Common use of Transfer to Another Department Clause in Contracts

Transfer to Another Department. (a) A part-time employee who has worked in his/her current department in excess of one (1) year will be considered for a transfer to another department in the store providing the employee has made such request in writing with a copy to the Union. (b) The transfer referred to above shall apply only for a part-time employee going to another part-time position in another department. In order for arequest for a transfer to another department to be considered a vacancy in the receiving department must exist created by the transfer, resignation, retirement or termination of another employee. (c) The employee’s request will be considered on the basis of seniority and ability. The Company will be fair and reasonable in considering requests for a transfer. (d) Employees granted a transfer will be on a trial period of up to thirty (30) calendar days to demonstrate their ability to perform the normal functions of the job in a competent manner. In the event they are unable to perform the normal functions of the job in a competent manner the employee will be returned to their former position and rate of pay. The employee will lose his/her“assurance of hours”,if the employee was entitled to any, unless the employee is returned to their original position as indicated above. (e) An employee will be limited to one (1) transfer during the life of the Agreement. (f) An employee who is accepted for a transfer will, if he/ she is atorbelowthetwentyfivehundred(2500) hour level in his/her home department, move to the same hours level in the new department. Any employee who is above the twenty five hundred (2500) hour level in his/her home department will move across at the twenty five hundred (2500) hour level or a level that is one ($1.00) dollar per hour less than his/her current position in the wage scale whichever is higher for the first five hundred (500) hours of the transfer. The employee will then progress up the scale in accordance with experience and service gained in the new department. Overscaled employees who transfer to a classification having the same wage scale will maintain their overscaled differential in the department. (g) The above shall in no way affect or be in conflict with the part-time employee’s rights under sub-section

Transfer to Another Department. (a) A part-time employee who has worked in his/her current department in excess of one one (1) year will be considered for a transfer to another department in the store providing the employee has made such request in writing with a copy to the Union. (b) The transfer referred to above shall apply only for a part-time employee going to another part-time position in another department. In order for arequest a request for a transfer to another department to be considered a vacancy in the receiving department must exist created by the transfer, resignation, retirement or termination of another employee. (c) The employee’s request will be considered on the basis of seniority and ability. The Company Co-operative will be fair and reasonable in considering requests for a transfer. (d) Employees granted a transfer will be on a trial period of up to thirty (30) calendar days to demonstrate their ability to perform the normal functions of the job in a competent manner. In the event they are unable to perform the normal functions of the job in a competent manner the employee will be returned to their former position and rate of pay. The employee will lose his/her“assurance her “assurance of hours”,if hours”, if the employee was entitled to any, unless the employee is returned to their original position as indicated above. (e) An employee will be limited to one (1) transfer during the life of the Agreement. (f) An employee who is accepted for a transfer will, if he/ he/she is atorbelowthetwentyfivehundred(2500at or below the twenty five hundred (2500) hour level in his/her home department, move to the same hours level in the new department. Any employee who is above the twenty five hundred (2500) hour level in his/her home department will move across at the twenty five hundred (2500) hour level or a level that is one ($1.00) dollar per hour less than his/her current position in the wage scale whichever is higher for the first five hundred (500) hours of the transfer. The employee will then progress up the scale in accordance with experience and service gained in the new department. Overscaled employees who transfer to a classification having the same wage scale will maintain their overscaled differential in the department. (g) The above shall in no way affect or be in conflict with the part-time employee’s rights under sub-sectionarticle 17.20. The above will not prevent the Co-operative from filling the needs of a Department by making transfers. (h) Notwithstanding the above, in regard to Coffee Bar Servers, they will require two