Common use of Transfer of Employee Clause in Contracts

Transfer of Employee. No permanent transfer of an employee from one classification, job title, department or city, to another shall be made unless such employee is agreeable to such transfer, except as covered below and by Article 4, Section 5 B. It is understood between the Brotherhood and the Company that employees who become Apprentice Linemen after June 1, 1962, may be required to take one transfer (within their separate group used in determining seniority as defined in the second sentence of Article 4, Section 2) in their fourth year apprenticeship or for three (3) years after becoming a Journeyman in order to have qualified personnel where needed, provided that the Company shall have notified such employees of this provision at the time their apprenticeship is begun. If such transfer becomes necessary, the Company will designate the city from which the transfer can be made and the classification from which the transfer must occur. If no individual is agreeable to the transfer, the person in the desired classification (apprentice or journeyman) with the least seniority in the Occupational Group in the designated city from which the transfer is being made will be transferred. In the event of a vacancy in a seniority group which cannot be filled from existing personnel within the geographic seniority group, before hiring a new employee from outside the Company to fill the vacancy, the Company will offer the vacancy to an employee in the classification and Occupational Group in the Transmission Business and the most senior qualified employee will be awarded the job. In addition, the transmission linemen in Occupational Group “A” cannot bring present occupational group seniority to new position and will be given preference for openings in Transmission Substation Repairmen classifications, Occupational Group “NN” after completion of 3 years as a journeyman lineman. Job will be offered at appropriate level based on experience.