Common use of The Lay Off Process Clause in Contracts

The Lay Off Process. a. When the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off any teacher, the Association will be notified. The individual teachers concerned will also be notified. b. Notices requesting eligible teacher volunteers for early retirement and for leave of absence will be circulated. c. In the event that position reductions are necessary, the professional staff will be divided into two (2) separate levels - elementary and secondary. The number of FTE positions to be reduced at each level will be determined on a basis which reflects the relative proportions of elementary to secondary teachers in the total teaching population. d. Within these levels, the Board will apply the following processes to determine staff to lay off: i. If the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off a teacher, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff shall be those who have the greatest seniority, providing that they possess the necessary qualifications for the remaining positions available. ii. The Board shall give each teacher who it intends to lay off pursuant to this article, forty-five (45) calendar days‘ notice in writing, with a copy to the Association. The Board shall provide to the Association the reason(s) for the layoff and a list of those teaching positions held by teachers with less seniority whom the Board proposes to retain.

The Lay Off Process. a. When the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off any teacher, the Association ATU will be notified. The individual teachers concerned will also be notified. b. Notices requesting eligible teacher volunteers for early retirement and for leave of absence will be circulated. c. In the event that position reductions are necessary, the professional staff will be divided into two (2) separate levels - elementary and secondary. The number of FTE positions to be reduced at each level will be determined on a basis which reflects the relative proportions of elementary to secondary teachers in the total teaching population. d. Within these levels, the Board will apply the following processes to determine staff to lay off: i. If the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off a teacher, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff shall be those who have the greatest seniority, providing that they possess the necessary qualifications for the remaining positions available. ii. The Board shall give each teacher who it intends to lay off pursuant to this article, forty-five (45) calendar days‘ ’ notice in writing, with a copy to the AssociationATU . The Board shall provide to the Association ATU the reason(s) for the layoff and a list of those teaching positions held by teachers with less seniority whom the Board proposes to retain.

The Lay Off Process. a. When the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off any teacher, the Association will be notified. The individual teachers concerned will also be notified. b. Notices requesting eligible teacher volunteers for early retirement and for leave of absence will be circulated. c. In the event that position reductions are necessary, the professional staff will be divided into two (2) separate levels - elementary and secondary. The number of FTE positions to be reduced at each level will be determined on a basis which reflects the relative proportions of elementary to secondary teachers in the total teaching population. d. Within these levels, the Board will apply the following processes to determine staff to lay off: i. If the Board determines that it is necessary to lay off a teacher, the teachers to be retained on the teaching staff shall be those who have the greatest seniority, providing that they possess the necessary qualifications for the remaining positions available. ii. The Board shall give each teacher who it intends to lay off pursuant to this article, forty-five sixty (4560) calendar days‘ ’ notice in writing, with a copy to the Association. The Board shall provide to the Association the reason(s) for the layoff and a list of those teaching positions held by teachers with less seniority whom the Board proposes to retain.