Common use of Seniority Calculation Clause in Contracts

Seniority Calculation. Section 5.1 Seniority Calculation. Bargaining unit seniority shall commence upon an employees’ date of permanent entry into the bargaining unit described in Section 1.1 of this Agreement. Department seniority shall be defined as an employee’s length of continuous, full-time employment as a sworn officer with the Employer since his last hiring date. Last hiring date shall mean the date when the employee first reported for work as a sworn patrol officer for the Employer and assumes that they remain an active employee. Classification seniority shall mean the continuous time spent as a permanent (post probationary) employee in any bargaining unit classification of Lieutenant or Sergeant. No time shall be deducted from an employee’s seniority due to authorized leaves of absence, vacation, sick or accident leaves or demotions or layoffs due to budget reductions. However, employees shall not accrue seniority during unpaid non Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) or unpaid work or unpaid medical leaves of absence for over thirty (30) calendar days.