Common use of Notification of Anticipated RIF Clause in Contracts

Notification of Anticipated RIF. 1. If the Employer determines a RIF may occur, the employer shall notify the Union, in writing, not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to Board action to suspend the contract. The notification shall include the reason(s) for the RIF; the position(s) to be reduced, eliminated, or not filled; the date of Employer action to suspend the contract and the effective date of the RIF. 2. At the written request of either party, within five (5) calendar days of receipt of the notification, representatives of the Employer and the Union shall meet to review the proposed RIF. At which time the Employer shall provide the Union with a copy of the names of employees to be affected. 3. During the implementation of RIF, no reassignment, transfer, or reclassification shall occur that will cause a more senior employee to be laid off before a less senior employee. 4. An employee to be laid off due to RIF shall be notified within ten (10) calendar days after notification in D-1 of the RIF. The Union shall be sent a copy of said notification at the same time. The notice shall state the reason for RIF, the effective date of contract suspension, and the date of the employer's action to implement the RIF.