Common use of Order of Layoffs Clause in Contracts

Order of Layoffs. A. Within departments/programs in which layoffs take place, temporary employees whose job duties and functions are, in the judgment of the supervisor, interchangeable shall be terminated before any bargaining unit members are laid off. A temporary employee, for this purpose, shall be defined as an employee who has been employed for less than one (1) year and who is filling the position of a bargaining unit member on an authorized leave. B. If the funding source for a grant or contract cuts back funding or funding within a grant or contract is otherwise reduced and the Employer/University Administration decides that layoffs are necessary to reduce in number positions whose essential job duties and functions are, in the judgment of the supervisor, interchangeable, seniority shall prevail in determining the bargaining unit member or members who shall remain.