Reduction of Forces Sample Clauses

Reduction of Forces. 4.1 When Regular Employees covered by this Agreement are laid off because of lack of work, or in the event the Company changes its methods of operation; and, if in the judgment of the Company, the Employees are equal with respect to the skills and abilities required for the work to be performed, Company seniority shall govern the order of layoff. 4.2 No regular Employee shall be laid off until all probationary and temporary Employees in the classification at the location affected have been laid off. 4.3 Where the Company has determined the need to eliminate a position(s) in the system, the General Manager shall determine the position(s) to be eliminated R by Classification and location and, subject to Section 4.1, the most senior Employee subject to be surplused in the classification at the location shall then have their choice of the following options: (a) If there is a vacant position in that Classification in the Bargaining Unit at another location, the Employee may accept that position if the Employee desires to remain in their Classification in the Bargaining Unit. (b) If there is no vacancy within the Classification in the Bargaining Unit, the Employee may bump the least senior Employee in the Classification within the Bargaining Unit pursuant to Section 3.1. It is understood during occasions when more than one employee is being surplused from the same location, the most senior N employee being surplused shall have the option of selecting to bump the least senior employee from only two separate locations in order to diminish the impact of being surplused could have on possible relocation. (c) If the Employee wants to stay at their existing location, the Employee may bump the least senior Employee in a higher, equal or lower- rated Classification in the Bargaining Unit for which the Company determines, at its sole discretion, that the Employee has the ability and qualifications to perform the job. 4.4 Regular Employees on layoff may apply for jobs for which they are competent and qualified, pursuant to Section 5.0 hereinafter set forth, and may accept temporary work in lower classifications at the applicable wage scale thereto. 4.5 The Company will give employees who have acquired seniority status, four (4) weeks’ notice of layoff. The Company further agrees to give simultaneous notice to the Union and employees as to the number of employees, classifications, and locations affected. In lieu of working through the four (4) weeks, the Company has the op...

Reduction of Forces. (a) Whenever a reduction in forces becomes necessary, any student vacation replacement shall be laid off first without reference to their length of service. When all students have been laid off, any further reduction in forces within a department or within the plant, shall be accomplished by transferring or laying off employees in their inverse order of plant seniority. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 5.03 (a) or 6.04 (1), in the event of a reduction in forces, an employee may be retained in a particular job regardless of his seniority, where there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.

Reduction of Forces. 1. Whenever it is necessary to layoff or transfer employees due to lack of work, the following procedure shall apply: a. When a classification is affected by lack of work, the employees in that classification with the least seniority will be given one week's notice of transfer or layoff provided those employees retained on this basis are qualified to perform the work. Any employee who is to be laid off for lack of work shall have one week's notice or one week's pay at the prevailing weekly schedule of hours at the time of layoff. b. Every effort will be made to place the affected employees as quickly as possible. However, in the case of those employees who are eligible for transfer on a seniority basis, if the necessary rearrangement of personnel cannot be made in the one week notice period, the affected employees may be removed from the payroll for lack of work for a period not to exceed two weeks. Thus, shorter service employees may remain in the Bargaining Unit for periods not to exceed two weeks. 2. Any employee affected who has seniority will be considered for transfer or layoff as follows: a. He/she may transfer to an open job in his/her present classification; b. If no such open job exists, he/she may displace the shortest service employee in his/her present classification; c. If his/her seniority or qualifications or both do not permit him/her to displace an employee as described above, he/she may fill an opening in a lower rated classification that he/she previously held or is otherwise qualified to perform; d. If his/her seniority or qualifications or both do not permit him/her to fill an opening as described in (2) (c) above, he/she will displace the shortest service employee on a job in a lower rated classification in which he/she has previously held a job or is otherwise qualified to perform. e. Any employee so displaced will be subject to the same entire layoff procedure as the affected employees above.

Reduction of Forces. In the event of a reduction of the forces, the last person hired shall be the first released, subject to the competency of the person involved.

Reduction of Forces a) In the event of a reduction of forces the last person hired shall be the first released, subject to the provisions of Section (2) of this Article. b) During a reduction of forces where an employee’s seniority is such that he will not be able to keep his regular job he may elect whether or not to apply his seniority to obtain another job or accept a lay-off until his regular job becomes available, provided however: i) If during the lay-off period the employee wishes to return to work and notifies the Company, he shall be called back to work as soon as his seniority entitles him to a job. ii) The application of this provision shall not result in an employee, in the exercise of his rights, bumping an employee with less seniority. c) Where a reduction of forces is caused by emergency conditions, the application of seniority may be postponed for such period as may be necessary, but not exceeding five (5) working days. If the Company decides to exercise its rights under this provision it shall notify the Shop Committee as soon as possible.

Reduction of Forces. (a) A reduction of forces within the bargaining unit shall be accomplished by laying off the employees in the inverse order of their seniority. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 22 (a), an employee may be retained in a skilled job regardless of his/her seniority when there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job. (c) Whenever employees are to be laid off, the employees concerned will be notified individually at least five (5) working days before the layoff or be paid five (5) days in lieu of notice. The Union will receive copies of such notices. (d) Should the Company decide to move any of its operations from the present plant, employees affected shall be given the opportunity to move to the new location. Four (4) months notice of such a move will be given. (e) In the event of department shutdown, Gravure, Flexo, Laminating, Extruder, Kroenert, Ink Room, Make Ready, Plate Mounting, or the plant closure, etc., any employee laid off to the street for a period of thirteen (13) weeks or more, (except a discharge for cause) shall be entitled to a combination of Notice and Severance in the following manner (provided the eligible employee gives up any and all rights including rights to recall, under the Collective Agreement); Notice or pay in lieu of notice to the extent provided for in the Employment Standards Act. It is understood that the above compensation satisfies any requirements as set out in the Employment Standards Act including in particular the Severance Section.

Reduction of Forces. (a) A reduction of forces within the bargaining unit shall be accomplished by laying off the employees in their inverse order of seniority. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 23 (a), an employee may be retained on a skilled job regardless of his seniority when there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job. (c) Whenever employees are to be laid off, the employees concerned will be notified individually at least five (5) working days before the lay-off or be paid five (5) days in lieu of notice. The Union will receive copies of such notice. (d) Should the Company decide to move any of its operations from the present plant, employees affected shall be given the opportunity to move to the new location. (e) A senior employee who is not qualified by previous training to displace a junior employee in any job classification shall be laid off, subject to recall to the previous job classification. However, a senior employee has the option to replace a junior employee in a job classification in which he/she has had no previous experience, provided that, within a maximum of 20 days training, the standard of the classification is achieved. Failing this he/she shall be laid off subject to recall in any classification other than the (a) It is accepted that as a result of lack of work in a certain area, there will be layoff of junior employees as in 23 (a), and movement of employees to other jobs within the plant. (b) Such layoff can be temporary if Management feels that this lack of work is due to temporary recession in business, or permanent when it is due to a discontinuing of a certain business. (c) In either case, the laid off employee's former rate will be maintained for a minimum of (6) weeks. (This refers to an employee who remains employed in the plant.) (d) In the case of temporary recession, Management reserves the right to maintain the rate of the laid off employee, as they see fit beyond six (6) weeks. (e) In the case of a permanent layoff, as in (B) above, the laid off employee will, at the end of six (6) weeks, assume the rate for the new job, at the level of pay determined by his total experience on the job, and supplemented by the proficiency shown in performing that job during the six (6) week period. (f) At the time of layoff, an employee shall be told the status of the layoff (temporary or permanent), to assist the employee in evaluating his requesting the new position, if this is possible within the...

Reduction of Forces. Exercise of Seniority

Reduction of Forces. Whenever a reduction in forces becomes necessary, any student vacation replacements shall be laid off without refer- ence to their length of service. Student vacation replacements are temporary employees. Such students shall be hired after April 15th and before August 15th and terminated before thereon September 30th of the same year. Student vacation replacements shall accumulate no seniority while they are classified as such and shall be subject to termination without notice and without cause. If the Company retains a student vacation replacement after September 30th same year, he shall be rehired as a probationary employee. When all student vacation replacements have been laid off, any further reduction in forces within a department or within the plant, shall be accomplished by transferring or laying off employees in their inverse order of plant seniority. Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses or in the event of a reduction in forces, an employee may be retained in a particular job regardless of his seniority, where there is no other available employee with greater seniority who is qualified to perform the job.