SUBJECT: ACCELERATED LAYOFF
The Company and the Union agree that, subject to
management approval, employees who have been identified for and notified
(either directly or to the Union) of potential layoff may request acceleration
of the anticipated layoff date provided that management shall grant such a
request when such employees have provided satisfactory proof that they have
accepted a job offer from another employer.
Employees whose requests are granted shall be given a release date of
not more than two (2) weeks (fourteen (14) calendar days) following the date
the request was granted.
Employees granted an accelerated layoff date shall be
regarded as having Category A rights of recall as set forth in Section 22.9 of
the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement only upon receipt, following their
layoff, of an effective application as described in Section 22.1(d). Neither
Section 22.7 nor 22.10 shall apply to such employees. Employees granted an
accelerated layoff date will be required to sign a form waiving any rights
under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to a full sixty
(60)-day period of employment prior to the layoff.
Employees granted an accelerated layoff date
will be paid layoff benefits if they meet the eligibility criteria set forth in
Article 23 of the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Dated:
By:_____________________________ By:_________________________
Date: ___________________________ Date:_______________________