Common use of Contracting Out Work Clause in Contracts

Contracting Out Work. The Company will not contract out any work which its employees are capable of performing by virtue of their work in their respective occupational classifications, except in cases of emergency, necessity, peaks of work, or special projects creating a temporary need for substantial additional manpower and/or equipment, or in those instances when the use of contractors will increase efficiency, ensure reliability of service, or reduce costs; and in no event will the Company contract out any work which its employees are then performing if the contracting out of such work would directly result in the layoff of the employees performing such work.