UC/Teamsters District Council 2
Article 11
SENIORITY
- "Seniority"
is defined as follows:
- Series
seniority" means the number of continuous months (of
qualifying service) as a regular employee in a series beginning
with the latest date of hiring or transfer into the series;
provided, however, when an employee remains in the employee's
series, but is transferred to another location as a result
of the application of Article 8, Promotion and Transfer,
as distinguished from a reallocation of the work force,
the employee's series seniority shall date from the employee's
transfer.
When an employee in the General Helper class (title code 8876) is permanently assigned to a department, the continuous months of qualifying service in that class, regardless of departmental assignment, will be credited to the employee’s seniority in the series to which he/she has been permanently assigned.
- "Class
seniority" means the number of continuous months of
qualifying service in a class beginning with the latest
date of hiring or transfer into a class; provided, however,
when an employee remains in the same class, but is transferred
to another location as a result of the application of Article
8, Promotion and Transfer, as distinguished from a reallocation
of the work force, the employee's class seniority shall
date from the employee's transfer.
- "Continuous
months" means uninterrupted employment but includes
layoffs and periods of paid absence authorized by and consistent
with this Agreement.
- "University
seniority" means the number of continuous months of
qualifying service with the University beginning with the
latest date of hiring with the University and shall include
periods of service outside the bargaining unit.
- Series
seniority" means the number of continuous months (of
qualifying service) as a regular employee in a series beginning
with the latest date of hiring or transfer into the series;
provided, however, when an employee remains in the employee's
series, but is transferred to another location as a result
of the application of Article 8, Promotion and Transfer,
as distinguished from a reallocation of the work force,
the employee's series seniority shall date from the employee's
transfer.
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An employee shall lose his/her status as an employee and his/her seniority if:
- The
employee resigns or quits;
- The
employee is discharged or released;
- The
employee retires;
- The
employee has been on layoff for more than one hundred and
twenty (120) consecutive calendar days;
- As
described in Article 12.D the employee abandons the job by
beingabsent from work, including the failure to return to
work at the expiration of a leave of absence or vacation for
five (5) consecutive working days without notifying the University,
except when the failure to notify and work is due to circumstances
beyond the control of the employee;
- The
employee does not return to work from layoff within five (5)
calendar days of the recall date as stated in the recall notice,
which has been sent by certified or registered mail or by
telegram addressed to the employee at the employee's last
known address on file with the Printing Services Department.
An employee who changes address must notify the Printing Services
Department of the change.
- Except as provided by statute, time in excess of sixty (60) calendar days on an approved leave without pay is not counted for the purposes of determining seniority under this Article. Time on an approved leave without pay for 60 days or less is counted to determine seniority under this Article.