Common use of Classification Seniority Defined Clause in Contracts

Classification Seniority Defined. Classification seniority is the date the employee began working in that classification (job title) on a permanent basis, and includes time served in the classification as a detail immediately preceding (no break in service) the hire on a permanent basis an employee’s classification seniority shall continue to accrue for a permanent position if the employee promotes, transfers, and/or is laid off and recalled, and then returns to the permanent position in question. For the purpose of making distinctions among incumbents in the classification titles of Supervisor I through Supervisor 6, secondary titles shall be used.