What happens to the least senior employee after a senior employee is deemed qualified?
The senior employee is retained and the least senior employee in the same classification and working in the same bureau, correspondency, department or business location will be given the right to transfer to a vacant position provided the employee has the skills and qualifications to perform that work. If no vacancy exists, the employee will be laid off and receive dismissal indemnity/severance. What should we do about the demands on remaining staffers to take up the slack (work speedups), or replacing staffers with stringers, freelancers or managers. You must do as directed by management so you must perform any additional duties given to you because the company can decide the size and composition of its staff. If you are having trouble with increased demands because of shrinking staff, be sure to point out that the contract says the company must take cognizance that additional duties imposed on you limits your ability to perform the amount of work previously done. A staff reduction is
