Canadian Blood Services (Transport Unit) Collective Agreement 2017-2021

Article 13: Seniority

1. For the purpose of this Agreement, seniority for regular and temporary employees is defined as length of continuous service from the date of hiring and shall be used in determining priorities for right of preference of vacation period, consideration for layoff, recall, and promotion within the bargaining unit.
2. 1. The Employer will maintain and post an up-to-date seniority list once per year, on or about September first, and forward a copy to the Union.  The 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.  The Employee shall submit in writing to the Employer a request to have their seniority reviewed and will provide the reasons supporting this review.  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. The Union shall submit in writing to the Employer a request to have the seniority list reviewed and will provide the reasons supporting this review. 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.
3. Casual Employees whose status changes to regular full-time, regular part-time or temporary full-time or temporary part-time shall have a “seniority date” 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.
4. 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.
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 13.01.