REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL A. The term "seniority" as hereinafter used shall be length of continuous service with the bargaining unit since the last date of hire. Leave of absence granted pursuant to the contract shall not constitute an interruption in continuous service. Credit given for outside teaching experience in school districts shall not be considered for the purpose of accumulating seniority. Administrative and supervisory service shall not be considered for the purpose of accumulating seniority. However, any administrator or supervisor who is returned to the classroom shall be credited with any prior accumulated seniority.
B. Each year the Board shall prepare a seniority list by certification and classification, NCLB HQT status for assignment and transmit a copy of the same to the Association on or before the 1st day of November. The list shall be updated annually by May 1. In the event more than one individual has the same date of hire, all individuals so affected will participate in a drawing for each date of hire, to determine placement on the seniority list. Such drawing shall occur only once. The Association and bargaining unit members so affected will be notified in writing of the date, place, and time of the drawing, and given the opportunity to be present. The first name drawn shall be the first name on the seniority list (for that date), and proceed in that order. The Board shall draw the first name and the Association shall draw the second and proceed alternately until all names are drawn. If the Association is in disagreement on one or all parts of the seniority list and if mutual agreement between the parties cannot be reached on the disagreements, the Association may use the grievance procedure.
C. Necessary reduction of personnel. The parties hereto, realizing that education, curriculum, and staff to a large degree depend upon the economic facilities available to the Board as provided by the public and the State of Michigan, and in accordance with that realization understand that in some instances it may be economically necessary to reduce the educational program, curriculum, and staff when funds are not available, hereby agree as follows:
1. It is hereby specifically recognized that it is within the sole discretion of the Board to reduce the educational program and curriculum (including any programs which may be guaranteed in Article III).
2. In order to promote an orderly reduction in personnel when the educational program and curriculum is curtailed, the following procedure will be used:
a. Layoff will be on the basis of seniority, provided that the more senior teacher is certified and qualified for the available position. In the event the position held by a teacher is eliminated, the teacher shall be entitled to bump a less senior teacher if he/she is certified and qualified (including the ability to meet all NCLB HQT requirements starting in 2006-2007) for the position or a position which can be created by changing the assignments of less senior teachers. More senior teachers not being laid off shall upon request be voluntarily transferred in order to enable the Board to retain more senior teachers. This procedure is subject to the Michigan Teachers' Tenure Act.
b. It is expressly understood that the Association shall have the right to review the reduction list prior to notification of the individuals involved. After the reduction list has been prepared by the Board, the Association and Board shall review said list and attempt to resolve any and all conflicts. In the event there is a dispute concerning the reduction list, the Association shall have the right to file a written grievance thereon within seventy-two (72) hours after the termination of the meeting during which such review took place.
c. The Board may lay off staff at the commencement of the school year provided written notice of layoff is sent to the Association and to the teacher at least twenty-five (25) days in advance of the first scheduled work day for teachers, and at the commencement of the second semester provided written notice is sent sixty (60) days in advance.
PERSONNEL REDUCTION Section 1 In the event of layoffs in connection with decreasing the work force, and the recall to work of people so laid off, the following consideration shall govern. Skill and ability as determined by reference to the employee's work record, and length of service shall be the determining factors; however, employees shall be laid off by category of seniority. There shall be three (3) seniority categories: probationary, 1 yearto 5 years seniority, and over 5 years seniority. In case of layoff, all employees in the lowest seniority category shall be laid off before proceeding to layoff of anyone in a more senior category. Where skill and ability within a category are approximately equal, length of service shall govern. Employees having the same seniority within a category shall draw lots to determine the order of layoff. No new employees shall be hired until all laid off employees have been given the opportunity to be re-hired. Employees who have been laid off will be offered re-employment in the inverse order of layoffs when they are needed again, provided they are physically qualified and possess sufficient training and experience to perform the duties of the available work. The City shall give laid off employees ten (10) days notice of its intention to rehire. The employees shall within ten (10) days period notify the City of their intention to, or not to, return to the employ of the City, and shall report to work no later than fifteen (15) days from receipt of said notice to rehire. If an employee fails to notify the City within the ten (10) calendar day period of his/her intentions to return to work, or fails to report to work within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of notice, he/she shall be considered permanently severed from the employ of the City. At the time of a layoff the City shall provide all laid off employees with a complete physical examination. At the time of rehire, the City may require a physical examination prior to the employee's return to duty, and it is expressly understood that any employee found physically unfit to return to duty may be refused re-employment and removed from the employment list. The City shall not be obligated to rehire laid off employees who have been laid off for five (5) or more consecutive calendar years, beginning from the date of layoff.
Section 2 Employees laid off under provisions of this ARTICLE, who at the time of layoff had existing and established work-connected injuries, may not be denied re-employment during the five (5) year call-back period because of these work-connected injuries as existing and established prior to the layoff.
Section 3 Nothing in this ARTICLE shall limit the ability of the City to provide for a compliment of officers and departmental personnel deemed in the judgment of the Chief necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the Department and as provided for within the Departmental budget. Collective Bargaining Agreement Dover Professional Firefighters Association FY12-FY14
Reduction in Hours (a) Reduction in hours shall be based on seniority, providing that affected employees have the qualifications to perform the work that is available and that licensing standards can be maintained.
(b) Any regular employee offered a reduction of hours shall have the right to choose layoff as per Article 13.3.
(c) Any regular employee offered a reduction of hours shall be given two (2) weeks’ notice of the reduction.
DIRECT PERSONNEL EXPENSE 4.1. Direct Personnel Expense of employees engaged on the Project by the ARCHITECT/ENGINEER includes ARCHITECT/ENGINEERS, other engineers, designers, job captains, draftsmen, specification writers and typists, in consultation, research and design in producing Drawings, Specifications and other documents pertaining to the Project, and in services during construction at the site.
4.2. Direct Personnel Expense includes actual cost and of mandatory and customary financial benefits paid.
Personnel Selection Leave 35.6.1 Where an employee participates in a personnel selection process for a position in the Public Service, as defined in the Financial Administration Act, the Council shall grant leave of absence with pay for the period during which the employee's presence is required for purposes of the selection process, and for such further period as the Council considers reasonable for the employee to travel to and from the place where his presence is so required.