Alberta Precision Laboratories

Article 28: Seniority

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   1. For Regular or Temporary Employees, seniority with the Employer starts on the date on which the Employee commenced employment in the bargaining unit.

   2. For Casual Employees whose status changes to regular or temporary; or someone determined by the Labour Relations Board or agreed to by the parties as being in the bargaining unit, the “seniority date” shall be established by dividing their contiguous hours worked with the Employer from the date the Employee commenced performing work of a paramedical professional/technical nature by two thousand and twenty-two point seven five (2,022.75) and converting the result to a seniority date.

   3. Subject to the provisions of Article 44.12, a Regular or Temporary Employee who changes their status to a Casual Employee and at a future date changes back to a Regular or Temporary Employee status will have their original seniority date recognized.

2. Seniority shall not apply during the probationary period; however, once the probationary period has been completed seniority shall be credited as provided in Article 28.01.

3. Seniority shall be the determining factor in:

   1. preference of vacation time;

   2. layoffs and recalls, subject to the qualifications specified in Article 30;

   3. promotions and transfers within the bargaining unit subject to the qualifications specified in Article 29.

4. Seniority shall be considered broken, all rights forfeited, 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, in accordance with Article 30.03, an Employee does not return to work on recall to their former classification and full-time equivalency.

5. The Employer shall provide the Union within two (2) months of the signing of this agreement and in January and July of each year thereafter, a listing of Employees in order of seniority in accordance with the provisions of Article 28.01. Such seniority list shall include the Employee names, classification, status, Site and seniority date. The Employer shall make the list available to all Employees. This listing shall be provided monthly if there are Employees on layoff.