Common use of Redundancy of Department Head Position Clause in Contracts

Redundancy of Department Head Position. a) Every effort shall be made to absorb the redundancy of Department Heads through the process of attrition as a result of normal resignations, retirements, and/or leaves of absence. b) In accordance with the above, where redundancy exists after attrition, redundancy shall be affected in the reverse order of seniority as per Article 21 provided that the Department Heads remaining have the required qualifications. c) Department Heads whose positions have been eliminated for reasons of redundancy will be notified, in writing, by the Director of Education by May 31 and, where possible, preliminary notice will be provided by May 1st. This notification will clearly state that the elimination of the positions is for reasons of redundancy. The Association shall be provided with a copy of all redundancy letters. d) No new Department Heads shall be hired until all those Department Heads who are declared redundant, who are qualified have been recalled. A recall list of the redundant Department Heads will be kept in the Superintendent of Human Resources’ file. A copy of this recall list shall be provided to the Association President. This recall list shall be kept active for the length of this Collective Agreement. e) In making new appointments of Department Heads first offer of these positions shall be made to those on the recall list. Such offer shall be made in the reverse order of reduction, subject to qualifications, with consideration to be given to those Department Heads who are willing to become qualified for the position prior to the start of the assignment. Any Department Head on the recall list who refuses to accept an available position under the above, forfeits all rights to recall.

Redundancy of Department Head Position. a) Every effort shall be made to absorb the redundancy of Department Heads through the process of attrition as a result of normal resignations, retirements, and/or leaves of absence. b) In accordance with the above, where redundancy exists after attrition, redundancy shall be affected in the reverse order of seniority as per Article 21 provided that the Department Heads remaining have the required qualifications. c) Department Heads whose positions have been eliminated for reasons of redundancy will be notified, in writing, by the Director of Education by May 31 and, where possible, preliminary notice will be provided by May 1st. This notification will clearly state that the elimination of the positions is for reasons of redundancy. The Association shall be provided with a copy of all redundancy letters. d) No new Department Heads shall be hired until all those Department Heads who are declared redundant, who are qualified have been recalled. A recall list of the redundant Department Heads will be kept in the Superintendent of Human Resources’ file. A copy of this recall list shall be provided to the Association President. This recall list shall be kept active for the length of this Collective Agreement. e) In making new appointments of Department Heads first offer of these positions shall be made to those on the recall list. Such offer shall be made in the reverse order of reduction, subject to qualifications, with consideration to be given to those Department Heads who are willing to become qualified for the position prior to the start of the assignment. Any Department Head on the recall list who refuses to accept an available position under the above, forfeits all rights to recall.