Common use of Inverse Seniority Clause in Contracts

Inverse Seniority. Upon request of the Local Union, the parties shall enter into an agreement applying the concept of inverse seniority where: (1) the layoff is for a definite time and limited duration, and (2) all employees with less than one year's seniority have been laid off from the affected group referred to below. The Union agrees that any such local agreement shall give full consideration to and shall not impair plant operating efficiencies, including, but not limited to, those inefficiencies which might occur as a consequence of undesirable bumping or replacement of employees. Consistent with this requirement, it is further agreed that employees shall be laid off and recalled under the terms of this inverse seniority layoff procedure by groups (defined by classification and department) to be negotiated by the parties. It is expressly understood that the parties shall not enter into arrangements which permit employees on inverse seniority layoff to return to work to be replaced on layoff by other employees during the period of limited layoff. Nor will an employee who is laid off pursuant to an inverse seniority arrangement be permitted to return to work as a result of exhaustion of, or disqualification from, State Unemployment Compensation Benefits or Company provided Supplemental Unemployment Benefits. Nothing in the foregoing shall preclude the Company from recalling any employee prior to the expiration of the limited layoff period. If the Union President believes that a particular layoff, which does not meet the above criteria, warrants the application of inverse seniority, it may make a request to that effect to the Local Union. The Local Union may take up any such requests which it believes to be meritorious with the Company.

Inverse Seniority. Upon request of the Local Union, the local parties shall enter into an agreement applying the concept of inverse seniority where: (1) the layoff is for a definite time and limited duration, and (2) all probationary employees with less than one year's seniority have been laid off from the affected group referred to below. The Union agrees that any such local agreement shall give full consideration to and shall not impair plant operating efficiencies, including, but not limited to, those inefficiencies which might occur as a consequence of undesirable bumping or replacement of employees. Consistent with this requirement, it is further agreed that employees shall be laid off and recalled under the terms of this inverse seniority layoff procedure by groups (defined by classification and department) to be negotiated by the local parties. It is expressly understood under- stood that the local parties shall not enter into arrangements arrange- ments which permit employees on inverse seniority layoff to return to work to be replaced on layoff by other employees during the period of limited layoff. Nor will an employee who is laid off pursuant to an inverse seniority arrangement be permitted to return to work as a result of exhaustion of, or disqualification from, State Unemployment Unem- ployment Compensation Benefits or Company Company-provided Supplemental Unemployment Benefits. Nothing in the foregoing shall preclude the Company from recalling any employee prior to the expiration of the limited layoff period. If the Union President believes Local Unions which believe that a particular layoff, layoff which does not meet the above criteria, criteria warrants the application of inverse seniority, it seniority may make a request to that effect to the Local UnionNational Ford Department. The Local Union National Ford Department may take up any such requests re- quests which it believes to be meritorious with the CompanyLabor Affairs.