Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 11: Seniority

1.  
   1. Seniority for regular full-time, regular part-time, temporary full time, and temporary part-time Employees for the purpose of this Collective Agreement is defined as service with the Employer commencing with the date of employment in the bargaining unit.
   2. For casual Employees whose status changes to regular full time, regular part-time, temporary full time, or temporary part-time, "seniority date" shall be established by dividing all regular hours worked since their most recent date of employment in the bargaining unit by one thousand, nine hundred and fifty (1,950) and converting the result to a seniority date.  [Note:  Effective August 10, 2000.]
2. Seniority will be used in determining:
   1. preference of vacation time, as set out under Articles 13.05 and 13.06 (a)
   2. layoffs and recalls, as set out in Article 23;
   3. subject to Article 12.04, promotions and transfers within the bargaining unit.
3. Seniority shall be considered broken, all rights forfeited, and employment terminated and there shall be no obligation to rehire:
   1. when an employee resigns or is terminated from their position with the Employer; or
   2. upon the expiry of twelve (12) months following layoff during which time the employee has not been recalled to work; or
   3. if an employee does not return to work on recall to their former classification and full-time equivalency; or
   4. when an employee permanently vacates their position within the bargaining unit to begin a position in another bargaining unit or a management-exempt position outside the bargaining unit.
4. 1. The Employer shall post on the Union bulletin boards at each Blood Services Centre and its satellite site(s) and provide the Union on or about March 1 and September 1 of each year with a listing of the Employees in order of seniority in accordance with the provisions of Article 11.01.  This listing shall be provided monthly if there are Employees on layoff.
   2. Such seniority lists shall include the employee names, classification, status, site, full time equivalency and seniority date.
   3. An Employee may question an inaccuracy of their seniority within thirty (30) calendar days of the posting of such list.  Where the matter is not resolved within ten (10) working days, an individual grievance may be initiated at Step 1 of the grievance procedure.
   4. The Union may question an inaccuracy within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving such list. Where the matter is not resolved within twenty (20) working days, a Union policy grievance may be initiated at Step 2 of the grievance procedure.
5. Seniority shall not apply during the probationary period; however, once the probationary period has been completed seniority shall be credited as provided in Article 11.01.