WORKFORCE REDUCTION SECTION 1 Layoffs
(A) When employees are to be laid off, the state shall implement such layoff in the following manner:
(1) The competitive area within which layoffs will be affected shall be defined as statewide within the DHSMV.
(2) Layoff shall be by occupational level within the Florida Highway Patrol bargaining unit.
(3) An employee who has not attained permanent status in his current position may be laid off without applying the provision for retention rights.
(4) No employee with permanent status in his current position shall be laid off while an employee who does not hold permanent status in his current position is serving in that broadband level unless the permanent employee does not elect to exercise his retention rights or does not meet the selective competition criteria.
(5) All employees who have permanent status in their current position shall be ranked on a layoff list based on the total retention points derived as follows:
(a) Length of service retention points shall be based on one point for each month of continuous service in a Career Service position.
1. An employee who resigns from one Career Service position to accept employment in another Career Service position is not considered to have a break in service.
2. An employee who has been laid off and is reemployed within one year from the date of the layoff, shall not be considered to have a break in service.
3. Moving from Career Service to Selected Exempt Service or Senior Management Service and back to Career Service does not constitute a break in service unless the employee’s break in service is more than 31 calendar days. Only time spent in the Career Service can be counted in calculating retention points.
(b) Retention points deducted for performance not meeting performance standards or work expectations defined for the position shall be based on the five years immediately prior to the DHSMV’s established cutoff date. Five points shall be deducted for each month an employee has a rating below performance expectations.
(6) The layoff list shall be prepared by totaling retention points. Employees eligible for veterans’ preference pursuant to section 295.07(1)(a) or (b), F.S., shall have fifteen percent added to their total retention points, those eligible pursuant to section 295.07(1)(c), (d), or (e), F.S., shall have ten percent added to their total retention points, and those eligible pursuant to section 295.071(1)(f), or (g), F.S., shall have five percent added to their total retention points.
(7) The employee with the highest total retention points is placed at the top of the list, and the employee with the lowest retention points is placed at the bottom of the list.
(8) The employee at the top of the list shall bump the employee at the bottom of the list. The next highest employee on the list and the remaining employees shall be handled in the same manner until the total number of filled positions in the broadband level to be abolished is complete.
(9) Should two or more employees have the same combined total of retention points, the order of layoff shall be determined by giving preference for retention in the following sequence:
(a) The employee with the longest service in the affected broadband level.
(b) The employee with the longest continuous service in the Career Service.
(c) The employee who is entitled to veterans’ preference pursuant to section 295.07(1), F.S.
(10) An employee who has permanent status in his current position and is to be laid off shall be given at least 14 calendar days’ notice of such layoff or two weeks’ pay or a combination of days of notice and pay. Any payment will be made at the employee’s current hourly base rate of pay. The notice of layoff shall be in writing and sent to the employee by certified mail, return receipt requested. Within seven calendar days after receiving the notice of layoff, the employee shall have the right to request, in writing, a reassignment, lateral action, or demotion within the competitive area in lieu of layoff to a position in a broadband level within the bargaining unit in which the employee held permanent status, or to a position at the level of or below the current level in the bargaining unit, in which the employee held permanent status. Such request must be in writing and reassignment or demotion cannot be effected to a higher broadband level.
(11) An employee’s request for reassignment, lateral action, or demotion shall be granted unless it would cause the layoff of another employee who possesses a greater total of retention points.
(12) An employee adversely affected as a result of another employee having a greater number of retention points shall have the same right of reassignment, lateral action, or demotion under the procedure as provided in this section.
(13) If an employee requests a reassignment, lateral action, or demotion in lieu of layoff, the same formula and criteria for establishing retention points shall be used as prescribed in this section.
(B) If there is to be a layoff of employees the state shall take all reasonable steps to place any adversely affected employees in existing vacancies for which they are qualified.
(C) If work performed by employees in this unit is to be performed by non-state employees, the state agrees to encourage the employing entity to consider any adversely affected unit employees for employment in its organization if the state has been unable to place the employees in other positions within the Career Service System.
Royalty Reductions (a) In the event that, during the Royalty Term for a Licensed Product and a country, (i) at the time of the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country there is no Valid Claim that is infringed by the sale of such Licensed Product in such country for so long as there is no such Valid Claim, or (ii) if any such Valid Claim did exist as of such First Commercial Sale or thereafter but such Valid Claim has expired or otherwise no longer meets the definition of Valid Claim, then for any royalty payments made during the period when the condition set forth in (i) or (ii) exists with respect to such Licensed Product and such country, the royalties payable with respect to Net Sales of such Licensed Product sold by Jazz, its Affiliates and its Sublicensees in such country shall be reduced by [***] of the royalties otherwise owed to Codiak pursuant to this Section 8.10. In addition, if in any country in the Territory during the Royalty Term for a Licensed Product for such country, a Biosimilar/Generic Product is sold in such country and, according to a reasonable information source or reasonable proxy mutually agreed by the Parties, the units sold of all Biosimilar/Generic Products, collectively, exceed [***] or more of the unit sales of such Licensed Product in such country, then thereafter, the royalties payable with respect to Net Sales of such Licensed Product sold by Jazz, its Affiliates and its Sublicensees in such country shall be reduced by [***] of the royalties otherwise owed to Codiak pursuant to this Section 8.10. The reductions provided for by this Section 8.10.2(a) shall be calculated using the methodology outlined in Exhibit D.
(b) Codiak will be responsible for all payment obligations owing to Third Parties under licenses to which Codiak or any of its Affiliates is a party as of the Effective Date or thereafter as set forth in Section 3.3. Other than any licenses or similar rights obtained by Jazz from a Third Party as contemplated in Section 3.3.5(b), if (i) the Exploitation of Licensed Compounds or Licensed Products as contemplated hereunder, including, for clarity, the use of any Agreed Included Codiak Platform Addition in connection with such Exploitation, would infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property that is owned or Controlled by a Third Party, and (ii) Jazz decides to obtain a license or other similar rights from such Third Party in order to avoid such infringement or misappropriation, then [***] of any payments made to such Third Party in connection with obtaining and maintaining such licenses may be deducted from the royalties otherwise payable by Jazz to Codiak hereunder; provided that in no event shall the aggregate royalties payable by Jazz to Codiak for any Calendar Quarter be reduced as a result of such deduction by more than [***] of the royalty that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.10.1, as such royalty amount is determined prior to the application of any reductions provided in this Section 8.10.2. If Jazz is unable to deduct the full amount of the payments to Third Parties contemplated by this Section 8.10.2(b) for a Calendar Quarter, Jazz will be entitled to carry forward such amounts and deduct them in future Calendar Quarters until such time as Jazz has been able to fully deduct such amounts from the royalties payable under Section 8.10.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of payments due to a Third Party on sales in the Shared Territory for a Licensed Product for which Codiak exercised its Development and Commercialization Option, no deduction under this Section 8.10.2(b) shall be permitted but Jazz may include such payments in Allowable Expenses.
REDUCTION IN WORK FORCE 13:01 When circumstances require a reduction in the number of employees within a classification, the following procedure shall apply:
(i) An employee with the most seniority of those affected by the reduction in the classification shall displace the most junior employee in another classification within the same Seniority List, provided his seniority so allows and he can continue to perform the work required.
(ii) If the reduction results in the classification changing from Continuous Shift to a non-Continuous Shift, then senior employees being retained in the classification may, in order of seniority, be allowed to exercise any "bump" that the junior employee(s) could have exercised under 13:01 (a) (i) or 13:01 (d), provided the senior employee is capable of continuing to perform the work required.
(b) An employee so displaced shall in turn displace the most junior employee in another classification within the same Seniority List, provided his seniority so allows and he can continue to perform the work required.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) above, an employee displaced from a day job ("E" shift) through the provisions of this Article, shall have the following options: To displace the most junior employee on any Seniority List on a day job ("E" shift) not requiring training (*) provided his seniority so allows. OR To displace the most junior employee in any classification on any Seniority List (Maintenance skilled classifications excepted), provided his seniority so allows and he can continue to perform the work required.
(d) An employee displaced from a Departmental Seniority List, having previously exhausted all possible options within his own Seniority List as detailed in (a) and (b) of this section, shall be entitled to displace the most junior employee in any classification on any Seniority List (Maintenance skilled classifications excepted), provided his seniority so allows and he can continue to perform the work required. If more than one shift schedule is in effect in the classification, said employee may select his schedule provided his seniority so allows.
(i) An employee displaced from a Departmental Seniority List, having previously exhausted all possible options as detailed in (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section shall be entitled to displace the most junior employee in any of the Seniority Lists (Maintenance skilled classifications excepted) provided his seniority so allows and he has the physical fitness to perform the work required and shall be trained to perform such work.
(ii) An employee displaced from a Departmental Seniority List, having previously exhausted all possible options as detailed in (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e)(i), who cannot perform the work required due to physical restrictions as confirmed by his Doctor, verified by the Company Doctor and where applicable verified by the WSIB will be allowed to displace the most junior employee of all those classifications on a comparable shift, provided his seniority so allows, and he can perform the work required as medically cleared by his Doctor, verified by the Company Doctor and where applicable verified by the WSIB. Training will be provided. If placement on a comparable shift is not applicable, then the restricted employee will be allowed to displace the most junior employee in the plant, seniority allowing in a classification in which he can perform the work required as medically cleared by his Doctor, verified by the Company Doctor and where applicable verified by the WSIB. Training will be provided.
(iii) If the restricted employee cannot be placed through the application of this section, then he shall be placed on the Inactive Seniority List (provided he is not receiving wages from other employment or refuses rehabilitative training as offered by the (Workplace Safety & Insurance Board) and the Company shall advise him of any future openings which he could perform.
(iv) An employee who cannot be assigned to another job through the application of 13.01(e) and who is ineligible for the Inactive Seniority List, may be placed on layoff.
(f) An employee entering another Department through the provisions of this Article, shall have his seniority transferred as of the date of the transfer.
(g) An employee displaced from his Department through the application of this Article, shall not transfer to another Department under the provisions of Article XII- Transfers and Promotions while a more senior non-restricted employee is on lay-off.
13:02 In the event a reduction of work results in a layoff, probationary employees shall be the first to be laid off.
13:03 Employees laid off shall for the purpose of recall, be provided with a form by the Human Resources Department on which they shall indicate the jobs they can reasonably perform. Employees who have indicated the jobs they can reasonably perform, on a form provided by the Human Resources Department, shall under certain circumstances be allowed to place themselves on lay-off.
13:04 In the event of lay-off for reasons other than those listed in Article XIX of the Agreement section 19:01 (a), (b), (c), and (d), the Company shall give at least seven (7) calendar days notice to the employees affected.
13:05 Whenever two (2) job classifications are combined into a single new classification, any employee who has been classified in either job during the previous five (5) years shall be allowed to displace a more junior employee in the new classification if he is affected by a reduction in the work force.
13:06 On occasions that scheduled maintenance of electrical equipment necessitates a power outage, employees affected shall be laid off for a period not in excess of one-half of their regular shift and shall not be eligible to displace other employees under the provisions of this Article.
13:07 In the event of a total plant closure, the Company agrees to pay a severance payment for all employees (except those on the Inactive Seniority List) at the rate of one (1) weeks regular pay per year of service to a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks of pay. Employees with more than twenty-six (26) years of service shall receive an additional one-half (1/2) weeks pay for each year of service beyond twenty-six (26) (partial years of service will be included in the calculation of total severance pay). The Company will provide three (3) months notice to Union in the event of total plant closure.
Staff Reduction 15.01 Both parties recognize that job security should increase in proportion to length of service. Teachers shall be laid-off in reverse order of seniority in accordance with the following priority:
a. Firstly, term contract teachers;
b. Secondly, probationary contract teachers, in reverse order of seniority;
c. Permanent contract teachers, in reverse order of seniority; Provided the retained more senior teacher has, in the judgement of the Board, the appropriate qualifications and experience for the work to be assigned.
15.02 When it is necessary to invoke staff reduction, the Board shall first give priority, to the extent it considers practical, to natural attrition, including encouragement of full year unpaid leaves of absence.
a. Staff reductions shall not be invoked to release teachers liable to dismissal for cause.
b. Teachers directly affected by staff reduction policy shall be informed by the Board as soon as a final decision is made.
c. The Board shall provide an appropriate letter of reference for any laid-off teacher whose contract is not renewed because of staff reduction.
d. The Board shall maintain a Re-employment List of all laid-off teachers formerly employed in the system who remain unemployed because of staff reduction. It shall be the duty of the teacher to advise the Board of all changes in address. Failure to do so shall constitute a waiver on the part of the teacher for the opportunity to be recalled, during the time the address is inaccurate.
e. A teacher on the Re-employment List shall notify the Board on or before February 1st that she/he wishes to remain on said List. Upon failure to do so, the name of such teacher shall be automatically removed from the List.
f. Upon the Board being satisfied that a teacher on the Re- employment List is employed as a teacher on a full year contract with another school board in a vacant position, the name of such teacher shall be automatically removed from the List.
PERSONNEL REDUCTION Section 1 In the event of layoffs in connection with decreasing the work force, and the recall to work of people so laid off, the following consideration shall govern. Skill and ability as determined by reference to the employee's work record, and length of service shall be the determining factors; however, employees shall be laid off by category of seniority. There shall be three (3) seniority categories: probationary, 1 yearto 5 years seniority, and over 5 years seniority. In case of layoff, all employees in the lowest seniority category shall be laid off before proceeding to layoff of anyone in a more senior category. Where skill and ability within a category are approximately equal, length of service shall govern. Employees having the same seniority within a category shall draw lots to determine the order of layoff. No new employees shall be hired until all laid off employees have been given the opportunity to be re-hired. Employees who have been laid off will be offered re-employment in the inverse order of layoffs when they are needed again, provided they are physically qualified and possess sufficient training and experience to perform the duties of the available work. The City shall give laid off employees ten (10) days notice of its intention to rehire. The employees shall within ten (10) days period notify the City of their intention to, or not to, return to the employ of the City, and shall report to work no later than fifteen (15) days from receipt of said notice to rehire. If an employee fails to notify the City within the ten (10) calendar day period of his/her intentions to return to work, or fails to report to work within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of notice, he/she shall be considered permanently severed from the employ of the City. At the time of a layoff the City shall provide all laid off employees with a complete physical examination. At the time of rehire, the City may require a physical examination prior to the employee's return to duty, and it is expressly understood that any employee found physically unfit to return to duty may be refused re-employment and removed from the employment list. The City shall not be obligated to rehire laid off employees who have been laid off for five (5) or more consecutive calendar years, beginning from the date of layoff.
Section 2 Employees laid off under provisions of this ARTICLE, who at the time of layoff had existing and established work-connected injuries, may not be denied re-employment during the five (5) year call-back period because of these work-connected injuries as existing and established prior to the layoff.
Section 3 Nothing in this ARTICLE shall limit the ability of the City to provide for a compliment of officers and departmental personnel deemed in the judgment of the Chief necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the Department and as provided for within the Departmental budget. Collective Bargaining Agreement Dover Professional Firefighters Association FY12-FY14