When a layoff needs to be implemented, can a department proceed and have an employee apply their seniority bumping rights without notification to the Union?
The collective bargaining agreements do not require that the unions be notified when an employee exercises his/her seniority rights. It is important to remember that a department may not issue the Notice of Layoff until after the employee identified for layoff has exercised their seniority rights under the collective bargaining agreement or University policy. Back to Top In regards to layoffs, what is “Made Whole or Better?” The concept of not disadvantaging an employee whose position is targeted for layoff by requiring him/her to bump a less senior employee appointed at a lower percentage than the targeted employee. To preserve the percentage of appointment of the senior employee targeted for layoff, he/she will bump other less senior employees whose percentage appointments are more comparable to, equal to or even greater than the targeted employee’s.
