be placed on the list according to their seniority dates on the lists from which promoted. Shop helpers placed on the engine attendants’ seniority list shall, in addition, be placed on the labourers’ seniority list at that seniority terminal according to the date assigned to regular position of engine attendant. An employee assigned to a regular position of engine attendant from other than the employee's scheduled return ranks of labourer shall be granted a seniority date as labourer which shall be the date assigned to workthe position of engine attendant. When an The exercising of seniority within a seniority terminal to displace a junior employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disabilityshall not be permitted except when positions are abolished, or both, rate of pay or hours of work or days off are changed. The affected employee shall have the following terms and conditions apply: The right to displace the junior employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month designated work area of October his choice with the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top shift, days off, hours of the next lower yearwork and rate of pay of his choice. Such employee affected shall be given, during his regular working hours, as much advance notice as possible but, in any event, not less than hours. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration affected employee shall make his intentions known within hours of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves notification and subsequent displacement shall be made annually thereafterwithout undue delay. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.The Local Committee shall be consulted. In the application of this Article the designated work area shall be as defined in bulletining positions in accordance with Article Note: For the purpose of Article above, the seniority terminal is defined as the point at which employed. Example: Angus Shops, the Diesel Shop Xxxx Yard would be recognized as separate points within the Montreal terminals. An employee with more than days' of cumulative service shall not be discharged for any cause whatsoever without being given a proper investigation. ARTICLE
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority A regular employee shall be defined considered as total years such an employee of continuous the Railway when: he has his period. he makes himself available to the Rail- way for full time employment. Employ- ees not available for permanent employ- ment shall not accumulate seniority. he has no other outside employment except where such employment may he specifically permitted under provisions of this Agreement. It shall not be it cause discipline dis- charge an to seek and/or accept gainful employment while on provided the employee complies with Clause of this to all the A seniority roster of all employees. showing name and date of entry into the service. coming within the scope shall be posted in a place employees concerned. shall he and posted on January of each year. shall be open for correction fur of ninety the date of posting. on of proof of employee his accredited representative. the two tho will work. to by the they start the the will the Factor. All within the shall comprise seniority group. position seniority rights shall the seniority list. An transfer within the position not rights seniority period six If to six relinquish rights. working days' advance notice will be given in the case of a strike or work in the Railway industry, as in which case a shorter notice may he given. Employees whose positions are abolished. who are displaced. will, within ten calen- dar clays of notification. exercise their senior- ity over any other junior employee. In the application of this Rule. employees will not necessarily be required to exercise seniority outside of their home station or terminal. Such employees shall notify the appropriate Rail- way Officer of the position to which they will exercise their seniority and shall fill posi- tion within five calendar of the date of notification: that an employee on approved of including annual vacation and bona fide sickness or injury. their position is abolished or arc displaced. may exercise their seniority within calendar days from expira- tion of approved leave of Note: An employee will be considered on laid he hisseniority at his home terminal In order to qualify for Job Security Payments under the Security Agreement, exhaust his seniority on system. notified and returned to work in be of Employees to themselves of this Rule must with proper Officer of the Procedure. In an is made, the duly accredited representative the employee shall be furnished, upon written request. the for the in writing. An assigned to a position by will receive a full explanation of duties of the position and must demonstrate his ability to perform the work within period thirty calendar days. the length of to he upon character the work. Failing tu demonstrate his ability to do work within the period allowed. he shall be returned to his former position without loss of seniority. Should an employee to dem- onstrate his ability to the work during the period he his Shop will entitled to an explanation in writing from appropriate Officer the Railway. including the lor which shall to in with the declining shall not lase their of within ten their return of including fide sick- xxxx or injury, exercise their seniority rights any during their OTHER discipline employees. He shall be a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due Union and entitled to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist provisions of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the BoardCollective Agreement, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.RULE
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) For the purposes of this Agreement a special services staff member's seniority (other than that of a probationary special services staffmember) shall with, firstly, the date of the special services member's most recent hiring (other than as a result of a recall after a lay-off) or if there one or more special services staff members withthe same date of hire as in firstly, then secondly, the length of previous employment approved as such by the Director of Education shall be defined used to break such tie in seniority if seniority is to be used for lay-off as total years in or if there one or more special services staff members with the same date of continuous employmenthire as in firstly and the same length of previous related experience as in secondly, as a then thirdly, the date of application for the position and classification where the special services staff member whose date of applicationprecedes that of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated determined by The seniority list shall consist the records of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) daysshall be deemed to be more senior if seniority is to be used for lay-off as in The seniority in firstly shall be maintained and accumulated so long as the special services staff member remains in the employ of the Board during: a lay-off period during which the special services staff member was entitled to be recalled; any sickness or accident; and any authorized leave of absence. Subject to section hereof, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numbera term employee shall accumulate no seniority. The order When a probationary special services staff member finishes the special services staff member's probationary period, the special services staff member shall be entered on the seniority list as published Jan. and shall not be changed and this order rank for seniority from the date the special services staff member was last hired. A loss of seniority shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept deemed to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November have occurred if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted an individual employed by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March Board: is discharged and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary is not reinstated by reason of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee grievance procedure; is absent from work in excess of five days without sufficient cause or without notifying the Board unless such notice was not reasonably possible; is laid off and not recalled within the times provided for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the in Article 11.05; fails following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list lay-off to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.Board within fourteen
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Section As far as accumulation of seniority is concerned prior to the date of this Agreement, seniority shall be as presently recorded by the Company. section New employees of the plant shall be considered as probationary employees for the first ninety calendar days of their employment, except as provided in subsection below. The ninety calendar day probationary period shall be accumulative over twelve consecutive months. After employees have finished the probationary period, they shall be entered on the respective seniority lists of their respective classifications and shall rank for seniority from the date ninety calendar days prior to the date upon which seniority is attained, and seniority shall be by classification accordingly. There shall be no seniority among probationary employees. New employees of the plant hired as vacation replacements shall be considered as probationary employees for the first one hundred twenty days of their employment. They shall not accumulate time toward the of the probationary period unless and until their employment status is changed from that of a vacation replacement to that of a new employee under subsection If a new employee’s status is changed to permanent, the employee’s time worked will be used to establish the employee’s seniority as a regular employee, and the employee will not be required to serve a double probationary period. Section Seniority shall be defined as cease for any one of the following reasons: If the employee quits; If the employee is discharged and such discharge is not reversed through the grievance procedure; If the employee is absent for five regular working days without advising the supervisor concerned giving satisfactory reasons; If the employee fails to return to work within five regular working days after notification to do so to the employee’s address on record with the Company unless the employee furnishes satisfactory reasons for such failure; If the employee is not called upon to perform work for the Company for a period of sixty consecutive months, or a time equal to the employee% seniority, if greater; If the employee retires under the pension plan; If the employee accepts a separation payment under the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan effective the date the payment is issued by the Company; If the employee received permanent and total years of continuous employment, disability benefit under a group life insurance policy held by the Company. The Company will accept as a member satisfactory reason under Section and for absence up to one hundred and eighty days an employee’s conviction for an offence arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle. Section A seniority list shall be maintained at all times by the Company and shall be made available to the Plant Chairperson for inspection to the extent reasonably necessary. Section The Company shall post revised seniority lists each three months and a copy of same shall be supplied to the Plant Chairperson. An employee who transferred out of the bargaining unit or from a position subsequently included in the bargaining unit at any time prior to December and who is thereafter transferred again to a position included in the bargaining unit shall return to the bargaining unit with a seniority date that represents the seniority the employee had accumulated as of December An employee transferred out of the bargaining unit after December and who is thereafter transferred again to a position included in the bargaining unit shall return to the bargaining unit with a seniority date that represents the seniority the employee had accumulated immediately prior to the employee% transfer out of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due . An employee transferred to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of a position included in the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order provided above shall be utilized when applying transferred to the shift on which the employee worked immediately prior to transfer from the unit and shall displace the junior employee on that shift. If the employee% seniority concept does not entitle the employee to promotionsdisplace the junior employee on that shift the employee shall, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if seniority permitting, displace the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions junior employee in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence plant and shall continue enjoy seniority rights in respects according to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to workthis Agreement. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate Section Notwithstanding their seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year status Plant Committeepersons shall in the month event of October a be retained returned to work when is available in the employee's name will move down plant, provided they are able and willing to satisfactorily perform the seniority list to work being done at the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worktime.
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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority Each Employee shall be considered to be a probationary Employee for the first sixty (60) calendar days. Probationary Employees may be dismissed or otherwise terminated by the employer and dismissal or termination shall not be subject to the grievance and/or arbitration provisions of this Agreement. Seniority is defined for the purpose of the Agreement as total years the length of continuous employment, as a member service of any Employee with the Employer after successful completion of the bargaining unitprobationary period, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment after which date the Employee shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The have seniority list from the first day worked. When several Employees have the same seniority date, they shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order rank among themselves on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this roster in the order in which their Employee numbers were assigned. Clock numbers shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresassigned on a first day worked basis. Effective November if the date of hire of When two or more persons is Employees are assigned a clock number on the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined assigned in alphabetical order by lot, conducted by first letter of the Union Management Committeelast name. A seniority roster will be numbered and posted on all bulletin boards. A copy of such will be sent to the Union. The seniority list roster shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months challengeable for a period of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days after posting are made available. Where a seniority date has existed on a previously posted roster, it is challengeable only if the names, dates of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days roster positions rate incorrectly transferred from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top other. This shall apply to shift or job change only. There shall be no time limit in the result of a lay-off. Seniority among full-time Employees will be based on their length of service in the full-time classification. All seniority rights for Employees shall be lost if any of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.following occur:
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Samples: Articles of Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority An employee shall not have any seniority, and shall be defined as total years of continuous employment, considered as a member probationary employee until he shall have attained seniority status by a total of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from worked in a period of four (4) months, unless he was unable to work because of an accident or illness arising out of his employment, in which case the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one four (14) year. The employee month period shall maintain seniority during be extended to cover the period of absencedisability. Such Until a employee however attains seniority status, his name shall not accumulate bargaining unit appear on any seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dueslist. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date Upon completion of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illnessprobationary period, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down shall be added to the seniority list dating the last date of hire. During the probationary period, an employee shall be considered as being employed on a trial basis and may be discharged at the discretion of the Company. parties recognize that job opportunity and security shall increase in proportion to length of service. It is therefore agreed that in cases of lay-off and recall lay-off, senior employees shall be entitled to preference, provided that management shall have the right to pass over any employee who cannot demonstrate in a three (3) shift training period that they have the ability physical fitness the work Due to the top extensive training requirements of the next following classifications, the following positions are exempt the provisions of this clause: PRODUCTION Blender, Quality Control Inspector, Lead Hand; All ENGINEERING SERVICES, All TOOL ROOM, and all SET-UP classifications. employee in a skilled trades classification who is declared surplus may elect in writing, within two (2) days being declared surplus, to be laid off than displace an employee with less seniority in a lower yearpaying job under of this Article and shall only be recalled whenever the job which was laid off from becomes available. The first move down However, an employee who so elects may notify the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves Company in writing that wishes to withdraw such election and shall be made annually thereafterplaced on the recall list and recalled to the first opening in accordance with seniority. Seniority will start shall be maintained and accumulated during: absence due to accumulate upon return lay-off, sickness or accident, to work.a of twelve months or the employee's length of service, whichever is less (twenty-four
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. The Company recognizes the principle of seniority. Seniority will govern subjectto reasonable consideration of skill, efficiency, and ability in promotions, transfers, lay-offs and recalls after lay- offs. Seniority for the purpose of this Agreement shall mean, all days worked, and days which normally would have been worked but were lost as a result of sickness or injury certified by a licensed physician, dentist or chiropractor plus total number of days on vacation, holidays with pay, jury duty, bereavement leave and Company approved off the job training in any calendar year. Overtime work is not to be regarded as accumulative seniority time, however, an employee who works five (5) or more hours on an overtime shift on Saturdayor Sundaywill be credited with one day of seniority. It is agreed and understood that an employee's seniority will be cancelled if there should be conclusive evidence that he would have been capable of performing his regular work while absent for medical reasons or that he worked elsewhere while on authorized leave of absence. An employee who is required by the Union to be absent work for Union business will be granted leave of absence provided he returns to work on completion of the scheduled Union business. Employees hired as students will be laid off on completion of their student term. They must re- apply for permanent employment and if accepted will start as a new employee with respect to mill service. Employment of any new employee shall be defined considered as total years probationary until he has worked forty- five (45) days in one period of continuous employmentexcept in cases of lay-off. Seniorityof new employees shall be established at the end of this period and shall be effective from the date of employment. In cases of lay-offs,the Company will give written advance notice of at least five (5) working days or pay in lieu thereof to the employees intended to be laid-off and to the Xxxxxxx. The time period set out herein shall not be applicable in cases involving a breakdown of machinery or an electrical power failure. If, as a member result of a lay-off or for any other reason, it is necessary to transfer an employee one job classification to another, senior employees will be given preferenceprovided they have the skill, efficiency and ability to meet, or to be trained to meet thejob requirements. Employees, who require training, will be allowed five (5) working days to qualify or such further period of time as may be mutually agreed to by the parties. For lay-offs of less than three (3) months, employees affected will be transferred to vacant positions as per seniority and qualifications and in accordance with Article of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireCollective Agreement. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. It is that senior employees shall not be changed subject to any loss of employment. Once normal operations resume, employees will revert back to their originaljob. When the date is known at the time of lay-off, employees leaving will be informed accordingly. In all other cases, notices in writing will be made to an employee by registered letter at his given address, with a copy to the Union at least ten 0) days before he is required to report for work. Employees will be required to acknowledge receipt of such notice and this order report for work on the date specifiedunless other arrangementshave been made in writing. shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept duty of each employee to promotionsnotify the Company of any change of addresses. If an employeefails to do this, transfers and job posting proceduresthe Company will not be responsible for failure of a notice to reach such employees. Effective November if the date Any employee who is temporarily transferred for a period of hire of two one (1) working day or more persons to anotherjob for which the rate is the same, the order on the seniority list different from that in effect for such employee's regular job shall be determined by lotpaid, conducted by while so employed, as follows: If the Union Management Committeerate of pay for the job to which he is transferred is less than the employee's regular pay, he shall receive his own higher rate. The seniority list If the rate of pay for the job to which he is transferred is higher than the employee's regular pay, he shall receive the higher rate for the job to which he is temporarily transferred. A permanent vacancy is defined as a vacancy of fifteen (15) working days, or more. When a vacancy occurs, immediate notice thereof will be posted on the bulletin board in each locationboards for a period of five (5) working days. During this said five (5) working day period, during the months Company may make a temporary appointment to such permanent vacant position. In all cases of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of posting permanent vacancies, openings arising the posting of the seniority listoriginal vacancy will be posted until and including the first base rated job. It is also agreed that when a permanent base rated job vacancy occurs, any errors only the original vacancy will be posted. Employees will not be considered for such vacant positions unless, they apply in writing, during the five (5) day period on forms to be supplied by the Company. A copy of such form will be retained by the applicant. The permanent vacancy will be filledby the senior applicant provided he has the necessary skill, ability, and efficiency to meet or omissions in to be trained to meet the seniority list job requirements. An employee accepting the posted job shall be reported allowed five (5) working days in which to a shop xxxxxxx who qualify or any further time as may be mutually, agreed to. Failure of an employee to qualify shall be responsible for entitle him to return to his former job. Nothing herein shall prevent the presentation of Company hiring persons outside the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingbargaining unit when no qualified employee applies. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for has successfullyclaimed and filled a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however permanent job shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period be eligible to further bid for another vacancy before three (3) months have elapsed unless such vacancy is a promotion. A promotion shall mean advancementto a job, which carries a higher rate of pay, or a steady day job. When a vacancy is caused by an employee's absence due to disability or authorized leave of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leavefor fifteen (15) working days or more, an employee the original vacancy will be assigned considered and posted as "Temporary" in which case the employee whose position has been dealt with as a "temporary" vacancy is entitled upon his return to the employee's same resume his former position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions provided he is capable of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workperforming its requirements.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. No preference for seniority shall be given except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations. For the term of this agreement, all evaluations shall be considered comparable. As such, the provisions below shall serve as the procedures followed when making staff reduction decisions involving the suspension of teaching contracts. All MBUs shall be placed on the seniority lists in each of the areas of certification/licensure in which the MBU is certified/licensed. Those MBUs holding continuing contracts shall be listed ahead of those MBUs holding limited contracts. Seniority shall be defined as total years determined first by continuing contract status, followed by the length of continuous employmentcertificated/licensed service in the Fairview Park City Schools in a position requiring certification/licensure. Among those MBUs with the same length of continuous service, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return Board meeting in which the MBU was hired and, then, if a tie, by date of first application. Length of continuous service will not be interrupted or affected by authorized leaves of absence or layoff except as otherwise stipulated by this contract. The continuous service of an MBU who has returned to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illnessemployment following resignation, disability, unauthorized leave of absence or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee other termination of employment will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months be measured from the commencement date of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulatereturn. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the This seniority list will be made during sent to all MBUs and the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration Association President and all Association building representatives by interoffice mail by November 15 of each school year. If an MBU believes there is an inaccuracy in his/her placement on the list, s/he must notify the Superintendent or his/her designee in writing of the mentioned thirty monthsalleged * Terms as interpreted under R.C. 3319.17 inaccuracy by December 15. Subsequent moves The Superintendent or his/her designee shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.notify each affected MBU of the outcome of the claim, in writing, no later than January
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Samples: Contract
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) An employee will be considered on probation, and will be placed on the appropriate seniority list(s) three calendar months from the date of hire, and providing the employee has completed four hundred working hours in this period. If he has not com- pleted the required hours, the Company may elect to extend his pro- bationary period to allow completion of the hours, at which time he shall be placed on the appropriate seniority list(s) months prior to such date, but the four hundred hours must be worked within six consecutive months. When a probationary employee is terminated, the Human Resources Department will notify the Union Plant Chairperson. No grievance may be filed pertaining to such termination. Students hired for summer employment will not be eligible for seniority status. The Company may elect to hire students for summer employ- ment within the period of May through September provid- ing there are no seniority employees on layoff, and all permanent vacancies are posted and filled or are in the process of being filled. Students will be assigned work in direct labour job classifications, on a rotating shift basis or steady afternoons or midnights. The wage to be paid to such students is laid-out in Article XXI. The Company shall maintain the seniority lists and revise them every three months. There shall be no seniority amongst probationary employees. For the purpose of this agreement, the word employee means an employee who has seniority unless otherwise stated. For the purpose of this agreement, seniority means the seniority accumulated by an employee as defined as total years of continuous employment, as on the respective seniority lists. Any employee assigned to a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of job outside the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported return to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, job within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit and shall forfeit any accumulated seniority. Not withstanding their seniority status, the Zone Xxxxxxx, Chairperson or Chairperson, with one or more years of seniori- ty with the Company shall, in the event of layoff be continued at work as long as work in their respective zone, plant or company, whichever is applicable, is available provided they are qualified, will- ing and able to satisfactorily perform the work being done at that time. With respect to scheduled work to be performed on overtime, the Company will schedule the zone xxxxxxx, who has the ability to per- form an approved leaveovertime job, may do so for when five or more people are working in the zone. Should the zone xxxxxxx refuse the overtime, the Union shall appoint one of the employees scheduled to work overtime as a maximum temporary xxxxxxx. It is the responsibility of the zone xxxxxxx to notify the Union of his overtime refusal. In situations where no stew- ards are representing ten or more workers, within a plant, the Vice-Chairperson will be scheduled to perform one (1) yearof the available overtime jobs. The Seniority rights and employment of an employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date cease for any of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.reasons:
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority When an employee achieves permanent status, their length of unbroken employment as a probationary, permanent, full-time temporary, and full-time provisional employee in positions coming within the jurisdiction of this Agreement shall determinetheir seniority standing. Rev Final of When an employee achieves provisional status in accordance with the definition of provisional status, their length of unbroken employment as a provisional employee in positions coming within the jurisdiction of this Agreement shall determine their seniority standing relative to other provisional employees. In no event shall a provisional employee have any seniority over a permanent or probationary employee, however a provisional employee may be given a general priority over employees. employees shall not have seniority standing. If a permanent employee, has assumed a position outside the scope of this Agreement and in accordance with and is reverted, their seniority shall be defined as total years deemed uninterrupted including the period they were out of continuous employment, as a member scope. It is understood that appropriate union dues are to be paid by the employee for the period they held an out of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirescope position. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on showing the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed of permanent and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies provisional employees shall be provided for annually by the and Recording Secretary of to the Union. Within thirty (30) days An employee shall not lose seniority rights if they are absent from work because of sickness, accident or layoff, Nor shall an employee lose any seniority rights if they are on leave of absence approved by the posting of the An employee shall lose their seniority list, any errors or omissions only in the seniority list event that: they are discharged forjust cause and are not reinstated; they resign; they are laid off and fail to report for work within five (5) working days after being notified in writing to do so, unless failure is due to sickness or other just cause. It shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no responsibility to keep the Company informed of their current address; they are laid off for a period longer existsthan twenty-four (24) months. is not included in this Agreement and which falls Union, the employee will rates of wages and/or working conditions shall be governed negotiated by the provisions fore advertising any position within this class in accordance with the posting a satisfactory conclusion to negotiations has not been reached within seven (7)calendar days of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return notice by the Company to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or boththe Union of the creation of the said class, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement posting of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year any vacancy in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves this class shall be made annually thereafteraccording to the rates of wages and working conditions set out by the Company but, notwithstanding such posting, the rates of wages and working conditions of the new class shall still be a of negotiation between the Company and the Union, and the notice of posting shall contain the s and working conditions is being negotiated. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.The resultant rates of
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. SENIORITY Seniority date of each employee shall be his or her original date of placement in the bargaining unit and seniority as used herein shall be defined as total years the tenure of continuous employment, as a member an individual’s employment from their original date of placement in the bargaining unit with the exception of bargaining unit individuals who take positions in the agency that are outside the bargaining unit. Such employees shall not accrue bargaining unit seniority during the time that they are outside of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An If an employee who leaves the bargaining unit should subsequently come back into the bargaining unit, the employee will retain their seniority from the previous time in the bargaining unit and they will begin to accrue seniority effective with the date of their return. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all references to seniority in this contract shall be as defined in the first sentence in this section. Except as set forth in this article, seniority shall be broken when an employee loses employment status. If more than one person started to work on the same day, they will be placed on the seniority list in alphabetical order. Temporary employees as defined in this Agreement will begin to accrue seniority starting on the date that they become bargaining unit employees with the Employer. SENIORITY LISTS The Employer shall, every three (3) months supply the local union president with an approved leaveup-to-date seniority list. This list shall be broken down by work location, classification and date of hire seniority. The first list shall be a mutually agreed to list. The home address and telephone number of each new name appearing on said list shall be set forth after the name or supplied separately. PROBATIONARY PERIOD Newly hired non-legal staff employees will serve a probationary period of ninety (90) calendar days during which time they may do so for be terminated by the Employer without showing cause or without recourse to the grievance procedure. Newly hired legal staff employees will serve a maximum probationary period of one hundred fifty (1150) yearcalendar days during which they may be terminated by the agency without showing cause or without recourse to the grievance procedure. The If retained beyond the probationary period, their seniority will date back to the date they last started to work for the Employer. Current employees internally promoted or transferred to another job classification will also serve the relevant probationary period set forth above. During or at the end of the probationary period, the Employer has the following options: To retain the employee in the position to which the employee was transferred, To return the employee to the employee’s former position, To transfer the employee to another position for which the employee is qualified, or To terminate the employee for cause. If, under this provision, the Employer transfers the employee to a position in a pay classification lower than that of the employee's former position, the employee shall maintain seniority during be paid at the period level the employee would receive if returned to the employee's former position. TERMINATION OF SENIORITY Seniority of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned terminated for: Voluntarily resigning; Discharge for cause; Overstaying a leave of absence without just cause or without receiving an extension of time from the Employer; Failure to report to work (without just cause, or notice to the employee's same position, Employer or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions without receiving an extension of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months time from the commencement Employer) the first day following a vacation, recovery from illness or accident; Retirement from active service with the Employer; Exhaustion of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workrecall rights.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years Fundamentally, rules respecting seniority are designed to give employees an equitable measure of security based on continuous employment, as a member of service with the Company in the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment . There shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The be a probationary period for each new employee of worked days after which the employee be placed on the seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon dating back to date of hire. Employees A probationary employee may be discharged for any reason satisfactory to the Company. It is agreed that seniority shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted govern lay offs by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on Company and reemployment of employees, providing the bulletin board in each locationemployees are able and willing to perform satisfactorily the work required, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported subject to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: conditions. In case a job discontinued, the employee from said job may exercise his seniority rights, by displacing the least senior full-time employee, or the least senior time employee in the same or lower classification whose job he is able and willing to satisfactorily perform. The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty person so displaced may exercise the same right. Notwithstanding (30a) months from the commencement of the Should and above, an employee be absent who has been displaced shall have the opportunity to return to the original position they were displaced from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than monthsof six months prior to the position being filled in accordance with There shall be only one Chief Xxxxxxx who shall have at least one year of service with the Company, and such Chief Xxxxxxx will have top seniority over all other employees during his term of This applies in case of lay offs only. Full-time employees who wish to be considered for a promotion, transfer, or a new position shall inform the Human Resources Department using the prescribed form (sample copy attached). When a promotion, transfer, or a new position becomes available, employees who have so informed the Human Resources Department will be considered for the position on the basis of their seniority, knowledge, skill, and ability. If the last three factors are relatively equal, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after most senior applicant will be promoted. Every month the commencement will publish for display, on each store bulletin board and to the chief shop xxxxxxx a list of promotions, transfers, and new positions filled within the bargaining unit during the previous month. This list shall indicate the successful employee’s name, classification, seniority, and the store location where the position was filled. An employee shall lose his seniority standing and his name shall be removed from all seniority lists and he shall be deemed to have quit for any one of the the employee's seniority will be frozenfollowing reasons: If an employee quits, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves an employee shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start deemed to accumulate upon return have quit when he has given his notice in writing or, on failure to workgive written notice within two days he shall be deemed to have quit.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority (a) The company recognizes that seniority is an important factor to be considered along with the impor- tant factors of merit and ability in all moves, transfers, promotions, layoffs. reinstatements and recalls but when merit and ability are relatively equal as between employ- ees, then seniority is recognized as the prevailing factor in the making of a selection. Fundamentally, rules respecting seniori- ty are designed to to employees an equitable mea- sure of security based on length of service with the company and, in the event of a reduction of available work, the company shall be defined as total years retain at work the employees having the greatest amount of continuous employmentseniority, provided that these employees possess the qualifications required by the company for the efficient performance of the work available. Any employee who has basic seniority in one bargaining unit and who, as of December is on the active employment rolls of another bargaining unit or who subsequently is placed in to another bargaining unit under circumstances where does not seniority with shall, at first layoff thereafter in a member layoff which appears to the company to be one which will exceed calendar days, have seniority deter- mined by whichever of the following then elects: Such employee may irrevocably waive seniority in basic bargaining unit and retain at the other bargaining unit hisher latest date-of-entry seniority, which will then become basic seniority (it being understood that such waiver will not break the employee’s “company seniority” for purposes of such plans as the vacation, jury duty pay, SUB or retirement plans where company, rather than office, seniority is taken into account): or Such employee may elect to return to hisher basic bargaining unit, in which event shall be placed in, or on the recall list of, basic seniority unit with The District School Board or its Continuous employment full credit for seniority accumulated while work- ing in the other unit to be included in determining hisher seniority in such basic unit, and shall include all absences due retain no seniority rights in any other bargaining unit. Any employee who does not elect above, in writing at the place designated the company within five calendar days after layoff shall be deemed to illness or injury as compensated by The have elected In the event of a of available work in any classification the employee in such classificationon the seniority list concerned having the least amount of seniority shall consist be the employee affected by such reduction and and any employee displaced because of a trans- fer shall be retained at work consistent with hisher senior- ity in accordance with the following procedure provided in each case that the employee affected possesses the qualifi- cations required by the company for the efficient perfor- xxxxx of the names of all members of work available: the bargaining unit employee affected shall be transferred to the classification which was in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes immediately prior to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order being transferred to present classification provided such prior classification was on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotionsconcerned, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order still exists on the seniority list concerned. and is not more than one salary class lower than present salary class; not entitled to transfer under section then shall be determined by lot, conducted transferred to a position on seniority list one salary class lower than present salary class; if not entitled to transfer under section or then shall be transferred to a posi- tion on seniority list two salary classes lower than present salary class or in the next successively lower salary classes; if not entitled to transfer under section or then shall be to the position on seniority list occupied by the Union Management Committeeemployee having the least amount of seniority. The seniority list in the event that such reduction results in the layoff of an employee such layoff shall be posted on made in accordance with section Provided that an employee under the bulletin board provisions of sec- tions or who is displaced becauseof a reduction in each locationstaff and is offered a position which pays a rate of salary lower than that which the employee was receiving the time of displacement, during shall have the months option of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for accepting the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors work available to or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingbeing laid off. An employee who leaves so laid off shall designate to the bargaining unit on company at the time of layoff, the minimum rate of salary to be for the purpose of determining the open- ings for which the employee wishes to be consis- tent with section when an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearopening becomes available. The rate of salary so designated may be equal to. but shall not exceed the highest rate of salary received by such employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absenceemploy- ment in the bargaining unit. Such employee however If the rate of salary to be offered for an that becomes available is less than the rate of salary so designated, the company shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during be required to notify shall be recalled to work, however, consistent with section when the period rate of absence salary for an opening becomes available is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of salary so des- ignated by When such employee is offered a position for which would receive a rate of salary which is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of salary designated by must accept the tion offered otherwise shall have no fur- ther right to recall and shall continue be considered to pay union dueshave resigned from the company. On return from leaveIn order to carry out the intent of this section the com- pany shall first terminate the employment of temporary employees and lay off probationary employees in the event of a reduction of available work, an employee will be assigned to provided that employees with seniority possess the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed qualifications required by the provisions of Article effective company for the date efficient performance of the employee's scheduled return to workwork available. When an A probationary employee who is absent separated from work for up to months the payroll of the company due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves staff shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workinformed at the time of separation whether is being laid off or discharged.
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Samples: Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority will be on a branch basis and an employee will be considered on probation until he has worked for the Company for a total of twenty-five (25) working days. His seniority shall then date back to the first date of hiring. In dealing with promotions and transfers to other jobs or transfers to other shifts, ability being sufficient, seniority shall be defined as total years the governing factor. When it is necessary to lay-off employees, probationary employees will be laid-off first and then lay-off will be on the basis of continuous employmentseniority, as a member providing the employees who remain are capable of handling the jobs that are available. When recalling employees, they will be recalled in the inverse order to which they were laid-off. Warehousemen temporarily replacing drivers will not interfere with the seniority of the bargaining unit, regular drivers' bids. Drivers temporarily working in the warehouse will not interfere with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The the seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hireregular warehouse bids. Employees shall notify the BoardWhen a permanent vacancy occurs, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list such vacancy shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during within twenty-four (24) hours and shall remain posted for a period of five (5) working days and eligible employees will have the months of March and October of each year and copies right to bid for the position. Selections to such positions shall be provided made on the basis of seniority, providing the employee has the ability to do the job. If any employee is absent for any reason whatsoever, he shall be notified by mail regarding the job vacancy and permitted to write in his bid for the job vacancy. Employees shall leave forwarding addresses when going on vacation. The successful applicant will be placed on the job as soon as reasonably possible, but the Company will not be required to post any subsequent vacancies created thereby but rather will fill them with the longest seniority employees who are able and Recording Secretary willing to perform them. Employees shall be granted leave of the Unionabsence without pay and without loss of seniority to attend labour conventions and meetings. Within An employee who wishes a leave of absence for legitimate personal reasons shall make such request in writing to his Warehouse Manager at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed commencement date of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period such leave of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the The employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves request shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.contain:
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority During the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment with the Employer, an employee shall be defined as total years considered a probationary employee and, on qualifying his seniority will date back to the time of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirehiring. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order During his probationary period an employee shall be utilized when applying subject to all provisions of this Agreement, save and except the grievance procedure in the event of his discharge. In the event that the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment with the Employer are interrupted by a lay-off, the employee, if rehired within a period equal to his former service with the Employer, shall receive credit for the number of calendar days previously employed by the Employer. In lay-offs of employees from the Plants, seniority concept shall be the governing factor so long as it does not prevent the Employer from maintaining an adequate work force of employees who are most capable of performing the work to promotions, transfers and job posting proceduresbe done. Effective November if Where the date of hire ability of two or more persons employees is the samerelatively equal, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lotthe deciding factor. In the case of dismissal for just cause, conducted by all men affected will receive an hour's advance notice during which he will be permitted to clear his belongings. When a man quits a job he shall give the Union Management CommitteeEmployer one hour's notice. The seniority list Permanent lay-offs shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act. Seniority shall apply as follows in calling back employees who are on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies lay-off: Last employee laid-off shall be provided the first employee to be called back by his classification. If the Employer needs an employee for a certain classification, and there is no senior employee with such classification, then the and Recording Secretary of Employer may call back the Union. Within thirty (30) days of most senior employee who is able to perform the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingwork. An employee who leaves will lose seniority rights and employment with the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so company for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.reasons:
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall (a) Maintenance of Industry Experience Roster Under prior collective bargaining agreements, signatory Producers have established an Industry Experience Roster, which will be defined as total years of continuous employmentmaintained under this Agreement, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist composed of the names of employees subject to this Agreement who were included on said roster on July 31, 2015 and employees who thereafter satisfactorily fulfill all members of the bargaining unit eligibility provisions set forth below, including employees who actually performed services hereunder in decreasing one or more of the job classifications covered by this Agreement in the production of motion pictures in the motion picture industry in Los Angeles County or employees who have been hired hereunder in said County and performed such services outside said County. The physical maintenance of said roster shall be under the supervision of CSATF. The Industry Experience Roster shall consist of a single seniority group. In order to qualify for placement on the Roster, a person must work in any of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within job classifications covered by this Agreement at least thirty (30) days, actual workdays collectively with one or more Producers within a period of any changes three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive calendar days immediately preceding the date such employee applies for the Roster. Any individual making application to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order be placed on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying Industry Experience Roster must perfect the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of application no later than one (1) yearyear following the date of the last work day to be considered as qualifying experience. The employee parties hereby confirm that I-9 information must be provided to CSATF as a condition of placement on the Industry Experience Roster. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph, if an individual working under an O-1 or O-2 visa applies for placement on the Industry Experience Roster, such application shall maintain seniority during be held in abeyance until such time as the period of absenceindividual is again available to be engaged to perform work covered under the IATSE Basic Agreement or the Videotape Supplemental Agreement. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned A trainee who has satisfactorily completed his training pursuant to the employee's same positionDepartment of Labor JOBS Training Program, or if said position no longer existsas determined by the Joint Training Committee, shall have his name added to the employee will be governed by Industry Experience Roster in the appropriate classification and the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return 3 ("Union Security") shall then become applicable to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to worksuch trainee.
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Samples: Agreement of August
SENIORITY. (a) For the purpose of layoff and recall, the principle of seniority is hereby established for employees in the bargaining unit. (b) Seniority shall be defined as total years established after an employee has worked in an established represented classification a period of continuous employment, as "ninety (90) cumulative working days within a member of nine (9) month period." Any employee who acquired seniority prior to this Agreement will retain the bargaining unit, with The District School Board seniority date currently assigned. Any employee hired or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of rehired after the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirethis Agreement will acquire seniority in accordance with the paragraph above. For example: If an employee starts in January, he has until the end of September to qualify for seniority. If at the end of September he has not qualified for seniority, then the nine (9) month period is extended to the month of October, and the month of January is dropped. (c) An employee's seniority under this Article shall be terminated under the following conditions: 1. If the employee is discharged for cause. 2. If the employee quits. 3. If the employee fails to report to work at the time specified by the Employer or within forty-eight (48) hours (Saturday, Sunday and holidays excluded). (a) The Employer will place his recall order with the Union, naming employees eligible to be recalled for such order by Seniority List. The Employer shall at the time of placing such order send the "Official Notice of Recall" to such eligible employee in the manner covered in Item 3.5 (c) (3) (d) below. Upon receipt of such "Notice of Official Recall" the employee must report for work within forty-eight (48) hours or suffer loss of seniority. (b) The Union shall make every reasonable effort to notify the employee by telephone of his recall and time to report to the Employer. (c) Employees contacted by the Union shall make every reasonable attempt to report for work at the time specified by the Employer. (d) A list of those employees not contacted by the Union, and those contacted who inform the Union they are not answering the recall, shall be given to the Employer within twenty-four (24) hours after the Union receives the recall order. The Employer shall then notify the employee (unless "Notice of Recall" is sent under Item 3.5 (c) (3) (a) above) by telegram, Certified or Registered letter to the employee's last address on record. The Employer shall notify the BoardUnion, in writing, within thirty two (302) working days, of any changes receipt of an unacknowledged letter. It is the employee's personal responsibility to their maintain a current home address and telephone number with the Employer and the Union. Upon receipt of such "notice of recall" the employee must report for work within forty-eight (48) hours or current home phone numbersuffer loss of seniority. The order Individual problem cases shall be handled on their merit by the seniority list as published Jan. Employer and the Union. 4. Any employee absent for three (3) consecutive work days or more without notification and furnishing a justifiable reason for such absence shall be considered to have voluntarily terminated his employment. Exceptional cases will be handled on their merit. Employees on Employer-approved leave of absence or industrial injury shall not be changed and subject to this order shall be utilized when applying provision. 5. If the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date employee is laid off for lack of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days work from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so Employer's active payroll for a maximum period of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by the provisions of Article effective the date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work.)
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Samples: Todd Shipyards Corp
SENIORITY. Seniority as referred to in this Agreement shall mean length of continuous service with the Employer at its warehouse operations in Toronto and Ontario, from the employee's last date of hire. It shall have relevance only where specifically set forth and explained with respect to how it is to be applied. Subsequent to the signing of this Agreement, and every six months thereafter, a seniority list shall be defined posted by the Employer. Employees will have two weeks following such posting to clarify any disputes with respect to such seniority after which the list shall be accepted by the Union and all employees as total years of continuous employment, as a member of correct. If an employee is hired into the bargaining unit with recognized company service accumulated outside the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include such service will be recognized for the purposes of wage and benefit administration and entitlement. In the event that an employee elects to bump into the bargaining unit pursuant to Article from other Distribution Centre buildings, previous service earned at that Distribution Centre will be recognized by the Employer as if earned under this collective agreement, for all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of purposes under this collective agreement. It is further understood that all members of the bargaining unit employed by the Employer as of the date of execution of this Agreement shall receive full recognition for any service which may have been earned at the Employer's City View Distribution Centre for all purposes under this Collective Agreement. An employee shall be considered on probation and shall have no seniority until he has worked sixty (60) consecutive working days in decreasing order the bargaining unit. Upon completing such period the employee will be placed on the seniority list as of years of seniority based upon his last date of hire. Employees An employee on probation shall notify hold no seniority and the Boardemployer shall have the right to discharge, within demote, suspend, reprimand, lay off or otherwise discipline a probationary employee providing they act in good faith and in a non-arbitrary manner When filling permanent vacancies and on lay the skills, ability, dependability and qualifications of employees together with the results of any tests deemed by the Employer to be relevant shall be given consideration. If there is any choice to be made between two employees who are otherwise relatively equal, the employee having the greater seniority shall receive the preference. In all instances, regular full time (Material Handlers, Maintenance and full-time split case) will be given first preference by seniority and then material processors. Recalls from lay off will be conducted by seniority if the employee is capable of doing the job. Regardless of seniority, the Chief Xxxxxxx will be the last employee laid off and the first to be recalled. When the work force is reduced, employees will be laid off in the following order: material processor and regular full time. Permanent vacancies are defined as vacancies that are expected to or do last in excess of thirty (30) days. Employees within the bargaining unit shall have the opportunity to apply in the event a permanent vacancy in the bargaining unit occurs, of subject to the criteria set out in article To facilitate such applications any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list such vacancy shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months for a period of March and October of each year and copies shall two full clear working days. There will be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) yearthree for a vacancy the original posting to fill the vacancy and the two subsequent for the vacancies created. The employee shall maintain seniority during Any further vacancy that occurs after the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will second subsequent posting may be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed filled by the provisions of Article effective Employer without posting. Should the date of the employee's scheduled return successful applicant to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illnessa posting be unsatisfactory, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves he shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start returned to accumulate upon return to workhis former job and the vacancy may be filled from other applicants if any are qualified without further posting.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority is the principle of granting preference to employees in accordance with the length of continuous service with the Employer. Seniority shall be defined as total years not accrue during lay-off with the exception of continuous employment, as cafeteria employees who will accrue seniority during the school shut down periods. New employees shall serve a member probationary period of sixty days worked before acquiring seniority rights which shall then date back to their respective date of starting to work in the bargaining unit. August RATIFIED: 8 May Seniority accumulation for part-time and seasonal employees shall accumulate based on shifts worked. Nothing herein shall seasonal employees to seniority accumulated prior to November Probationary employees who are discharged during the probationary period shall not have recourse to the Grievance Procedure. In the event of lay-off or recall from lay-off, and subject to Article below, the employee with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due the greatest seniority will be the last to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist be laid off and, conversely, the first to be recalled from lay-off. For purposes of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hirethis article, a lay- off means a lay-off for more than five working days. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order on the seniority list as published Jan. New employees shall not be changed hired until those laid off have been given the opportunity of recall, provided that they are qualified to do the work. For the purposes of lay-offs and this recalls the parties three distinct geographic areas and that the classifications covered by the Collective Agreement will be grouped into the following four classifications: Custodian (Including Warehouse Staff ⚫ Maintenance and Labour Bus Driver Cafeteria Employees in the Warehouse classifications may exercise their seniority to bump into their former classifications. An employee hired from outside may bump into the custodial classifications to avoid lay-off. A full-time employee about to be laid off and with sufficient seniority, will have the option of accepting reduced hours in order shall to remain at his/her specific location, or may bump the junior full-time employee in the same classification and rate of pay in his/her area. If no employee has less seniority and the same rate of pay of the employee about to be utilized when applying laid off, may bump the most junior employee in the next lower paid job in his/her geographic area and within the same classification. Failing sufficient seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if the date of hire of two or more persons is the sameretain a position in his/her own geographic area, the order on employee may bump, as above, plant wide, or may choose to accept a lay-off. Part-time employees about to be laid off may exercise their seniority as above in the seniority list shall part-time positions. For purposes of this Article, a part-time employee is defined as an employee regularly employed to work for not more than twenty-four hours per week and a part-time position is one normally filled by a part-time employee. Seniority lists will be determined by lot, conducted by supplied to the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be and posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies of this Agreement. Seniority, once established for an employee, shall be provided for forfeited under the following conditions and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of employee’s employment with the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list Employer shall be reported deemed to be terminated: if voluntarily quits; if is discharged for any cause and not reinstated through the Grievance Procedure; if fails to report for duty after a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of one (1) year. The employee shall maintain seniority during the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period lay-off or leave of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, the employee will be governed by in accordance with the provisions of Article effective this agreement; August RATIFIED: 8 May if twenty-four months have elapsed from the date day of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee lay-off; or if is absent from work for up more than three working days without notifying the Employer. When recalling an employee after lay-off shall be notified by registered mail or telegram and allowed five working days to months due report for work and, in the meantime, if an employee is recalled and is not immediately available for work, other employees in seniority standing shall be recalled, but shall be temporarily employed until the senior employee reports within the five day period as outlined. An employee receiving a registered letter or telegram in accordance with this Article must contact the Personnel Department within forty-eight hours of receipt of the notice to illness, disabilityreturn to work if wishes the Employer to hold the job open for him/her for the full five day period. It shall be the employee’s responsibility to keep the Employer notified as to changes of address and their telephone numbers so that they will be up-to-date at all times. The Employer may contact the employee by telephone, or bothby personal contact, when notifying the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to work. However, the time limits referred to above do not take effect until receipt of notification in writing. In the event an employee is suspended as a disciplinary measure, shall retain all seniority rights without interruption during the penalty. Those promoted to supervisory positions, or those positions not covered by this Agreement, will retain their seniority after promotion and, if transferred back into the bargaining unit, the time served in the supervisory position shall be included in their seniority standing up to a maximum of six months. Any such employee returning to the bargaining unit shall not displace any employee with greater seniority. Where the Employer is aware that a lay-off will take place, it will give five working days’ notice of the lay-off to those persons affected and to the Union, unless the work assignment does not exceed five working days. The Union shall be informed in writing of employees recalled for five working days or less. The above notices of lay-off and recall shall not apply to cafeteria employees who have a known work schedule for the complete school year (September to June). The work schedule shall encompass the school year as provided in the Education Act as amended from time to time, less the days designated as Professional Development/Activity days, and the days designated as examination days where the employee’s services may not be required. The Employer will endeavour to give adequate notice to employees required to work on Professional Development/Activity days, and days designated as examination days.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SENIORITY. Seniority shall be defined as total years continuous service with the Employer since the last date of continuous employment, as a member of hire into the bargaining unit, with The District School Board as governed by the following factors. Article An employee hired directly by the Employer will be considered on probation until after he or its Continuous she has completed the greater of ninety (90) calendar days of employment or the equivalent of sixty five (65) days of active full-time employment after which time he or she will be considered a seniority employee for the purpose of this Agreement. If the Employer decides to terminate an employee at any time during the employee’s probationary period for any reason whatsoever, such action by the Employer shall include all absences due not be subject to illness the grievance or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist arbitration procedures and does not constitute a difference between the parties. Article Upon successful completion of such probationary period, the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone number. The order employee’s name will be placed on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not be changed and this order credit shall be utilized when applying the seniority concept to promotions, transfers and job posting procedures. Effective November if given since the date of hire last hire. Seniority rights as created by this Agreement, exist only to the extent expressed herein and do not create rights or survive beyond the terms of two this Agreement. Seniority shall not prohibit the Company from discontinuing its operation, in whole or more persons in part, nor will it prohibit the Company from discontinuing a job classification or rearranging duties within a classification. The purpose of seniority is the sameto provide a policy governing job transfers, the order on the seniority list shall overtime selection, lay-offs and recalls. Article Seniority will continue to accrue and will not be determined affected by lotabsence resulting from vacations, conducted holidays, sick leave or injury or other leaves as provided by the Union Management Committeethis Agreement. Article The seniority list shall be posted on used to determine seniority for the bulletin board in each location, during the months purposes of March and October of each year and copies this Agreement. It shall be provided for deemed correct until such time as an error is brought to the and Recording Secretary attention of the Employer by the Union. Within thirty (30) days of , and any amendment therefrom will not be retroactive if such an amendment would require a change to a decision made by the posting of Employer based upon the earlier seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the posting. An employee who leaves the bargaining unit on an approved leave, may do so for a maximum of Article Within one (1) year. The employee month of signing this Collective Agreement, and every three (3) months of each year thereafter, the Employer shall maintain prepare and post a seniority during list of all seniority employees showing the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit employees’ seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee will be assigned according to the employee's same position, or if said position no longer exists, records of the employee will Employer. Seniority as posted shall be governed by deemed to be final and not subject to complaint unless such complaint is made in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days from the provisions of Article effective the current date of the employee's scheduled return to work. When an employee is absent from work for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both for a period greater than months, the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement of the the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workposting.
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Samples: negotech.labour.gc.ca
SENIORITY. Seniority shall The most senior employeemaking application who meets the first two factors will be defined as total years of continuous employment, as a member of the bargaining unit, with The District School Board or its Continuous employment shall include all absences due to illness or injury as compensated by The seniority list shall consist of the names of all members of the bargaining unit in decreasing order of years of seniority based upon date of hire. Employees shall notify the Board, within thirty (30) days, of any changes to their current home address and or current home phone numberselected. The order selected employee will be given a period of time to train and acquaint him/herself with the new position. If during the first five days of this period of time the employee wishes not to remain on the seniority list as published Jan. shall not new position, he/she will be changed and this order shall will be utilized when applying the seniority concept prevented from bidding on another posting to promotions, transfers and that same job posting procedures. Effective November if the date for a period of hire of two or more persons is the same, the order on the seniority list shall be determined by lot, conducted by the Union Management Committee. The seniority list shall be posted on the bulletin board in each location, during the months of March and October of each year and copies shall be provided for the and Recording Secretary of the Union. Within thirty (30) days of the posting of the seniority list, any errors or omissions in the seniority list shall be reported to a shop xxxxxxx who shall be responsible for the presentation of the concern, to Human Resources, within sixty (60) days from the postingsix months. An employee who leaves have his/her application for such job marked “accepted”. Should the bargaining unit employee prove unable to perform the duties in an acceptable manner, the application be marked “rejected” and withdrawn from file. Reasons for such rejection to be supplied, in writing. to the Union and the employee. Employees going on an vacation or other approved leave, ab- sences may file a request with the Company to ensure their eligibility and consideration for any permanent vacancy occurring during their absence. The employer agrees to post permanent office Union job openings simultaneously on office and plant job posting boards. Plant employees wishing to be considered for such openings may do so within the posting period provided in this Article. The employer is under no obligation to such posted job a plant applicant. If them are no successful bids on the posted vacancies, employees on the recall list be recalled in order of seniority. Employees who refuse recall to tram under . their recall rights to other jobs or training opportunities be affected. Where a job posting for a maximum of one (1) year. permanent position has not been filled under the above procedures, consideration will be given to probationary employees who have bid on the job, The employee shall maintain seniority during with the period of absence. Such employee however shall not accumulate bargaining unit seniority during the period of absence and shall continue to pay union dues. On return from leave, an employee earliest start date will be assigned to the job at the minimum rate for that classifi- cation Any vacancy resulting from a probationary employee being assigned to a job as a result of this provision will be filled by a new hire or another proba- . tionary employee's same position. after the above procedure, vacancies remain, Company will be free to use its discretion in filling the vacancy. When a new job is created in the bargaining unit, the occupation will be posted in the plant and filled in accordance with factors as outlined in Section If there are no bids received or if said position there are no longer existsqualified bidders, the Company is free to fill the vacancy at its discretion. An employee who bids on a job may withdraw such application at any time by applying in writing to the Personnel Department. The successful bidder will be governed by entitled to the provisions of Article effective vacancy unless such bidder is notified in writing that the date of the employee's scheduled return to workvacancy has been cancelled. When an Section Any employee who is absent from work a successful bidder will not be considered for up to months due to illness, disability, or both, the following terms and conditions apply: The employee will continue to accumulate seniority for thirty (30) months from the commencement of the Should an employee be absent from work due to illness, disability or both any further vacancy for a period greater than of six months except where such vacancy is in an equal or higher rated category. Similarly, any employee who rejects not be considered for the same job for a period of six months, . Section Due to the following conditions apply: Seniority Thirty months after the commencement unique operations of the # 3 Mak- ing Department, operating requirements from time to time necessitate changes in shift schedules, numbers of shifts and the employee's seniority will be frozen, and will cease to accumulate. Each year in the month number of October the employee's name will move down the seniority list to the top of the next lower year. The first move down the seniority list will be made during the regular semi-annual seniority list revision immediately after expiration of the mentioned thirty months. Subsequent moves shall be made annually thereafter. Seniority will start to accumulate upon return to workemployees.
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Samples: Grievance Procedure