Common use of Xxxxx and Classification Seniority Clause in Contracts

Xxxxx and Classification Seniority. 1. An employee’s "Craft Seniority" date is established upon entering a Craft Seniority shall be by work classification within a craft and shall accrue from the date of entering the classification. The work classifications to be recognized for seniority purposes shall consist of Lead Mechanic, Aircraft Inspector, Shop Inspector, Mechanic, Mechanic's Helper, Seamer, Apprentice Mechanic, Lead Ground Communication Technician, Ground Communication Technician, Lead Flight Simulator Technician, Flight Simulator Technician, Lead Computer Technician, Computer Technician, Metrologist, Lead Utility Employee, Utility Employee and, effective May 1, 2003, Part-time Utility Employee. a. For bulletined jobs, the classification seniority date of the successful bidder or bidders will be the day following the last day for bidding on the job or jobs. b. In all other instances, the classification seniority date will be the first day actually worked in the classification except that the classification seniority date of a Company employee shall be established as the date he is notified that he is awarded an open vacancy. The probationary period and pay in the new classification of such Company employees, however, will begin with the first day actually worked in the new classification. 2. Ties in classification seniority date on the master system seniority list will be broken first by Company seniority date and then by giving preference to the employee with the lower number comprised of the last four digits in his Social Security number. This procedure will not be used to disrupt established relationship of employees already appearing on a seniority list based upon the last point at which the employee worked or is working in that classification. Employees whose adjusted seniority (for example, an employee returning from a leave of absence in excess of ninety (90) days) results in a tie with other employees will be placed ahead of such other tied employees on a seniority list. When two or more employees with adjusted seniority are tied in classification seniority date, their relative position will be determined as provided in the paragraph above. 3. Employees who move to a different Craft will continue to retain and accrue seniority in the previous Craft(s) while working in the new Craft, except that a Technician who moves to a lower Craft will only retain Technician Craft Seniority for a period of six (6) years, and will not accrue Technician Craft Seniority while working in that lower craft, unless the move to that lower craft is the next Bid Area following a RIF which bumped him from his Technician position or he was otherwise forced into the Utility Specialist position.