Common use of VACANCIES & TRANSFERS Clause in Contracts

VACANCIES & TRANSFERS. A. All routes or shuttles that become open will be posted for three (3) days by the supervisor of transportation. All bus drivers shall have the right to bid on the opening, the most senior qualified bus driver who submitted a bid will be given the open route or shuttle. A bus driver may have one successful bid on a route, one successful bid on a kindergarten route, and one successful bid on a shuttle per contract year. After all bus drivers have had an opportunity to bid on the open route or shuttle, it will be given to the most senior qualified substitute driver who wants it. The Employer reserves the right, after consultation with the Executive Board of the Association, to transfer, assign, or reassign drivers to better support the program and/or the affected drivers. Bargaining unit members on unpaid leave of absence pursuant to Article XIII, Section M. will not have the right to bid on a vacancy unless, by the mutual agreement of the driver, the Association, and the Employer, there is an early termination to such leave. B. Bus routes shall be established by the Board or its designee. Routes shall be an AM/PM combination whenever possible. C. Before the last day of each school year, a bus driver wishing to return the following year will notify his/her supervisor in writing. Failure to notify the supervisor as required will be deemed a resignation by the employee and will be recorded as a resignation without notice in the employee's personnel file. D. In the event that an assigned route is eliminated, the driver will be assigned to the position held by the driver with the least seniority. E. If a driver leaves a regular route voluntarily and chooses not to go to the substitute list the driver’s employment is terminated and if rehired would receive no seniority for previous service. If a driver leaves a regular route voluntarily and chooses to go to the substitute list their seniority for purposes of bidding back to a regular route will be the date they voluntarily left the regular route.

VACANCIES & TRANSFERS. A. All routes or shuttles that become open will be posted for three (3) days by the supervisor of transportation. All bus drivers shall have the right to bid on the opening, the most senior qualified bus driver who submitted a bid will be given the open route or shuttle. A bus driver may have one successful bid on a route, one successful bid on a kindergarten route, and one successful bid on a shuttle per contract year. After all bus drivers have had an opportunity to bid on the open route or shuttle, it will be given to the most senior qualified substitute driver who wants it. The Employer reserves the right, after consultation with notification to the Executive Board of the Association, to transfer, assign, or reassign drivers to better support for the benefit of the program and/or the affected individual drivers. Bargaining unit members on unpaid leave of absence pursuant to Article XIII, Section M. will not have the right to bid on a vacancy unless, by the mutual agreement of the driver, the Association, and the Employer, there is an early termination to such leave. B. Bus routes shall be established by the Board or its designee. Routes shall be an AM/PM combination whenever possible. C. Before the last day of each school year, a bus driver wishing to return the following year will notify his/her supervisor in writing. Failure to notify the supervisor as required will be deemed a resignation by the employee and will be recorded as a resignation without notice in the employee's personnel file. D. A senior qualified employee may be given a special assignment. E. In the event that an assigned route is eliminated, the driver will be assigned to the position held by the driver with the least seniority. E. F. If a driver leaves a regular route voluntarily and chooses not to go to the substitute list the driver’s employment is terminated and if rehired would receive no seniority for previous service. If a driver leaves a regular route voluntarily and chooses to go to the substitute list their seniority for purposes of bidding back to a regular route will be the date they voluntarily left the regular route.