Staff Reduction. 14.01 In the event of a layoff, the Employer shall give the employee(s) affected the required notice under the Employment Standards Act and will give as much additional notice to the Union that is reasonably possible in all of the circumstances.
14.02 Part-time and probationary employees shall be laid off first provided there are sufficient qualified employees with seniority who are able to do the required work. In the event there is a requirement for further reductions in staff, employees shall be laid off in inverse order of company seniority, provided the remaining employees are qualified and able to perform the required work. An employee whose position is abolished or who is displaced shall be entitled to exercise his/her company seniority rights and displace the most junior employee in the bargaining unit, provided he/she is either qualified to do the required work or can be qualified with minimal training.
14.03 When an employee is laid off, the employee will immediately register his/her name with the Employer in order that he/she may be notified of any work available. Laid off employees will, if qualified and able to perform the required work, be returned to work in order of company seniority when staff covered by this Agreement is increased, or vacancies occur.
(a) An Employee who is unemployed at the time of a recall must report for duty within forty-eight (48) hours of being contracted unless the employee can provide a valid and satisfactory reason to the Employer for not doing so.
(b) An employee who is employed at the time of recall must report for duty or give a satisfactory reason to the Employer for not doing so within eight (8) days from the date of mailing the notification to report by registered mail to the employee’s last known address.
(c) It shall be the employee’s responsibility to keep the Employer notified of his/her current telephone number as well as his address so that they will be up to date at all times.
(d) In the event an employee does not report or provide a satisfactory reason for failing to do so under (a) or (b) above, the employee shall forfeit his/her seniority rights under this Agreement and his/her employment shall be deemed to be terminated.
Staff Reduction. “Staff Reduction Guidelines for Certificated Personnel (Teacher Types)” dated December 2005 contained herein shall be amended by adding the additional paragraphs to read: For the purposes of a staff reduction caused by drop in enrollment, returning leave teachers and/or other administrative actions requiring teachers to be moved from their schools in the current or subsequent school years, teachers shall be ranked in their school, district office or other administrative unit by service time in the DOE in positions presently reflected by the definition of Bargaining Unit 5. Time as an educational officer shall not be counted toward service time. Each administrator, at the beginning of the school year, shall generate a seniority listing reflecting service time in the DOE and, upon request, shall show any member of the bargaining unit where they on the list. In secondary schools, the department to which a teacher is assigned shall be designated on the school’s seniority list. Teachers shall be ranked in the departments by length of service in the State of Hawaiʻi. Should a staff reduction be necessary, the teacher in the department with the least number of years of service in the State shall be reduced. Any teacher so reduced, if certified in another area, shall have priority of placement over the least senior teacher in that department; however, a member of the bargaining unit shall not displace another member of the bargaining unit who has more service time in the DOE. Should there be a tie in the application of the above procedure, the tied teachers will be ranked by the service time in the school or administrative unit. Should there be a further tie, the teachers shall be ranked by service time within the district. Should a tie further continue, the principal shall use a neutral method to break the tie, such as a flip of a coin. Whenever there are staff reduced or district unassigned teachers, the District shall confer with them to explain the method of assigning such teachers. A teacher who is staff reduced or affected by other administrative action may submit, if they so desire, a preferred list of not more than three (3) schools, three (3) geographic areas within their district, or other districts, to their District Personnel Regional Officer within seven (7) calendar days. Every reasonable attempt shall be made by the Employer to place the teacher in one of their preferred areas. This teacher shall have priority for a vacant position in their area of ...
Staff Reduction. In the event the District adopts a reduced educational program by reason of financial necessity, including but not limited to, levy failure and/or decreased State or Federal support, certificated employees who will be retained to implement the District’s reduced or modified program and those certificated employees who will be non-renewed from employment or adversely affected in contract status shall be identified by the provisions contained in this Article. If the District is only reducing provisional employees, the following procedures do not need to be implemented.
Staff Reduction. When it is necessary to invoke staff reduction, it shall be accomplished, whenever possible, by natural attrition.
Staff Reduction. It is hereby specifically recognized that it is within the sole discretion of the Board to reduce its educational program; curriculum and/or staff and that the procedures set forth in this article shall be used in laying off personnel.
Staff Reduction. When it is necessary to reduce the number of teachers in the program or the number of hours assigned to a teacher, such reduction shall be done in reverse order of seniority for teachers who have completed their probationary period. Non-probationary teachers who have been so affected because of lack of pupils and discontinuance of position shall retain rights to be recalled for one year.
Staff Reduction. Staff reduction occurs when the Board eliminates all or part of an existing position. In the event the Board determines that a staff reduction is necessary, the following guidelines will be considered.
1. An effort will be made to effect the staff reduction through normal attrition.
2. Positions held by persons with less than full certification for their current teaching assignments will be open to properly certified teachers who have been notified that their positions have been eliminated due to staff reduction.
3. If a position of a teacher is eliminated due to staff reduction, the Board will determine which teacher or teachers are to be released, considering the following criteria and not necessarily in order of preference;
a. Recommendations of administrative staff.
Staff Reduction. Staff reductions shall not be invoked to release teachers liable to dismissal for cause.
Staff Reduction. Where the Board decides to reduce staff, it shall do so in accordance with the following:
Staff Reduction. In the event that downsizing in a particular area becomes necessary, the Management and the Union will jointly consider redeployment into new or other areas, early retirement, voluntary severance, partial leave, and layoff. Guidelines will be developed and maintained jointly through Dialogue. An employee must elect an option under Article 10.01 or 10.02 within seven (7) calendar days. If an employee does not make their election known to the Company within 7 calendar days, he / she will be paid severance pursuant to Article 10.03 (i); (ii) and (iii). ISM Canada affirms its obligation to employees on layoff with recall rights and these employees’ right to work for which they are qualified.
