Community Living Services Collective Agreement - British Columbia ...

CSSBA and CSSEA - Community Living Services (03/2012) Page 15
seven days of receipt of the recall notice. After contacting the Employer, employees will have up to 14
days to return to work;
(e) she is permanently promoted to an excluded position and does not return to the bargaining unit
within six months.
12.4 Re-Employment
An employee who resigns her position and within 90 days is re-employed, will be granted a leave of
absence without pay covering those days absent and will retain all previous rights in relation to seniority
and benefits subject to any benefit plan eligibility requirements.
12.5 Bridging of Service
If a regular employee resigns after the signing of this Agreement as a result of a decision to care for a
dependent child or dependent children, spousal illness or disability, or an aging parent and is re-employed
with her former employer, upon application she will be credited with length of service accumulated at
time of termination for the purpose of benefits based on service seniority. The following conditions will
apply:
(a) the employee must have been a regular employee with at least two years of service seniority at
time of termination;
(b)
(c)
the resignation must indicate the reason for termination;
the break in service will be for no longer than six years;
(d) the previous length of service will not be reinstated until successful completion of the probation
period on re-employment.
12.6 Same Seniority
When two or more employees have the same seniority and when mutual agreement cannot be reached,
then seniority will be determined by chance.
13.1 Definition of a Layoff
"Layoff" is:
ARTICLE 13 - LAYOFF AND RECALL
(a) a cessation of employment or elimination of a job resulting from a reduction of the amount of
work required to be done by the Employer, or reorganization, or a program termination, or closure or
other material change in organization; or
(b) a reduction in hours of work greater than four hours per week from the employees' posted
position, or that results in the elimination of health and welfare benefits, or that results in a change in
the employees' status.
13.2 Pre-Layoff Canvass
(a) Before a layoff occurs, the Employer may consult with the Union to discuss lessening disruption
to clients and staff. Prior to the layoff of regular employees under Article 13.3 (Layoff), the Employer
will canvass employees in order to invite:
(1) placement on the casual call-in and recall lists with no loss of seniority; or
(2) early retirement; or
(3) other voluntary options, as agreed to by the Union and the Employer.