Common use of Voluntary Workload Reduction Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Workload Reduction. ‌ a) the employee’s reduced proportion will become permanent based on their appointment percentage in the third year of reduction, b) subject to workload availability within the department, the employee may at a later date request a return to their original proportion at the time of the voluntary reduction. If the College, in accordance with Article 5.1, lays off an employee who is on a voluntary workload reduction (i.e. the reduction has been in effect for less than three consecutive years), the severance payments will be based on the employee’s workload prior to the reduction. If a voluntary workload reduction has become permanent, as per item (a) above, severance payments will be made based on the employee’s current workload percentage. An employee on a voluntary workload reduction will accrue seniority in accordance with the reduced proportion.