Common use of Elimination of Positions – Red Circling Clause in Contracts

Elimination of Positions – Red Circling. (a) The Employer shall notify the Union prior to the abolishment of any positions that are within the bargaining unit. For the purposes of this Article, abolishment of a position means when the Employer determines that it will be permanently not filling a position and the position number is retired in the Employer’s position management system. (b) Where an Employee's position is abolished by the Employer and, in accordance with Article 16, the Employer transfers the Employee affected to another position having a lower maximum rate of pay, the Employee shall continue to receive pay at the Employee’s rate of pay in effect at the time their former position was abolished until such time as the maximum rate of pay for the Employee’s new position exceeds their rate of pay in effect at the time their former position was abolished.