Seniority and Benefit Accumulations Clause Samples

The 'Seniority and Benefit Accumulations' clause defines how an employee's length of service and entitlement to benefits are calculated and maintained during their employment. Typically, this clause outlines whether periods such as leaves of absence, suspensions, or transfers affect the accumulation of seniority or eligibility for benefits like vacation, sick leave, or pension contributions. By clearly specifying these rules, the clause ensures fairness and transparency in how employment milestones and benefits are earned, preventing disputes over entitlements and maintaining consistent treatment among employees.
Seniority and Benefit Accumulations. An Employee shall retain and shall continue to accumulate seniority while on all approved leaves of absence unless otherwise specifically provided in one of the Leave of Absence Sections of this Agreement. Benefits such as paid leave days shall not accrue, continue or be paid during any leave of absence in excess of thirty (30) calendar days unless otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding of leave benefits or types of absences.
View SourceView Similar (10)
Seniority and Benefit Accumulations. An Employee shall retain and shall continue to accumulate seniority while on all approved leaves of absence unless other- wise specifically provided in one of the leave of absence Sections in this Agreement. Benefits such as insurance, vacation and sick leave shall not accrue, continue or be paid during any leave of absence in excess of thirty (30) calendar days unless otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding of leave benefits or types of absences. Medical, dental and life insurance shall continue when the employee is on an approved sick leave up to six (6) months beyond the month in which the leave of absence begins.
View SourceView Similar (4)
Seniority and Benefit Accumulations. An Employee shall retain and shall continue to accumulate seniority while on all approved leaves of absence unless otherwise specifically provided in one of the Leave of Absence Sections of this Agreement. Benefits such as paid leave days shall not accrue, continue or be paid during any leave of absence in excess of thirty (30) calendar days unless otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding of leave benefits or types of absences. Medical, dental and life insurance shall continue when the employee is on an approved sick leave on the following basis: Less than ten (10) years seniority at the time of the leave of absence begins:
View Source

Related to Seniority and Benefit Accumulations

  • Unpaid Leave - Affecting Seniority and Benefits ‌ Any employee granted unpaid leave of absence totalling up to twenty (20) working days in any year shall continue to accumulate seniority and all benefits and shall return to her/his former job and increment step. If an unpaid leave of absence or an accumulation of unpaid leaves of absence exceeds twenty (20) working days in any year, the employee shall not accumulate benefits from the twenty-first (21st) day of the unpaid leave to the last day of the unpaid leave but shall accumulate benefits and receive credit for previously earned benefits upon expiration of the unpaid leave.

  • Seniority Accumulation (i) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked in the bargaining unit. (The foregoing is for clarity only and therefore does not modify an employee’s level of seniority under this collective agreement or previous collective agreements.)

  • Sick Leave Accumulation (a) An employee is eligible to accumulate sick leave with full pay at the rate of 16 working hours for each 173 1/3 hours of service. (b) The maximum number of days of sick leave which may be awarded to an employee during any consecutive twenty (20) year period of service shall not exceed 3840 hours.

  • SENIORITY AND LAYOFFS 11.01 Seniority of employees shall be recognized within their respective trade and job classifications. New employees shall be placed on the seniority list at the end of their probationary period and their respective seniority shall be dated back to the date of beginning of employment. 11.02 Seniority lists, the accuracy of which has been agreed to on behalf of the Union in writing shall be maintained at all times by the Employer and shall be available to the Union for inspection to the extent reasonably necessary for the Union to ascertain the seniority status of an employee within its jurisdiction. 11.03 An employee shall lose his seniority and shall be deemed to have quit for any of the following reasons: a. if the employee voluntarily quits his employment; b. if the employee is discharged for a just cause and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance procedure; c. for failure to report to work following a layoff pursuant to the terms of Article 11.07; d. is absent from work for three (3) consecutive working days without notifying the Employer, unless a reason satisfactory to the Employer is given; e. is absent due to layoff or long-term disability, or both, which absence continues for more than six (6) months, except in the event that the employee is on Workers' Compensation and in the event of sickness when the employee has submitted satisfactory evidence of illness, in which cases a period of two (2) years shall apply; f. if the employee fails to report for work upon the termination of an authorized leave of absence, unless a reason satisfactory to the Employer is given, and is discharged as a result thereof, which discharge is not reversed through the grievance and arbitration procedure herein; g. if an employee utilizes a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted. 11.04 When a reduction of the workforce is inevitable, probationary employees shall be laid off first. If further reductions are necessary, the Employer shall determine the order of layoff in consultation with the union and in doing so, they shall be guided by the following considerations: a. seniority standings of the employees; b. ability of the employees to perform the work. It is understood and agreed that no employee will be laid off if there is a fellow employee (or employees) of comparable seniority who is still entitled to vacation. In such a case the latter may be required to take up any remaining vacation to which he is entitled before others will be laid off. 11.05 The Employer shall give one (1) week's notice to the employees of the need for a layoff. 11.06 Any appeal in regard to a layoff must be taken up under the first step of the grievance procedure hereinafter set forth within five (5) workdays after the layoff took place. 11.07 Any employee laid off and recalled for work must return within one (1) workday when unemployed and within seven (7) workdays when employed elsewhere after being recalled, or make definite arrangements with the Employer to return. 11.08 Employees who terminate their employment or are laid off and who are re-hired or return to work within eighteen

  • Retirement Contributions On behalf of employees, the State will continue to “pick up” the six percent (6%) employee contribution, payable pursuant to law. The parties acknowledge that various challenges have been filed that contest the lawfulness, including the constitutionality, of various aspects of PERS reform legislation enacted by the 2003 Legislative Assembly, including Chapters 67 (HB 2003) and 68 (HB 2004) of Oregon Laws 2003 (“PERS Litigation”). Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any party’s rights, claims or defenses with respect to the PERS Litigation.