Common use of Short Term Layoff Clause in Contracts

Short Term Layoff. (a) The Employer shall provide employees with notice of a short-term layoff of no less than twenty-eight (28) calendar days. A copy of the notice will be sent to the Union. (b) The most junior employee in the classification and geographic location to be reduced shall be given notice of layoff. That employee may elect: i) to transfer to a vacant position, or ii) to displace the most junior person in the same Branch on the same seniority list, in any classification, whose work the displaced employee has the skill, ability and qualification to perform without training other than normal familiarization, or iii) to displace the most junior person in any Branch on the same seniority list, in any classification, whose work the displaced employee has the skill, ability and qualifications to perform without training other than normal familiarization, or iv) to opt to retire. (c) If the union requests to do so, the Employer shall meet with the local Union to review the effect on employees in the bargaining unit. (d) Any agreement between the Union and the Employer about the method of implementation of the layoff shall take precedence over the terms of this Agreement. (e) The above shall not apply to layoffs of less than fourteen (14) calendar days where the Employer does not have sufficient time to comply with Article 11.02 in the circumstances and the circumstances do not affect the Agency as a whole. For such layoff of less than fourteen (14) calendar days, employees may elect to use unpaid leaves of absence, banked time or vacation time instead of being laid off.

Short Term Layoff. (a) The Employer shall provide employees with notice of a short-term layoff of no less than twenty-eight (28) calendar days. A copy of the notice will be sent to the Union. (b) The most junior employee in the classification and geographic location to be reduced shall be given notice of layoff. That employee may elect: i) to transfer to a vacant position, or ii) to displace the most junior person in the same Branch on the same seniority list, in any classification, whose work the displaced employee has the skill, ability and qualification to perform without training other than normal familiarization, or iii) to displace the most junior person in any Branch on the same seniority list, in any classification, whose work the displaced employee has the skill, ability and qualifications to perform without training other than normal familiarization, or iv) to opt to retire. (c) If the union requests to do so, the Employer shall meet with the local Union to review the effect on employees in the bargaining unit. (d) Any agreement between the Union and the Employer about the method of implementation of the layoff shall take precedence over the terms of this AgreementAgreement . (e) The above shall not apply to layoffs of less than fourteen (14) calendar days where the Employer does not have sufficient time to comply with Article 11.02 12.02 in the circumstances and the circumstances do not affect the Agency as a whole. For such layoff of less than fourteen (14) calendar days, employees may elect to use unpaid leaves of absence, banked time or vacation time instead of being laid off.