Staff Reassignment or Layoff Sample Clauses

Staff Reassignment or Layoff. ‌ a) Where a staff reduction or a reduction in hours of work of ten (10%) percent or more in one (1) calendar year is necessitated within a schedule and: i) where, in the case of educational assistants, the particular educational or developmental needs of any directly affected pupil, if applicable, are not adversely affected as determined by the Director of Education or designate, after considering input from the Union; and ii) where the redundant employee possesses the required qualifications, knowledge, education, skills, and abilities for one (1) or more positions, within the schedule, held by less senior employees; a layoff notice shall be served to the employee with the least seniority within that schedule and the redundant employee shall be given the opportunity to displace an employee in any position identified in a) ii) above b) Where a layoff notice has been issued pursuant to Article 5.01 entitled "Layoff Notice", and where requested by either party, representatives of the Board and the Union shall meet to review the staff reassignment options, including layoff and provide a recommendation on staff reassignment or layoff to the Board prior to the effective date of the layoff. c) An employee assigned to another position pursuant to this article shall be on a trial period for twenty (20) at work days from the date of appointment, excluding periods of layoff. Where the Board determines that the service is not satisfactory, the employee will be immediately placed upon the recall list. d) A redundant employee exercising seniority pursuant to this article may only displace a less senior employee in an equivalent or lower paid classification.

Staff Reassignment or Layoff. 7.5.1 Employees shall be laid off in the inverse order of their seniority within the job classification affected. 7.5.2 An employee who is to be laid off within a job classification by reason of staff reduction, shall have the opportunity to select the least senior position in another job classification within the bargaining unit provided they have the ability to perform in that position and provided further that they have more seniority than the employee in the chosen classification. An employee who is scheduled to be laid off by reason of staff reduction who has selected a position in another job classification shall be given ninety (90) days from the date of notice of intended layoff to obtain the minimum requirements to perform the job.