Workforce Adjustment. (a) The Parties recognize that workforce adjustment may be necessary due to the elimination of positions resulting from a reduction in the amount of work required to be done by the Commission, reorganization or program termination.
(b) The timeframe for Clause 33.1 placement activities is 60 days, or a lesser time frame for smaller adjustments, from the date the employee receives written notice of redundancy as mutually agreed. Such notice will only be issued after consultation with or advice to the Joint Consultation Committee.
(c) The Commission will consult with the Association through the Joint Consultation Committee established pursuant to Article 31 respecting workforce adjustment which results in redundancy as required pursuant to (a) above. Workforce adjustment activities will be guided by the following principles and procedures:
(1) Both Parties recognize the need for the cooperation of all participants to facilitate the placement of regular employees.
(2) The Commission must first minimize the impact on their regular employees through the appropriate:
(i) cancellation of contracts for employment agency personnel;
(ii) cancellation of personal service contracts where a surplus regular employee qualified to do the work can be placed;
(iii) where necessary, layoff of temporary employees;
(iv) lateral transfers and, where necessary, regular employees displacing temporary employees performing ongoing work.
(3) Employees will be canvassed for voluntary receipt of severance or early retirement prior to the Commission initiating further measures.
(4) The placement process applies to junior regular employees or, where appropriate, other regular employees in the same classification and seniority block for placement into vacant positions for which they are qualified.
(5) Surplus employees will be placed through lateral transfers where such vacancies are available.
(6) Surplus employees not able to be placed through lateral transfers will be offered available comparable vacancies.
(7) Where an employee accepts an offer, once confirmed in writing such acceptance is final and binding upon the employee, subject to the agreement of the Commission.
Workforce Adjustment. If a person returns after the recall period, seniority upon returning will be that which the employee had on the effective date of such lay off.
Workforce Adjustment. The Employer has advised the Institute that it has no present intention of changing the terms and conditions of the Career Transition Policy (section 9.4) in the Employer's Human Resources Manual. In the event that changes are considered, the Employer agrees that it shall conduct meaningful consultations through the Labour-Management Consultation Committee before any such changes are implemented.
Workforce Adjustment. (Phase 1)
Workforce Adjustment. (a) In the event employees are to be laid off, the Company will provide notice equal to one (1) week in addition to the minimum specified in the Canada Labour Code, Part III to the President of the Union, and the employees who are to be laid off. In cases of layoff, the Company will discuss the impending layoff and options to minimize the impact with the Union prior to layoff letters being issued to employees and will notify the Union in writing with the names of the affected employees.
(b) No employee on a seniority list will be laid off while a probationary, term or casual employee is retained in the classification.
(c) An employee who is designated for layoff in accordance with Article 24.01(a) will have the alternative of being laid off, or displacing the least senior employee in an equal or lower wage rated classification as long as the employee meets the normal requirements for the position within a 30 working day familiarization period.
(d) When an employee who has bumping rights decides to exercise their rights, the employee will be obligated to do so in writing within seven (7) working days of receiving layoff notice. In cases where an employee who has received layoff notice requests pension estimate information, this information will be made available within the seven (7) day period.
Workforce Adjustment. (a) The parties recognize that workforce adjustments may be necessary due to a reduction in the amount of work required to be done by the Company, the reorganization of work, contracting out, the relocation of positions, and changes in or the elimination of programs and services.
(b) The Company shall provide the Union in writing with 45 calendar days notice (30 calendar days for individual or group layoffs affecting 5 or less employees) of the workforce adjustment. The notice shall identify the reason for the workforce adjustment, the classification and location of employees directly affected, whether the Company intends to implement a pre-adjustment canvass, and the nature of such canvass. This notice may run concurrent with any notice of layoff to regular employees in accordance with Clause 12.04.
Workforce Adjustment. 11.01 When any condition arises which reduces the work load to the extent that, in the Company's opinion, workforce adjustment is warranted, the Company shall endeavour to reach agreement with the Local President or designate as to whether a plan of part-timing, lay-offs or a combination of the two shall be put into effect.
11.02 In the event that an agreement as to a plan cannot be reached under subsection 11.01, the Company may proceed on a plan of lay-off to the extent it deems necessary.
11.03 It is expressly understood, however, that if the Company proceeds on a plan of lay-off as prescribed in this article, negotiations toward an agreement relating to a workforce adjustment plan shall be resumed at any time at the request of either party. Similarly, after agreement has been reached as to a plan of workforce
(a) In the event of a lay-off pursuant to sections 11.01 and 11.02, it shall be carried out in the following order:
i) Probationary employees
ii) Contractors of the affected work location, when the present employees have the required skills and the Company has the necessary tools and equipment available to perform, on a competitive basis, the work required to be done iii) Regular part-time employees
Workforce Adjustment. Changes to workforce adjustment that represent the most significant improvements since it was first signed as an appendix in the collective agreement: • Reduction involuntary layoffs by allowing volunteers to come forward to leave the public service during times of workforce adjustment; • Improvements to the alternation process; • More union involvement, ensuring employees have the right to union representation during a WFA; • Improvements to the monetary provisions, including the education allowance, the counselling allowance, and the transition support measure. Language detailing the implementation of the collective agreement including a $500 allowance payable within one-hundred and eighty (180) days of signature, in recognition of extended implementation timeframes and the significant number of transactions that have not been entered in the pay system and a subsequent $50 allowance for every subsequent complete period of ninety (90) days their collective agreement is not implemented. A new joint union-management committee is to be established to ensure that fair and transparent guidelines are put in place with respect to call monitoring in CRA call centres. New scheduling process where the Employer must now solicit volunteers for evening work during tax season and distribute such hours to volunteers on an equitable basis. Written commitment from the CRA to continue discussions with the union on the issue of union access to the workplace. The parties agree to meet over the life of this Agreement to discuss the potential environmental impacts of the printing of paper copies of the collective agreement. Extension of previous incentives for SP-04, SP-05 and SP-06 working at the Compensation Client Service Centres and performing duties that are directly linked to pay operations and transactions at the Agency.
Workforce Adjustment. 53.01 A workforce adjustment is a situation that occurs when the Centre decides that the services of one or more indeterminate employees will no longer be required beyond a specified date because of a lack of work, the discontinuance of a function, or a relocation in which the employee does not wish to participate. Principles
53.02 Employees affected by a workforce adjustment situation will be treated equitably and whenever possible, given every reasonable opportunity to continue their career as employees of the Centre.
53.03 Every indeterminate employee whose services will no longer be required because of a workforce adjustment situation and for whom the Centre knows or can predict that employment will be available will receive a guarantee of a reasonable job offer. Those employees for whom the Centre cannot provide the guarantee will have access to transitional arrangements.
Workforce Adjustment. Where any condition arises which reduces the work load to the extent that a general program of lay-offs or spreading the work is contemplated, the Company shall endeavour to reach an agreement with the Association as to whether a plan of part-timing, lay-offs or a combination of the two (2) shall be put into effect. In the event that an agreement as to a plan cannot be reached within a period of days after the matter has been submitted to the Association, the Company may proceed on a plan of part-timing to the extent it deems necessary. It is expressly understood, however, that if the Company proceeds on a plan of part-timing at the expiration of the 30-day period or later as prescribed in this Article, negotiations toward an agreement relating to a force adjustment plan shall be resumed at any time at the request of either party. Similarly, after agreement has been reached as to a plan of force adjustment, either party may resume negotiations at any time in an effort to obtain agreement upon modifications of the plan then in effect.
