Common use of Bumping Into a Position in the Same Classification Clause in Contracts

Bumping Into a Position in the Same Classification. 21.5.1.1.1 If there is a vacant position with like percentage of employment and like months of employment in the same classification as the position from which the Unit Member is laid off or bumped, the Unit Member will transfer into the vacant position. 21.5.1.1.2 If there is no vacant position in the same classification as provided in section 21.5. 1.1.1, the Unit Member may bump into a position in the same classification, providing that the laid off Unit Member’s seniority in the classification is greater than the seniority of the Unit Member holding employment in the classification.