REDUCTION AND RECALL Sample Clauses

REDUCTION AND RECALL. A. When it has publicly been established that there is an economic need that would require a reduction of operating expenditures, the Board shall make every effort to reduce expenditures in areas other than personnel first. If, however, there is a necessity for reduction of employees, those who hold temporary certification or less than a regular certification or who are on annual contract will be laid off first. The Board agrees to give a thirty-day (30) written notice of reduction to teachers affected. If further reduction is necessary and should a choice have to be made from among personnel who are on continuing contract or professional services contract, as to who should be retained, the principal and Superintendent shall use the following criteria in selecting those who are to be retained: seniority in the District and areas of certification. Laid off employees shall be reinstated in inverse order of their being laid off if qualified to fill the vacancies. No new or substitute appointments may be made while there are laid off teachers available who are qualified to fill the vacancies. No transfer of staff shall be used to prevent reinstatement of laid off teachers. B. Any employee laid off pursuant to the policy shall have recall rights to any position for which the employee is or may become certified for two years from the effective date of lay off and shall be recalled to available positions in such professional categories in inverse order of the layoff. The Association shall have the responsibility of notifying teachers of positions that may become vacant during this period. The Board, upon request, shall annually provide the Association with a current list of those who have retained such rights provided by this policy. C. Any employee reemployed by exercising recall rights shall be given full salary, related benefits, and experience accrued at the time of layoff.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. Section A: General Paragraph 1: The teaching staff may be reduced by layoff at the discretion of the Board. Paragraph 2: The greatest possible reduction in teaching staff shall be accom- plished through attrition.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. In the event Employees are to be laid off, the following shall be applied: A. The Association President shall be notified of all layoff/recall action in writing. B. Probationary Employees will be laid off before any Employee who has accrued seniority. A probationary Employee will be recalled only after all seniority Employees have been recalled. C. Seniority shall become effective after completion of the probationary period and shall date from the first day of work as a regular Employee. D. Seniority shall prevail in the lay off and rehiring of Employees. E. In reducing the work force, the last Employee hired shall be the first Employee laid off and the last Employee laid off shall be the first Employee rehired. F. All Employees shall receive twenty-one (21) calendar days notice of lay off. G. In the event of a layoff, the Employee so laid off shall be given fourteen (14) calendar days notice of recall to work, by registered mail to his/her last known address. In the event the Employee fails to make himself/herself available for work at the end of said fourteen (14) calendar days, he/she shall be deemed terminated. H. It is understood that an Employee must be able to perform the work available to qualify him/her for recall. I. The Employer agrees to post a list of the Employees in the bargaining unit arranged in order of their seniority. J. An Employee returning from leave/layoff shall have all of his/her previous accumulated leave/seniority restored.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. (Reference Common Agreement Articles 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5)

REDUCTION AND RECALL. An employee may be laid-off by the Board in the manner herein provided when there is lack of work or lack of funds and reduction in personnel is necessary.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. 16.1 For purposes of layoff and recall, terms of this Article will supersede any other conflicting provisions of this contract. 16.2 The Board shall give no less than sixty (60) calendar days’ notice prior to June 30th to all Members who may be laid-off for the following school year. The Board shall give sixty (60) calendar days’ notice to any Member(s) to be laid-off because of a revenue shortage or reduction in student enrollments, except as mentioned in Article 2. In the event of the need to lay off Members due to a revenue shortage, the Board shall not lay off Members during the regular year unless the Board is unable to obtain the funds necessary to retain Members for the duration of the school year.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. If the following procedures involve an employee in a specialized teaching assistant position, then the administration and the Association will jointly determine how they will be affected by the reduction/recall.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. 1 When in the sole discretion and judgment of the Board, it is necessary to reduce the number of general education teachers within the district, before a non-probationary teacher can be non-renewed, the Board shall conduct a good faith examination of the license and experience of all teachers in the area where the reduction in force is to occur. No non-probationary teacher shall be non-renewed to reduce staff until all probationary teachers in all areas in which the non-probationary teacher is licensed shall have been non-renewed. Where there is a need to non-renew a non-probationary teacher to reduce staff, the Board shall use the following factors in determining which non-probationary teacher’s contract will be non-renewed due to reduction in force. a Non-probationary teachers with the least years of active service; b Areas of licensure; c Advanced degrees and additional credit hours. When in the sole discretion and judgment of the USD 368 Board, it is necessary to reduce the number of licensed teachers/employees of East Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative (ECKSEC), the reductions will occur within the group of the ESKSEC licensed teachers/employees who are covered by the Master Contract. The USD 368 Board shall conduct a good faith examination of the license and experience of all cooperative staff covered by the Master Contract in the area where the reduction in force is to occur. No ECKSEC non- probationary teacher/licensed employee shall be non-renewed to reduce staff until all probationary teachers/licensed employee in all areas in which the non-probationary teacher/staff is licensed shall have been non-renewed. An ECKSEC employee would not have the opportunity to RIF a USD 368 General Education Grade Kindergarten through Grade 12 position or an ECKSEC employee not covered by the Master Contract. Where there is a need to non- renew a non-probationary teacher/licensed employee to reduce staff, the USD 368 Board shall use the following factors in determining which non-probationary teacher’s/employee contract will be non-renewed due to reduction in force. A Non-probationary teachers or licensed employee with the least years of active service; B Areas of licensure; C Advanced degrees and additional credit hours.

REDUCTION AND RECALL. A. The Board reserves the sole discretion to determine the necessity to reduce and/or recall employees. B. In the event of a layoff, employees with the least amount of service within the affected classification shall be laid off first provided other employees possess the necessary qualifications and certifications to perform the job and have no disciplinary record in their file from the past two years. Employees who are laid off shall retain the amount of service they had accrued at the time of layoff, up to a maximum of two (2) years and shall not accumulate additional seniority time during such layoff. C. When employees are recalled to work following a layoff, those employees with the greater length of seniority, qualifications and certification in the affected classification shall be recalled first. D. Laid-off or discharged probationary employees shall not have recourse to the terms of this agreement. E. Employees shall submit a two (2) week notification of their intent to terminate services with the Board. F. When possible, employees will be provided with advance notification of an impending layoff.