Temporary Employees and Contractors. 1. In the event of a layoff, regular employees shall be retained rather than laid off from active employment in preference to contractors where the employee has the current skill and ability to do the available work at comparable efficiency and cost to the Company. This judgment shall be made by the Company in its discretion which discretion shall not be arbitrary, discriminatory or exercised in bad faith. The Company shall not be required to violate any contract to give employees this preference, but shall conclude such obligations at the earliest legal opportunity.
Temporary Employees and Contractors. The Employer shall notify the Guild two weeks in advance of hiring a temporary employee or using an outside contractor to perform work normally performed within the Bargaining Unit. The term of a temporary employee or contractor shall not exceed nine months. A temporary employee shall not eliminate, displace or replace a regular full- time Employee.
Temporary Employees and Contractors. Temporary employees and contractors performing bargaining unit work may be engaged by Lambda Legal for a period of six (6) months for purposes including but not limited to filling-in for a bargaining unit employee on leave; responding to unforeseeable circumstances resulting in gaps in bargaining unit work coverage; filling-in for a bargaining unit role that has been vacant for a prolonged period of time despite ongoing efforts to hire a new unit employee (e.g., during periods of high employee turnover); or performing a short-term, non-recurring task or project. At the end of the initial six (6) month period, Lambda Legal may, on a one-time basis, extend the temporary assignment of a temporary employee and/or contractor performing bargaining unit work for an additional specified period of time not to exceed three (3) months. The length of a temporary employee’s or contractor’s temporary assignment may be extended beyond nine (9) months upon the mutual agreement of the Union and Lambda Legal. Neither temporary employees nor contractors performing bargaining unit work shall automatically become regular employees at the end of their temporary assignment. Upon applying to a publicly posted vacant position, temporary employees and/or contractors may be hired into full-time or regular part-time positions, in which case they shall be subject to the introductory period set forth in Article 12 (Hiring) provided the position is a bargaining unit position. The period of their temporary assignment shall be credited towards seniority.
Temporary Employees and Contractors. In the event of a layoff, regular employees shall be retained rather than laid off from active employment in preference to contractors where the employee has the current skill and ability to do the available work at comparable efficiency and cost to the Company. This judgment shall be made by the Company in its discretion which discretion shall not be arb- discriminatory or exercised in bad Company shall not be required to violate any contract to give employees this preference, but shall conclude such obligations at the earliest legal opportunity. There is no intention Company to use temporaries or contractors to undermine the employment security of regular employees. In the event a work force reduction is in place, regular employees would be brought back as regulars before any temporaries would be hired so long as they had the skill and ability to do the work available. Temporary employees would be impacted before any regular employee, in the event of a work force reduction so long as the regular employees have the skill and ability to do the work available. The need for temporary employees is short term, less than six months and would not impact on the hiring of summer students. Prior to hiring temporary employees, the President of the Local will be informed by the Human Resource Supervisor: Additionally the President will subsequently be provided a memorandum outlining the names of those hired, department to which they have been assigned and the expected duration of their employment. Appendix Understanding Changes for Schedules The Company expects to schedule employees to work "on average" hours per week and to pay for regularly scheduled hours at straight time The Company is dedicated to, and has practices giving employees maximum notice of the changes in their work schedules. Work schedules that fit he pattern of work to be done and meet employee needs are an important part of increased effectiveness and employee relations at Site. Schedules should be administered without disadvantagingemployees or the Company. Regular ongoing repeating schedules consist of four types of schedules, as per of the agreement: A Those in which the daily hours of work are eight, varying from two to six days in a week Those in which the daily hours of work are twelve, varying from one to four days in a week which have a combination of two twelve and two eight-hour days in a week Those, which have a I schedule, if one is introduced. It is key that the communication process i...
