Accumulation of Seniority and Service Clause Samples

The Accumulation of Seniority and Service clause defines how an employee’s length of service and seniority are calculated and maintained during their employment. Typically, this clause outlines whether time spent on leave, such as medical or parental leave, counts toward seniority and service accrual, and may specify exceptions or limitations. Its core function is to ensure clarity and fairness in recognizing employees’ continuous service, which can impact benefits, promotions, and other employment rights.
Accumulation of Seniority and Service. Seniority for the purposes of this agreement shall operate on a bargaining unit wide basis. Full time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of their last date of hire, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement. Where more than one (1) full time employee commences employment on the same date, their seniority order will be determined by lottery on their first date of employment. Part time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of hours worked within the bargaining unit, except as expressly provided otherwise in this agreement. For part time employees, it is recognized that one thousand eight hundred (1800) hours worked within the bargaining unit equals one (1) year of full seniority and service.
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Accumulation of Seniority and Service. Seniority for the purposes of this agreement shall operate on a bargaining unit wide basis. Full-time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of their last date of hire, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement. Where more than one (1) full-time employee commences employment on the same date, their seniority order will be determined by lottery on their first date of employment. Part-time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of hours worked within the bargaining unit, except as expressly provided otherwise in this agreement. For part-time employees, it is recognized that nineteen hundred and fifty hours (1950) hours worked within the bargaining unit equals one (1) year of full seniority and service. Effective March 4, 2003, part-time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of eighteen hundred (1800) hours paid equals one year of seniority and service. For the purposes of seniority calculation, a part-time employee will not accrue more than 1800 hours in any twelve (12) month period. [Note: the parties agree that the change in formula from 1950 hours=1 year to 1800 hours = 1 year shall not have any retroactive impact prior to March 4, 2003. Any increase in wage level or vacation level resulting from the change in formula shall be effective as of March 4, 2003 with no retroactivity].
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Accumulation of Seniority and Service. Seniority for the purposes of this agreement shall operate on a bargaining unit wide basis. Full time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of their last date of hire, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement. Where more than one (1) full time employee commences employment of the same date, their seniority order will be determined by lottery on their first date of employment. Part time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of hours worked within the bargaining unit, except as expressly provided otherwise in this agreement.
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Accumulation of Seniority and Service. Seniority for the purposes of this agreement shall operate on a bargaining unit wide basis. Full time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of their original date of hire, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement. Where more than one (1) full time employee commences employment on the same date, their seniority order will be determined by lottery on their first date of employment. Part time employees shall accumulate seniority and service on the basis of hours worked within the bargaining unit, except as expressly provided otherwise in this agreement. Part time employees seniority shall be converted to the equivalent full-time seniority on the basis of one thousand four hundred (1400) hours worked within the bargaining unit equals one (1) year of full seniority and service. In no particular year shall a part-time employee be credited seniority for more than one thousand four hundred (1400) hours. At no time and for no reason can a part-time employee’s seniority pre-date their actual date of hire.
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Accumulation of Seniority and Service a) Seniority and service shall accrue in the following circumstances only:  When actually at work for the Employer  When absent on paid holidays and vacation  When on an approved Family Medical Leave  when absent due to illness for a period of up to twenty-four
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Accumulation of Seniority and Service. (a) An employee who is regularly employed in a posted position for less than thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week, will accumulate seniority and service on the basis of one (1) year’s seniority and service for each 1725 regular hours paid in the bargaining unit as of the last date of hire. (b) An employee’s seniority and service will be retained by an employee in the event an employee is transferred from a posted position in which the employee has been regularly employed for less than thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week to a posted position with full time hours (thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) or vice versa. An employee whose status is changed from a posted position with full time hours (thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) to a posted position in which the employee will be regularly employed for less than thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week, will receive credit for his full seniority and service on the basis of 1725 regular hours paid for each year of seniority or service. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. (c) An employee regularly employed in a posted position for less than thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week, will progress within his job classification from one step in the pay scales to the next after 1725 regular hours paid in the bargaining unit. (d) An employee who is regularly employed in a posted position for less than thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week, and due to other provisions in the Collective Agreement is entitled to receive credit for seniority and or service during an absence from work, such seniority and or service shall be calculated by reviewing the employees’ regular hour paid over the twenty (20) week period prior to the employees’ absence from work and determining the average regular hours paid per week which will then be applied toward such credit entitlement to seniority and or service while the employee is absent from work. (e) It is understood that regular hours paid, referred to in (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, will only include hours paid at the regular straight time hourly rate and will not include any hours worked paid at overtime and or premium rates. (f) It is understood that an employee who is regularly employed in a posted position for twenty (20) hours or more per week must join the insurance plans in effect.
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Related to Accumulation of Seniority and Service

  • Accumulation of Seniority The seniority of an employee shall continue to accrue during an absence due to: (a) accident or illness; (b) maternity or parental leave; (c) any unpaid leave of absence of up to twelve (12) months; (d) any paid leave of absence provided for under this Agreement.

  • Transfer of Seniority and Service Effective (the date as set out in the Local Provisions Appendix) and for employees who transfer subsequent to (the effective date as set out in the Local Provisions Appendix): For application of seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff and recall and service (including meeting any waiting period or other entitlement requirements) for purposes of vacation entitlement, HOODIP or equivalent, health and welfare benefit plans, and wage progression: (i) an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive full credit for his seniority and service; (ii) an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority and service on the basis of one (1) year for each 1725 hours worked. The above-noted employee shall be allowed a trial period of up to thirty (30) days, during which the Hospital will determine if the employee can satisfactorily perform the job. Within this period the employee may voluntarily return, or be returned without loss of seniority to his former duties on the same shift in the same department and at the appropriate rate of pay, subject to any changes which would have occurred had he not transferred.

  • Seniority and Service (The following clauses will appear in all collective agreements replacing any provisions related to Probationary Period, Seniority Lists, Manner of Expressing Part-time Seniority, Full-Time definition of Seniority, Transfer of Seniority, Effect of Absence, Application of Seniority on Layoff and Recall, Layoff and Recall Rights for Part-time and Full-time Employees, Retention and Accumulation of Seniority on Transfer Outside the Bargaining Unit, and Loss of Seniority and Service, and Deemed Termination that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective agreement:)

  • Application of Seniority Seniority shall be the controlling factor in the following situations:

  • Accrual of Seniority Seniority shall accrue during: (a) the first one hundred and nineteen (119) calendar days of sick leave including time on E.I. sick benefit or Income Replacement Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Act; (b) unpaid leaves of absence up to and including one hundred and sixty-eight (168) work hours in a calendar year; (c) hours absent while receiving benefits from the Worker’s Compensation Board; (d) temporary positions, out-of-scope of any union, with the Employer not to exceed twelve (12) months unless extended by mutual agreement with the union; (e) bereavement leave, pressing necessity leave, family leave, medical care leave; (f) jury duty and court service; (g) vacation leave; (h) leave for elected Public Office; (i) union leave; (j) all maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave; (k) education leave up to twenty-four (24) months. (l) Long-term disability or Income Replacement Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Act. (m) If an Employee’s hours of work are reduced due to a disability, full-time Employees shall maintain their pre- disability accrual rate. Other than full-time Employees shall accrue seniority as follows: (i) For those who have worked one (1) year or more: Paid Hours in Previous 52 Weeks = Seniority Hours Per 52 Week of Leave (ii) For other than full-time Employees who have worked for less than one (1) year: