Common use of Principle of Seniority Clause in Contracts

Principle of Seniority. Except as described in Sections 4.01 and 3.02, all applications of seniority as described in this Agreement shall be on the basis of bargaining unit seniority among Scientists within each Laboratory department in each facility. Department designations within each facility are listed in Appendix E. a) Seniority shall be applied in the following order: 1. All Regular employees in department. 2. All eligible Short-Hour employees in department. 3. All Regular employees in facility. 4. All eligible Short-Hour employees in facility. 5. All Regular employees in bargaining unit. 6. All eligible Short-Hour employees in bargaining unit. 7. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in department. 8. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in facility. 9. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in bargaining unit. 10. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in department. 11. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in facility. 12. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in bargaining unit. b) Casual and Temporary employees and also Short-Hour employees with less than three hundred (300) hours of scheduled work to their credit shall have seniority rights among themselves dependent upon the total number of hours worked following March 1, 1976. Short-Hour employees on the payroll as of March 1, 1976 shall be automatically considered eligible Short-Hour employees. When choosing among Casual employees for casual work, the Employer will use its best efforts to assign that work on the basis of seniority.

Principle of Seniority. Except as described in Sections 4.01 and 3.02, all applications of seniority as described in this Agreement shall be on the basis of bargaining unit seniority among Scientists within each Laboratory department in each facility. Department designations within each facility are listed in Appendix E. a) Seniority shall be applied in the following order: 1. All Regular employees in department. 2. All eligible Short-Hour employees in department. 3. All Regular employees in facility. 4. All eligible Short-Hour employees in facility. 5. All Regular employees in bargaining unit. 6. All eligible Short-Hour employees in bargaining unit. 7. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in department. 8. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in facility. 9. All Casual, ineligible Short-Hour, Temporary employees in bargaining unit. 10. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in department. 11. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in facility. 12. All bargaining unit MLTs and Extern employees in bargaining unit. All Short-Hour employees must work three hundred (300) hours in Short-Hour status to qualify as an eligible Short-Hour employee regardless of prior status, except those who have already been classified as an eligible Short-Hour or Regular employee at any time in the past. b) Casual and Temporary employees and also Short-Hour employees with less than three hundred (300) hours of scheduled work to their credit shall have seniority rights among themselves dependent upon the total number of hours worked following March 1, 1976. Short-Hour employees on the payroll as of March 1, 1976 shall be automatically considered eligible Short-Hour employees. When choosing among Casual employees for casual work, the Employer will use its best efforts to assign that work on the basis of seniority.