Unplanned Temporary Layoff Procedure. An Unplanned Temporary Layoff is any layoff of two (2) consecutive work weeks or less, not including the summer vacation shutdown or Christmas shutdown, where the company has received less than two (2) working weeks of prior notice. The following is the procedure for Unplanned Temporary Layoffs: a) The Company will identify the work area in the plant and shift where the Unplanned Temporary Layoffs will occur. b) The Company will request volunteers by seniority if practicable, of the employees affected, to either take vacations or the lay off. c) If sufficient volunteers are not identified, the employee to be laid-off, with the greatest seniority and who is certified may displace the employee with the least seniority in their classification, on their shift and in their plant. d) An employee may not displace another employee in a higher classification. e) The company will make every effort to apply the procedure identified in Article 13.02 “Planned Temporary Lay-off” as soon as reasonably possible in the case of an extended Unplanned Temporary Lay-off which extends beyond two (2) weeks. The time limits set out may be extended by mutual agreement between the Company and the Union.
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Unplanned Temporary Layoff Procedure. (1) An Unplanned Temporary Layoff is any layoff of two (2) consecutive work weeks or less, not including the summer vacation shutdown or Christmas shutdown, where the company has received less than two (2) working weeks of prior notice. The following is the procedure for Unplanned Temporary Layoffs:
(a) The Company will identify the work area in the plant and shift where the Unplanned Temporary Layoffs will occur.
(b) The Company will request volunteers by seniority if practicable, of the employees affected, to either take vacations or the lay off.
(c) If sufficient volunteers are not identified, the employee to be laid-off, with the greatest seniority and who is certified may displace the employee with the least seniority in their classification, classification and on their shift and in their plantshift.
(d) An employee may not displace another employee in a higher classification.
(e) The company Company will make every effort to apply the procedure identified in Article 13.02 12.02 “Planned Temporary Lay-off” as soon as reasonably possible in the case of an extended Unplanned Temporary Lay-off which extends beyond two (2) weeks. The time limits set out may be extended by mutual agreement between the Company and the Union.
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Sources: Collective Agreement