SENIORITY Section A: Definition of Seniority Seniority means an employee's length of continuous service with the Employer since his/her last date of hire. County-wide seniority means the period of continuous service since the last hire date of a regular employee covered by this collective bargaining agreement. The Union will be furnished a seniority list of employees in this bargaining unit upon request.
Role of Seniority Where applicants have skills and qualifications which are relatively equal, the applicant with the greater seniority shall be selected.
Seniority Frozen When an Agency intends to initiate a layoff, the Agency will notify the Union in writing that all seniority will be frozen from the date of notice for a period not to exceed three (3) months. However, during the period when seniority is frozen, the employee will continue to accumulate time towards seniority for purposes of future computations. The three (3) month freeze may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Union and the Agency.
Classification Seniority Classification Seniority" is defined as the length of service in a specific job classification within the bargaining unit, beginning with the date an employee starts to serve a probationary appointment. Classification Seniority shall be interrupted only by separation because of resignation, discharge for just cause, failure to return upon expiration of a leave of absence, failure to respond to a recall from layoff, or retirement.
Bargaining Unit Seniority The length of continuous service in a position or succession of positions within Bargaining Unit Two (2), beginning with the last date of hire or transfer into the Bargaining Unit, as defined by seniority credits.
State Seniority State Seniority" is defined as the length of employment with the State of Minnesota since the last date of hire.
Seniority Lost Seniority will be lost when an employee: