Common use of Displacements Clause in Contracts

Displacements. (a) An employee can only displace another employee of less seniority in classifications within his/her occupational group list, unless a more senior employee has elected to voluntarily terminate if given the opportunity. Voluntary terminations will be accepted on the basis of seniority. Temporary positions and Agency employees are also displacement opportunities for regular employees in the absence of any regular positions. (b) A regular full time employee may elect, in advance to decline all available regular part time positions. A regular part time employee may elect in advance to decline all available full time regular positions. (c) When an occupational group has more than one classification at the same level, the least senior employee shall be the most junior among all of the classifications at that level. (d) A vacancy within an employee’s OGL is deemed to be the junior equal (see process in 11.11.1 below) or lower, (see process in 11.11.3 below) in all applications of the displacement process. (e) A job share position where both job share partners are junior to the displacing employee will be deemed to be a regular full time opportunity. (f) Seniority rights outside the Location are only exercisable in the Province by employees with seniority of two (2) years or more.