Common use of Employee Layoffs Clause in Contracts

Employee Layoffs. (a) When it becomes necessary to lay off employees due to lack of work or funds, temporary employees, and probationary employees shall be the first to be laid off provided there are employees with seniority who are available and can satisfactorily perform the available work with a break-in period but without training. Thereafter, the employees in the affected job classification at the work location or building affected with the least job classification seniority shall be the ones laid off provided senior employees in the job classification are available and can satisfactorily perform the required work of such laid off employees with a break-in period but without a training period. In the event there are no employees with more job classification seniority who ,are available and can satisfactorily perform the available work of those scheduled for layoff, then the junior employee or employees in such job classification shall be retained, and the next least junior employee or employees shall be laid off. (b) No bargaining unit member shall be given less than seven (7) calendar days’ notice prior to the effective date of the layoff unless it is a temporary situation (i.e., does not exceed five (5) working days). Within two (2) working days after receipt of notice of layoff, an employee may exercise his/her unit seniority to replace a less senior employee within a different job classification or in the same job classification if the laid-off employee has greater job classification seniority, provided the senior employee can satisfactorily perform the available work with a break-in period but without training. Employees thus displaced from a job classification shall be entitled to exercise the same right. (c) The Chapter Chairperson shall receive a list of the names of the employees being laid off within two (2) working days after notice of layoff is given to the employees.

Employee Layoffs. ‌ (a) When it becomes necessary to lay off layoff employees due to lack of work or funds, temporary employees, probationary employees and probationary part-time employees shall be the first to be laid off provided there are employees with seniority who are available and can satisfactorily perform the available work with a break-in period but without training. Thereafter, the employees in the affected job classification at the work location or building affected with the least job classification seniority shall be the ones laid off off, provided senior employees in the job classification are available and can satisfactorily perform the required work of such laid off employees with a break-in period but without a training period. In the event there are no employees with more job classification seniority who ,are available and can satisfactorily perform the available work of those scheduled for layoff, then the junior employee or employees in such job classification shall be retained, and the next least junior employee or employees shall be laid off. (b) No bargaining unit member shall be given less than seven (7) calendar days’ notice prior to the effective date of the layoff unless it is a temporary situation (i.e., does not exceed five (5) working days). Within two (2) working days after receipt of notice of layoff, an layoffan employee may exercise his/her unit seniority to replace a less senior employee within a different job classification or in the same job classification if the laid-off employee has greater job classification seniority, their units provided the senior employee can satisfactorily perform the available work with a break-in period but without training. Employees thus displaced from a job classification shall be entitled to exercise the same right. (c) The Chapter Chairperson shall receive a list of the names of the employees being laid off within two (2) working days after notice of layoff is given to the employees.