Common use of Declaration of Redundancy Clause in Contracts

Declaration of Redundancy. Redundancy occurs when the full-time equivalent number of teachers in the elementary panel exceeds the full-time equivalent number of teaching positions for the next school year, as determined by the application of the staffing provisions (Article 20) of this Agreement. Reductions in staff due to redundancy start at the bottom of the Seniority List with the least senior teacher and proceed up the ranked list, subject to program need as per The President of the Local will be provided with a copy of the list of redundant teachers five (5) days prior to May When redundancy exists, the Employer shall notify, in writing, the whose employment may be terminated because of redundancy by no later than May Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in Teachers whose transfer request has been matched, or teachers who accept a transfer shall, subject to seniority, have their divisional assignment guaranteed for a period of one school year unless a different divisional assignment has been mutually agreed upon, or unless there are extenuating circumstances requiring a reorganization. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, the transfer will be made, and no acceptance is required, if the transfer is a match with the requested as well as the request. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and their proposed transfer matches the requested but does not match the request, the teacher must make a decision about acceptance of the transfer offer within one hour. For teachers who are surplus to a school, the decision to accept or refuse the proposed surplus assignment shall be made within two (2) hours. Trillium Lakelands School Board Collective Agreement Page Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and have refused an offer under shall retain their placement on the list until a vacancy occurs which is a match on both requested and or until the assignment process is completed and it has been determined that the transfer cannot be accommodated. Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in On commencement of the assignment process, an up-to-date list of available teaching positions shall be provided at the end of each school day, by fax and e-mail, where possible, to each elementary workplace. It is understood that, in the event of technical breakdown, the teacher is expected to contact a neighbouring school, the office, or the Human Resources Administrator for a copy of the current list. The Employer shall establish and maintain a recall list of all teachers declared redundant. Teachers who have been laid off due to redundancy shall be recalled to staff vacancies based on seniority and program need, as defined in subject to qualifications. While a teacher is on the recall list, sick leave credits shall be retained but shall not accumulate. Teachers who are eligible for recall shall file with the Employer their most recent address and telephone number, with a copy to the President of the Local. Teachers shall be responsible for advising the Employer and the President of the Local if they will be unavailable for recall for a specified period of time (not to exceed (3) months). When a position becomes available, the Employer shall endeavour to contact the teacher being recalled by telephone and by courier or registered mail. Inability to reach the teacher within four (4) work days, or a refusal to accept the position within that time-frame, shall enable the Employer to contact the next person on the list. A teacher on the recall list shall retain such status for a maximum period of three (3) years, subject to A teacher who refuses recall to a position, for which the teacher is qualified or for which the teacher has expressed a preference (see on more than two (2) occasions, shall be removed from the recall list and will not be offered any further employment opportunitiesprovided that:

Declaration of Redundancy. Redundancy occurs when the full-time equivalent number of teachers in the elementary panel exceeds the full-time equivalent number of teaching positions for the next school year, as Where it is determined by the application Board that there may be a surplus of Teachers in the staffing provisions (Article 20Elementary schools who cannot be placed in the school system, the following steps will be taken: a) After consultation with the Unit, the Director of this Agreement. Reductions in staff due to redundancy start at the bottom of the Seniority List with Education or Designate will identify the least senior teacher Teachers in the Unit. Thereafter, the Director of Education or Designate shall send a notice to the Unit President and proceed up the ranked list, subject to program need as per The President Teachers who may be redundant within seven (7) working days of determining that the Local redundancy may occur. b) Redundancy will be considered to be just cause for the termination of a Teacher's employment as provided with a copy of the list of redundant teachers five for under this Collective Agreement and such termination will not be considered disciplinary. c) Subject to paragraph (5f) days below and prior to May When redundancy existsany new hires, the Employer shall notify, in writing, the whose employment may be terminated because of redundancy by no later than May Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in Teachers whose transfer request has been matched, or teachers who accept a transfer shall, subject to seniority, have their divisional assignment guaranteed for a period of one school year unless a different divisional assignment has been mutually agreed upon, or unless there are extenuating circumstances requiring a reorganization. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, the transfer will be made, and no acceptance is required, if the transfer is a match with the requested as well as the request. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and their proposed transfer matches the requested but does not match the request, the teacher must make a decision about acceptance of the transfer offer within one hour. For teachers who are surplus to a school, the decision to accept or refuse the proposed surplus assignment shall be made within two (2) hours. Trillium Lakelands School Board Collective Agreement Page Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and have refused an offer under shall retain their placement on the list until a vacancy occurs which is a match on both requested and or until the assignment process is completed and it has been determined that the transfer cannot be accommodated. Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in On commencement of the assignment process, an up-to-date list of available teaching positions shall be provided at the end of each school day, by fax and e-mail, where possible, to each elementary workplace. It is understood that, in the event of technical breakdown, the teacher is expected to contact a neighbouring school, the office, or the Human Resources Administrator for a copy of the current list. The Employer shall establish and maintain a recall list of all teachers declared redundant. Teachers who have been laid off due pursuant to redundancy this Article shall be recalled to staff vacancies based on seniority and program need, as defined in subject to qualifications. While a teacher is on the recall list, sick leave credits shall be retained but shall not accumulate. Teachers who are eligible for recall shall file available teaching positions with the Employer their most recent address and telephone numberBoard in reverse order of lay-off provided that they possess the qualifications required by the Ministry of Education to teach the division, with a copy to subject(s) and/or programs for the President available position(s). d) A Teacher must exercise his or her right of recall within five (5) calendar days of being notified about the Local. Teachers shall be responsible for advising the Employer and the President of the Local if they will be unavailable for recall for a specified period of time (not to exceed (3) months). When a position becomes available, the Employer shall endeavour to contact the teacher being recalled by telephone and by courier or registered mail. Inability to reach the teacher within four (4) work days, or a refusal to accept the position within that time-frame, shall enable the Employer to contact the next person on the listavailable position. A teacher on the Teacher may refuse to exercise his or her right of recall list shall retain such status for a maximum period of three (3) years, subject to A teacher who refuses recall to a position, for which the teacher is qualified or for which the teacher has expressed a preference (see on more than two (2) occasionstimes only. In the event that a Teacher does not exercise his or her recall rights a third time, the Board has no further recall obligations to that Teacher. It is understood that acceptance to a recall position that is less than full time will not count as one of the two (2) refusals referred to above. e) If a Teacher accepts a part-time position because a full-time position is not available, that Teacher shall be removed offered the first full-time position that becomes available for which the Teacher is qualified. f) A Teacher who is declared redundant shall be placed on the Occasional Teachers’ List and given priority placement. g) Teachers shall be withdrawn from the recall list should they accept a teaching contract with another employer. h) Teachers who have not been recalled to employment with the Board in accordance with paragraph (d) above within two (2) years of their release shall lose all rights to recall. i) Prior to any external hires and provided that there are no redundant Elementary Teachers covered by this Collective Agreement remaining to be recalled, the Board will not be offered offer any further employment opportunitiesprovided that:vacant Elementary teaching positions to any qualified Secondary Teachers who have been declared redundant and are awaiting recall. In order to support cross panel placements, the Board and the Unit agree to a one year mentorship program.

Declaration of Redundancy. Redundancy occurs when In the full-time equivalent event that a Teacher who has been declared surplus at the School Level cannot be placed within the County, the with the least County Seniority will be declared redundant to the County by the Superintendent of Human Resource Services, on or before the first Monday in April, in order to accommodate the placement of the aforementioned surplus Teacher. Consultants, Teachers of French Second Language, English Second Language, Special Education and Library required to fulfill program needs are excluded from this process. In order to provide a suitable assignment for a Teacher, it may be necessary, initially, to bypass Teachers on the seniority list with fractional assignments. The Teacher displaced by the above process may be assigned any of the fractional positions occupied by individuals with lesser seniority providing the Teacher is qualified for the If necessary, this sequence of events will continue until the least senior Teacher, not required for program needs, is declared redundant to the County by the appropriate Superintendent of Education or designate. Those Teachers who are declared redundant to the County by the Superintendent of Human Resource Services or designate shall receive notification prior to it being made public to the Board. On or before the first Monday in April, the Board shall issue a notice in writing to the Union as to whether the total number of teachers in the elementary panel Teachers employed exceeds the full-time equivalent total number of teaching positions Teachers required for the next ensuing school year, year as determined by the application staffing levels agreed upon by the Parties as set out in Article Those Teachers who are declared redundant to the County by the Superintendent of Human Resource Services or designate shall receive notification stating the effective date and the reasons therefore. Such notice shall be hand-delivered to every Teacher working in the school on the date of declaration (mailed to Teachers absent or not currently working with the Board) at least one school day in advance of the staffing provisions (Article 20) of this Agreement. Reductions in staff due to redundancy start at the bottom posting of the Seniority List with the least senior teacher and proceed up the ranked list, subject to program need as per The President of the Local . An attempt will be provided made to notify by telephone a Teacher absent on a short-term basis that the notice is available or being mailed. The Board will provide the Union with a copy of the list of redundant teachers five (5) days prior to May When redundancy exists, the Employer shall notify, in writing, the whose employment may be terminated because any notices of redundancy by no later than May Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according issued to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in Teachers whose transfer request has been matched, or teachers who accept a transfer shall, subject to seniority, have their divisional assignment guaranteed for a period of one school year unless a different divisional assignment has been mutually agreed upon, or unless there are extenuating circumstances requiring a reorganization. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, the transfer will be made, and no acceptance is required, if the transfer is a match with the requested as well as the request. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and their proposed transfer matches the requested but does not match the request, the teacher must make a decision about acceptance of the transfer offer within one hour. For teachers who are surplus to a school, the decision to accept or refuse the proposed surplus assignment shall be made within two (2) hours. Trillium Lakelands School Board Collective Agreement Page Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and have refused an offer under shall retain their placement on the list until a vacancy occurs which is a match on both requested and or until the assignment process is completed and it has been determined that the transfer cannot be accommodated. Surplus teachers who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in On commencement of the assignment process, an up-to-date list of available teaching positions shall be provided at the end of each school day, by fax and e-mail, where possible, to each elementary workplace. It is understood that, in the event of technical breakdown, the teacher is expected to contact a neighbouring school, the office, or the Human Resources Administrator for a copy of the current list. The Employer shall establish and maintain a recall list of all teachers declared redundant. Teachers who have been laid off due to redundancy shall be recalled to staff vacancies based on seniority and program need, as defined in subject to qualifications. While a teacher is on the recall list, sick leave credits shall be retained but shall not accumulate. Teachers who are eligible for recall shall file with the Employer their most recent address and telephone number, with a copy to the President of the Local. Teachers shall be responsible for advising the Employer and the President of the Local if they will be unavailable for recall for a specified period of time (not to exceed (3) months). When a position becomes available, the Employer shall endeavour to contact the teacher being recalled by telephone and by courier or registered mail. Inability to reach the teacher within four (4) work days, or a refusal to accept the position within that time-frame, shall enable the Employer to contact the next person on the list. A teacher on the recall list shall retain such status for a maximum period of three (3) years, subject to A teacher who refuses recall to a position, for which the teacher is qualified or for which the teacher has expressed a preference (see on more than two (2) occasions, shall be removed from the recall list and will not be offered any further employment opportunitiesprovided that:Teachers.

Declaration of Redundancy. Redundancy occurs when Where it is determined by the full-time equivalent number Board that there may be a surplus of teachers in the elementary panel exceeds schools who cannot be placed in the full-time equivalent number school system, the following steps will be taken: a) The Director of Education, having identified the lowest ranking teachers in the unit, shall send a notice to the OECTA Unit President and the teachers who may be redundant within seven (7) working days of determining that the redundancy may occur. b) Elementary teachers on probation shall be the first to be declared redundant using the "Order of Criteria for Determining Redundant Teachers". c) If the Board still experiences a surplus of teachers in the elementary schools, permanent teachers shall be declared redundant using the "Order of Criteria for Determining Redundant Teachers" set out below. d) Redundancy will be considered to be just cause for the termination of a teacher's employment as provided for under this collective agreement and such termination will not be considered disciplinary. e) Subject to paragraph (f) below and prior to any new hires, teachers who have been laid off pursuant to this article shall be recalled to available teaching positions with the Board in reverse order of lay- off provided that they possess the qualifications required by the Ministry of Education to teach the division, subject(s) and/or programmes for the next school year, as determined by the application available position(s). f) A teacher must exercise his or her right of the staffing provisions (Article 20) of this Agreement. Reductions in staff due to redundancy start at the bottom of the Seniority List with the least senior teacher and proceed up the ranked list, subject to program need as per The President of the Local will be provided with a copy of the list of redundant teachers recall within five (5) calendar days prior of being notified about the available position. A Teacher may refuse to May When redundancy existsexercise his or her right of recall one time only. In the event that a teacher does not exercise his or her recall rights a second time, the Employer Board has no further recall obligations to that teacher. g) If a teacher accepts a part-time position because a full-time position is not available, that teacher shall notify, in writing, be offered the whose employment may be terminated because of redundancy by no later than May Surplus teachers first full-time position that becomes available for which the teacher is qualified. h) A teacher who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions is declared redundant shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on Occasional Teachers List. i) Teachers shall be withdrawn from the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in Teachers whose transfer request has been matched, or teachers who should they accept a transfer shall, subject to seniority, have their divisional assignment guaranteed for a period of one school year unless a different divisional assignment has been mutually agreed upon, or unless there are extenuating circumstances requiring a reorganization. For teachers teaching contract with another employer. j) Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, the transfer will be made, and no acceptance is required, if the transfer is a match not been recalled to employment with the requested as well as the request. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and their proposed transfer matches the requested but does not match the request, the teacher must make a decision about acceptance of the transfer offer within one hour. For teachers who are surplus to a school, the decision to accept or refuse the proposed surplus assignment shall be made Board in accordance with paragraph (e) above within two (2) hours. Trillium Lakelands School Board Collective Agreement Page Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and have refused an offer under years of their release shall retain their placement on the list until a vacancy occurs which is a match on both requested and or until the assignment process is completed and it has been determined that the transfer cannot be accommodated. Surplus teachers who have refused lose all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according rights to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in On commencement of the assignment process, an up-to-date list of available teaching positions shall be provided at the end of each school day, by fax and e-mail, where possible, to each elementary workplace. It is understood that, in the event of technical breakdown, the teacher is expected to contact a neighbouring school, the office, or the Human Resources Administrator for a copy of the current list. The Employer shall establish and maintain a recall list of all teachers declared redundant. Teachers who have been laid off due to redundancy shall be recalled to staff vacancies based on seniority and program need, as defined in subject to qualifications. While a teacher is on the recall list, sick leave credits shall be retained but shall not accumulate. Teachers who are eligible for recall shall file with the Employer their most recent address and telephone number, with a copy to the President of the Local. Teachers shall be responsible for advising the Employer and the President of the Local if they will be unavailable for recall for a specified period of time (not to exceed (3) months). When a position becomes available, the Employer shall endeavour to contact the teacher being recalled by telephone and by courier or registered mail. Inability to reach the teacher within four (4) work days, or a refusal to accept the position within that time-frame, shall enable the Employer to contact the next person on the list. A teacher on the recall list shall retain such status for a maximum period of three (3) years, subject to A teacher who refuses recall to a position, for which the teacher is qualified or for which the teacher has expressed a preference (see on more than two (2) occasions, shall be removed from the recall list and will not be offered any further employment opportunitiesprovided that:recall.

Declaration of Redundancy. Redundancy occurs when Where it is determined by the full-time equivalent number Board that there may be a surplus of teachers in the elementary panel exceeds schools who cannot be placed in the full-time equivalent number school system, the following steps will be taken: a) The Director of Education, having identified the lowest ranking teachers in the unit, shall send a notice to the OECTA Unit President and the teachers who may be redundant within seven (7) working days of determining that the redundancy may occur. b) Secondary teachers on probation shall be the first to be declared redundant using the "Order of Criteria for Determining Redundant Teachers". c) If the Board still experiences a surplus of teachers in the secondary schools, permanent teachers shall be declared redundant using the "Order of Criteria for Determining Redundant Teachers" set out below. d) Redundancy will be considered to be just cause for the termination of a teacher's employment as provided for under this collective agreement and such termination will not be considered disciplinary. e) Subject to paragraph (f) below and prior to any new hires, teachers who have been laid off pursuant to this article shall be recalled to available teaching positions with the Board in reverse order of lay- off provided that they possess the qualifications required by the Ministry of Education to teach the division, subject(s) and/or programmes for the next school year, as determined by the application available position(s). f) A teacher must exercise his or her right of the staffing provisions (Article 20) of this Agreement. Reductions in staff due to redundancy start at the bottom of the Seniority List with the least senior teacher and proceed up the ranked list, subject to program need as per The President of the Local will be provided with a copy of the list of redundant teachers recall within five (5) calendar days prior of being notified about the available position. A Teacher may refuse to May When redundancy existsexercise his or her right of recall one time only. In the event that a teacher does not exercise his or her recall rights a second time, the Employer Board has no further recall obligations to that teacher. g) If a teacher accepts a part-time position because a full-time position is not available, that teacher shall notify, in writing, be offered the whose employment may be terminated because of redundancy by no later than May Surplus teachers first full-time position that becomes available for which the teacher is qualified. h) A teacher who have refused all assignments from the list of available teaching positions is declared redundant shall be placed on the redundancy list according to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on Occasional Teachers List. i) Teachers shall be withdrawn from the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in Teachers whose transfer request has been matched, or teachers who should they accept a transfer shall, subject to seniority, have their divisional assignment guaranteed for a period of one school year unless a different divisional assignment has been mutually agreed upon, or unless there are extenuating circumstances requiring a reorganization. For teachers teaching contract with another employer. j) Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, the transfer will be made, and no acceptance is required, if the transfer is a match not been recalled to employment with the requested as well as the request. For teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and their proposed transfer matches the requested but does not match the request, the teacher must make a decision about acceptance of the transfer offer within one hour. For teachers who are surplus to a school, the decision to accept or refuse the proposed surplus assignment shall be made Board in accordance with paragraph (e) above within two (2) hours. Trillium Lakelands School Board Collective Agreement Page Teachers who have requested a voluntary transfer, and have refused an offer under years of their release shall retain their placement on the list until a vacancy occurs which is a match on both requested and or until the assignment process is completed and it has been determined that the transfer cannot be accommodated. Surplus teachers who have refused lose all assignments from the list of available teaching positions shall be placed on the redundancy list according rights to seniority. It is understood that a surplus teacher who has not accepted a position as per and is placed on the recall list has waived their right to notification of redundancy as specified in On commencement of the assignment process, an up-to-date list of available teaching positions shall be provided at the end of each school day, by fax and e-mail, where possible, to each elementary workplace. It is understood that, in the event of technical breakdown, the teacher is expected to contact a neighbouring school, the office, or the Human Resources Administrator for a copy of the current list. The Employer shall establish and maintain a recall list of all teachers declared redundant. Teachers who have been laid off due to redundancy shall be recalled to staff vacancies based on seniority and program need, as defined in subject to qualifications. While a teacher is on the recall list, sick leave credits shall be retained but shall not accumulate. Teachers who are eligible for recall shall file with the Employer their most recent address and telephone number, with a copy to the President of the Local. Teachers shall be responsible for advising the Employer and the President of the Local if they will be unavailable for recall for a specified period of time (not to exceed (3) months). When a position becomes available, the Employer shall endeavour to contact the teacher being recalled by telephone and by courier or registered mail. Inability to reach the teacher within four (4) work days, or a refusal to accept the position within that time-frame, shall enable the Employer to contact the next person on the list. A teacher on the recall list shall retain such status for a maximum period of three (3) years, subject to A teacher who refuses recall to a position, for which the teacher is qualified or for which the teacher has expressed a preference (see on more than two (2) occasions, shall be removed from the recall list and will not be offered any further employment opportunitiesprovided that:recall.