Common use of To a Lower Level Clause in Contracts

To a Lower Level. a. Lower-level residual vacancies that still exist after application of 4.C.5 above will be offered to unencumbered employees and their preference shall be honored by seniority. Then assign unencumbered employees by inverse seniority to lower- level residual full-time assignments. If an unencumbered preference eligible employee is reached when assigning employees to lower level duty assignments in accordance with this Section (4.C.6): (1) The most junior non-preference eligible same level Clerk Craft employee in the installation shall be reassigned to the lower level vacancy. (2) The unencumbered preference eligible employee will then be assigned to the duty assignment previously occupied by that junior non-preference eligible employee. (3) Any employee reassigned to a lower level duty assignment shall receive saved grade. b. An employee who receives saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will receive saved grade as follows: (1) Employees who receive saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will not be required to bid or apply for vacancies in their former wage level for a period of two years from the time they occupy the lower level duty assignment. (2) After the two year period, employees will be expected to bid or apply to former level duty assignments for which they are qualified or may become qualified by entering a scheme deferment period. (3) If no employee in the saved grade status bids or applies to the former level duty assignments, the junior employee(s) in the saved grade status will have their saved grade taken away. (4) An employee in saved grade status who bids or applies for a former wage level duty assignment and is declared the senior bidder but fails to qualify, will lose saved grade protection. No more than one employee in the saved grade status group will have saved grade taken away for each former level duty assignment posted. a. An employee who was not hired from a machine register and who has not subsequently passed machine training may not be involuntarily assigned to a machine duty assignment regardless of salary level. This provision does not prohibit the Employer from making a job offer to an unencumbered employee in the same level. b. An employee hired from a machine register who has not qualified on a particular machine skill (e.g., letter sorting machine, flat sorting machine) may not be involuntarily assigned to a duty assignment requiring that machine skill until all unencumbered employees who have qualified on that machine skill have been assigned.

To a Lower Level. a. Lower-level residual vacancies that still exist after application of 4.C.5 above will be offered to unencumbered employees and their preference shall be honored by seniority. Then assign unencumbered employees by inverse seniority to lower- level residual full-time assignments. If an unencumbered preference eligible employee is reached when assigning employees to lower lower-level duty assignments in accordance with this Section (4.C.6): (1) The the most junior non-preference eligible same level Clerk Craft employee in the installation shall be reassigned to the lower lower-level vacancy.; (2) The the unencumbered preference eligible employee will then be assigned to the duty assignment previously occupied by that junior non-preference eligible employee.; (3) Any any employee reassigned to a lower lower- level duty assignment shall receive saved grade.; b. An employee who receives saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will receive saved grade as follows: (1) Employees who receive saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will not be required to bid or apply for vacancies in their former wage level for a period of two (2) years from the time they occupy the lower lower-level duty assignment. (2) After the two two-year period, employees will be expected to bid or apply to former level duty assignments for which they are qualified or may become qualified by entering a scheme deferment period. (3) If no employee in the saved grade status bids or applies to the former level duty assignments, the junior employee(s) in the saved grade status will have their saved grade taken away. (4) An employee in saved grade status who bids or applies for a former wage level duty assignment and is declared the senior bidder but fails to qualify, will lose saved grade protection. No more than one (1) employee in the saved grade status group will have saved grade taken away for each former level duty assignment posted. a. An employee who was not hired from a machine register and who has not subsequently passed machine training may not be involuntarily assigned to a machine duty assignment regardless of salary level. This provision does not prohibit the Employer from making a job offer to an unencumbered employee in the same level. b. An employee hired from a machine register who has not qualified on a particular machine skill (e.g., letter sorting machine, flat sorting machine) may not be involuntarily assigned to a duty assignment requiring that machine skill until all unencumbered employees who have qualified on that machine skill have been assigned.

To a Lower Level. a. Lower-level residual vacancies that still exist after application of 4.C.5 above will be offered oRered to unencumbered employees and their preference shall be honored by seniority. Then assign unencumbered employees by inverse seniority to lower- level residual full-time assignments. If an unencumbered preference eligible employee is reached when assigning employees to lower lower-level duty assignments in accordance with this Section (4.C.6): (1) The the most junior non-preference eligible same level Clerk Craft employee in the installation shall be reassigned to the lower lower-level vacancy.; (2) The the unencumbered preference eligible employee will then be assigned to the duty assignment previously occupied by that junior non-preference eligible employee.; (3) Any any employee reassigned to a lower lower- level duty assignment shall receive saved grade.; b. An employee who receives saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will receive saved grade as follows: (1) Employees who receive saved grade under this Section (4.C.6.a) will not be required to bid or apply for vacancies in their former wage level for a period of two (2) years from the time they occupy the lower lower-level duty assignment. (2) After the two two-year period, employees will be expected to bid or apply to former level duty assignments for which they are qualified or may become qualified by entering a scheme deferment period. (3) If no employee in the saved grade status bids or applies to the former level duty assignments, the junior employee(s) in the saved grade status will have their saved grade taken away. (4) An employee in saved grade status who bids or applies for a former wage level duty assignment and is declared the senior bidder but fails to qualify, will lose saved grade protection. No more than one (1) employee in the saved grade status group will have saved grade taken away for each former level duty assignment posted. a. An employee who was not hired from a machine register and who has not subsequently passed machine training may not be involuntarily assigned to a machine duty assignment regardless of salary level. This provision does not prohibit the Employer from making a job offer oRer to an unencumbered employee in the same level. b. An employee hired from a machine register who has not qualified on a particular machine skill (e.g., letter sorting machine, flat sorting machine) may not be involuntarily assigned to a duty assignment requiring that machine skill until all unencumbered employees who have qualified on that machine skill have been assigned.