Layoff definition

Layoff is a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a reduction in hours of work where such a reduction is permanent and eliminates an employee's health and welfare benefit entitlement, a reorganization, program termination, closure or other material change in organization.

Layoff shall include a reduction in a nurse's hours of work and cancellation of all or part of a nurse's scheduled shift. Cancellation of single or partial shifts will be on the basis of seniority of the nurses on the unit on that shift unless agreed otherwise by the Hospital and the Union in local negotiations. A partial or single shift reassignment of a nurse from her or his area of assignment will not be considered a layoff. The parties agree that the manner in which such reassignments are made will be determined by local negotiations.

Layoff includes a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a reorganization, program termination, closure or other material change in organization, and where should work become available, employees will be recalled in accordance with Article 13—Layoff and Recall or Article 31—Auxiliary Employees;

Examples of Layoff in a sentence

• Layoff notice will include a current list of junior positions available to bump under Article 13.4 (Bumping).

• All unlimited appointments to positions in the classified service except appointments from the Seniority Unit Layoff List shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months; and the Appointing Authority may require a probationary period of six (6) months for transfers, reinstatements, voluntary demotions and appointments from layoff lists other than the Seniority Unit Layoff List.

• Layoff of an employee shall be deemed to occur when an employee is removed from the work schedule for one (1) week or more due to a lack of work.

• Layoff shall be defined as a reduction in the work force that includes reduction in employees work weeks, work days, or work hours, or reductions effectuated by combining lay-offs and reductions in work weeks, work days, or work hours across classifications.

• Lay-off and Recall In cases of lay-off, the last hired employee shall be the one to be laid off provided the retained have the qualifications to satisfactorily perform the available work and the last one laid-off shall be the first one to be recalled to work provided has the qualifications to satisfactorily the available work.

More Definitions of Layoff

Layoff means a reduction in the working force.

Layoff means a separation from employment that is implemented because of budgetary limitations, lack of work, abolishment of position, departmental reorganization, or for similar reasons.

Layoff means terminating a classified employee for non–disciplinary reasons due to lack of work, retrenchment, or lack of funds.

Layoff means a Regular Employee who is either on partial layoff or on full layoff.

Layoff includes a cessation of employment, or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of work required to be done by the Employer, a re-organisation, program termination, closure or other material change in organisation. Where a regular employee is hired into a position in a program which is subject to seasonal closures, and such closures are identified in job postings and letters of employment, then the employee will only be eligible to bump other employees in accordance with Article 13.3, if the period of layoff exceeds the duration of the seasonal closure by two (2) or more weeks.

Layoff means an applicable Termination of Employment due to layoff under the ConocoPhillips Severance Pay Plan, the ConocoPhillips Executive Severance Plan, or the ConocoPhillips Key Employee Change in Control Severance Plan, or layoff or redundancy under any similar layoff or redundancy plan which the Company or its subsidiaries may adopt from time to time. If all or any portion of the benefits under the redundancy or layoff plan are contingent on the employee’s signing a general release of liability, such Termination shall not be considered as a “Layoff” for purposes of this Award unless the employee executes and does not revoke a general release of liability, acceptable to the Company, under the terms of such layoff or redundancy plan. In order to be considered a layoff for purposes of this Award, the Termination of Employment must also be considered a Separation from Service.

Layoff means to temporarily remove from a position of employment subject to the employee retaining such rights as set out under this Agreement.