Common use of Transfer and Bumping Privileges Clause in Contracts

Transfer and Bumping Privileges. 29.3.1 Any regular full-time or regular part-time employee designated as force surplus shall have job transfer and/or bumping privileges. 29.3.2 The privilege of displacing a less senior employee to retain continued employment is at the election of the employee subject to the following considerations: 29.3.2.1 A force surplus employee not desiring to exercise bumping options does not prejudice the employee's right for recall from layoff. 29.3.2.2 Force surplus employees will have a bumping privilege into classifications held during thirty (30) months prior to a layoff. In addition, force surplus employees will have a bumping privilege within the same classification or to a formerly held classification, in the same or lower wage guide. Employees must have the ability and qualifications to perform the job. Employees will have a brief familiarization period of not to exceed ten (10) working days. In determining “ability and qualifications” the Company may also consider the total circumstances including work experience and performance (including any prior performance evaluations), applicable technical education, attendance, the needs of the business, etc. All candidates will be treated equally with regard to criteria or selection used. 29.3.2.3 The least senior employee in the job title classification at the report center affected shall be the one who is displaced. If this is a full-time employee, the employee may displace a less senior (the least senior) regular part-time employee in the work group. That employee in turn then becomes force surplus and may exercise any privilege available under this Article. 29.3.2.4 Any moves associated with the bumping will be at the employee's expense. 29.3.2.5 If an employee affected in the surplus classification or classifications has a medical restriction or disability as designated by a doctor selected by the Company, the employee will be required to select a formerly held classification in which the employee can perform. 29.3.2.6 Whenever the surplus employee no longer has any bumping privileges available, the employee shall be laid off. 29.3.2.7 Company agrees to work with the Union for the purpose of helping interested force adjusted employees transfer back to their previous job.

Transfer and Bumping Privileges. 29.3.1 Any regular full-time or regular part-time employee designated as force surplus shall have job transfer and/or bumping privileges. 29.3.2 The privilege of displacing a less senior employee to retain continued employment is at the election of the employee subject to the following considerations: 29.3.2.1 A force surplus employee not desiring to exercise bumping options does not prejudice the employee's right for recall from layoff. 29.3.2.2 Force surplus employees will have a bumping privilege into classifications job titles held during thirty (30) months prior to a layoff. In addition, force surplus employees will have a bumping privilege within the same classification job title or to a formerly held classificationjob title, in the same or lower wage guide. Employees must have the ability and qualifications to perform the job. Employees will have a brief familiarization period of not to exceed ten (10) working days. In determining “ability and qualifications” the Company may also consider the total circumstances including work experience and performance (including any prior performance evaluations), applicable technical education, attendance, the needs of the business, etc. All candidates will be treated equally with regard to criteria or selection used. 29.3.2.3 The least senior employee in the job title classification at the report center affected shall be the one who is displaced. If this is a full-time employee, the employee may displace a less senior (the least senior) regular part-part- time employee in the work group. That employee in turn then becomes force surplus and may exercise any privilege available under this Article. 29.3.2.4 Any moves associated with the bumping will be at the employee's expense. 29.3.2.5 If an employee affected in the surplus classification job title or classifications job titles has a medical restriction or disability as designated by a doctor selected by the Company, the employee will be required to select a formerly held classification job title in which the employee can perform. 29.3.2.6 Whenever the surplus employee no longer has any bumping privileges available, the employee shall be laid off. 29.3.2.7 Company agrees to work with the Union for the purpose of helping interested force adjusted employees transfer back to their previous job.