Common use of Fourth Step: Bumping Rights to Another Classification Clause in Contracts

Fourth Step: Bumping Rights to Another Classification. The employee having the least seniority within his/her classification, hours, and work year who is to be laid off, and who has seniority in a different classification, hours, and work year (with an equal or lower maximum salary range) greater than that of an incumbent, shall be placed in a vacancy, if any. If no vacancy exists then the employee shall have the right to displace the incumbent with the least seniority in that classification, hours, and work year.