AND TRANSFERS. A probationary Employee shall attain seniority status and rights after he has worked days within any twelve month period, at which time his name will be added to the seniority list. An Employee shall be given a seniority date back-dated one hundred and two (132) working days, including holidays, counting five (5) days per week. If the probationary Employee has been working a twelve (12) hour shift pattern, he shall be given a seniority date back dated eighty eight (88) working days, including holidays, counting one and one-half (1%) days per shift paid. In no event shall his seniority date precede his original starting date with the Company. On completion of the probationary period, Employees will become eligible for all the normal benefits given to Employees having seniority, including enrolment in the Group Insurance and Pension Plans. All new permanent positions and vacancies in permanent positions shall be filled immediately on a temporary basis by current available Employees who are qualified or able to demonstrate reasonable competence. In the choice of applicants for new permanent positions and vacancies in permanent positions, seniority shall govern provided the Employee is qualified or able to demonstrate reasonable competence. Choices of candidates will not be done on an arbitrary basis. All positions shall be posted on the bulletin boards within fourteen (14) calendar days after they have become permanently vacant. All such new permanent positions or vacancies in permanent positions will be posted on the bulletin boards fourteen (14) calendar days that all Employees who have acquired seniority have an opportunity to make an application. The Company will mail out the job posting notices to absent Employees within two (2) working days of the job being posted and accept applications over the phone for the posting. The names of the applicants and successful applicant will be posted on the bulletin boards with a copy sent to the Union. The successful candidate will be placed in said position within four (4) weeks of date of posting where practicable. Posting notices will include a Job Description of the vacancy and a brief description of the requirements of successful candidates. Candidates must be able to demonstrate reasonable competence in the requirements and should consult with the Supervisor of the Department concerned if they wish explanations. In the event that a job posting does not get filled, the Company will assign the junior Employee to said posting. The assigned Employee will be eligible to immediately bid on any further that may arise. In the event an Employee has successfully posted for a job, the Employee, his supervisor and a Union representative will conduct a joint review of the Employees’ development after thirty (30) working days of assuming his new job. At this time, the Company and the Union can agree to extend the review period another thirty (30) calendar days, with a supplemental training plan. Within the above mentioned review periods an Employee shall be entitled to return to his former job. The Company can return the Employee to his former job after the first thirty (30) day working period and after any extended review period. A successful bidder shall be eligible to bid on yet another posting provided that he has not begun training on the job for which he had just successfully bid. In the event the Employee successfully bids into another job during this period, the first job that he successfully bid into would revert to the second applicant on the previous posting. If he remains on the job beyond thirty (30) days, he shall not be eligible for any other posting for five (5) months. After completion of six (6) months on the job, he shall be eligible to post on the same basis as any other Employee. The vacant position created by the posting shall be posted within fourteen (14) calendar days. A senior Employee wishing to change crews or shifts within job classification may do so provided the Company and Union agree. The Company will not unreasonably deny the change. When an Employee vacates a day shift position, it shall be posted in the Plant in accordance with Section Under this circumstance all seniority Employees are eligible to bid on the vacancy. If an Employee is or has been transferred to a position excluded from the coverage of this Agreement, such Employee shall retain his seniority as of the date of transfer and in the event that he is subsequently transferred back to a position covered by this Agreement, he shall be credited with the seniority which he had on the date of original transfer from the bargaining unit plus all seniority accumulated while working in the excluded capacity up to a maximum of twelve (12) months. An Employee who is transferred out of the bargaining unit may if he so wishes, return to his former job in the bargaining unit within six months. Employees in the bargaining unit shall not be transferred outside the bargaining unit for temporary replacement of supervisory personnel except in cases of emergencies.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
AND TRANSFERS. A probationary Employee shall attain seniority status and rights after he has worked days within any twelve month periodWhen a job vacancy occurs or a job is created, at which time his name will be added to the seniority list. An Employee shall be given a seniority date back-dated one hundred and two (132) working days, including holidays, counting five (5) days per week. If the probationary Employee has been working a twelve (12) hour shift pattern, he shall be given a seniority date back dated eighty eight (88) working days, including holidays, counting one and one-half (1%) days per shift paid. In no event shall his seniority date precede his original starting date with the Company. On completion of the probationary period, Employees will become eligible for all the normal benefits given to Employees having seniority, including enrolment in the Group Insurance and Pension Plans. All new permanent positions and vacancies in permanent positions shall be filled immediately on a temporary basis by current available Employees who are qualified or able to demonstrate reasonable competence. In the choice of applicants for new permanent positions and vacancies in permanent positions, seniority shall govern provided the Employee is qualified or able to demonstrate reasonable competence. Choices of candidates will not be done on an arbitrary basis. All positions notice shall be posted on the bulletin boards within fourteen (14) seven calendar days after they have become permanently vacant. All such new permanent positions or vacancies in permanent positions will be posted on at the appropriate locations, including all bulletin boards fourteen (14) boards, for a period of ten calendar days that all Employees who have acquired seniority have an opportunity to make an application. The Company will mail out the job posting notices to absent Employees within two (2) working days and a copy of the job being posted and accept applications over the phone for the posting. The names of the applicants and successful applicant will notice shall be posted on the bulletin boards with a copy sent to the Union. The successful candidate Upon request, an employee shall receive a true copy of his application for a vacant position. Should an employee withdraw his application within fourteen calendar days of being awarded a position, the next most senior qualified applicant who had applied for the vacancy, will be placed awarded the position. This will only apply where the employee has not yet commenced work in said the position. The notice shall set out the classification, location, title, hourly rate of pay, normal starting and quitting times, and the job description shall be available on request from the Human Resources Department. The Hospital agrees to applications for future vacancies in filling vacancies or newly created positions involving job postings. These applications will be retained for a period of three months. A separate application must be made for each position within four (4) weeks of date of posting where practicabledesired. Posting notices will Applications shall include the position applied for, shift and department. The Hospital agrees to forward a Job Description copy of the vacancy and a brief description application to the Union office. In filling job vacancies (promotions, transfers, new positions, etc.) the job shall be award-n calendar days following the end of the requirements of successful candidatesten calendar posting period. Candidates must The job shall be able awarded to the most senior he has the required qualifications to the job.’ the Hospital questions a senior applicant’s “ability to do the and where this employee is otherwise qualified, the Hospital agrees to provide this employee with a ninety day trial period during which he shall have the opportunity to demonstrate reasonable competence in his ability to perform the requirements and should consult with job. The Hospital may, at any time within the Supervisor of ninety day period, return said employee to his former position. If no applicant meets the Department concerned if they wish explanations. In the event that a job posting does not get filledrequired qualifications, the Company will assign Hospital shall be required to from outside the junior Employee to said postingbargaining unit. The assigned Employee will employee awarded the job may be eligible returned to immediately bid on his former position at any further that may arise. In time by the event an Employee has successfully posted for Hospital within a jobninety calendar day period after his appointment, if said employee cannot satisfactorily perform the Employee, his supervisor and a Union representative will conduct a joint review of the Employees’ development after thirty (30) working days of assuming his new job. At this time, the Company and the Union can agree to extend the review period another thirty (30) calendar days, with a supplemental training plan. Within the above mentioned review periods an Employee shall be entitled The employee involved may also decide to return to his former jobposition, but no sooner than forty-five calendar days after his appointment, days. The Company can return the Employee and no later than ninety calendar When said employee returns to his former job after the first thirty (30) day working period and after any extended review period. A successful bidder shall be eligible to bid on yet another posting provided that he has not begun training on the job for which he had just successfully bid. In the event the Employee successfully bids into another job during this period, the first job that he successfully bid into would revert to the second applicant on the previous posting. If he remains on the job beyond thirty (30) days, he shall not be eligible for any other posting for five (5) months. After completion of six (6) months on the jobposition, he shall be eligible to post placed on the same basis as any other Employeesalary step based on his accumulated seniority up to the date of his return. The vacant position created by the posting No employee shall be posted within fourteen (14) calendar days. A senior Employee wishing to change crews or shifts within job classification may do so provided the Company and Union agree. The Company will not unreasonably deny the change. When an Employee vacates a day shift position, it shall be posted in the Plant in accordance with Section Under this circumstance all seniority Employees are eligible to bid on the vacancy. If an Employee is or has been transferred to a position excluded from outside the coverage of this Agreementbargaining unit without his consent. If an employee is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit, such Employee he shall retain his seniority as accumulated up to the date of leaving the unit but will not accumulate further seniority. Such employee shall have the right to return to a position in the bargaining unit consistent with his seniority accumulated up to the date of transfer and in outside the event that he unit. No employee shall be transferred to another classification within the bargaining unit without his consent. If an employee is subsequently transferred back to a position covered by this Agreementanother classification, following his consent, he shall be credited with have the seniority which he had on the date of original transfer from the bargaining unit plus all seniority accumulated while working in the excluded capacity up right to a maximum of twelve (12) months. An Employee who is transferred out of the bargaining unit may if he so wishes, return to his former job classification within sixty calendar days, and any other employee affected by the transfer shall be returned to his former classification without loss of wages or seniority. Any employee who is unable, through injury or illness or advancing years, to perform his normal duties, may apply to the Hospital for advice, help, or assistance in the bargaining unit within six months. Employees in the bargaining unit shall not be transferred outside the bargaining unit for temporary replacement of supervisory personnel except in cases of emergenciesfinding suitable, alternative employment.
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Sources: Collective Agreement