When ability, skill, training, and other relevant qualifications are considered equivalent, job security shall be commensurate with an employee's seniority. Seniority policy provisions for Service and Maintenance personnel are contained in the "Understanding of Policies" Article VII in the Employee Relations Section of Manual. Executive and managerial employees are excluded from these provisions.
For regular staff, other than Service and Maintenance personnel, seniority consists of continuous service in the same department. If relative service among employees is equal, the employee with the greatest regular University service is the most senior employee. For Service and Maintenance personnel, see "Understanding of Policies" Article VIII in Employee Relations Section of Manual.
Seniority accrues from the first day of regular employment. Seniority should not impact employment decisions for regular employees until the successful completion of the probationary period. An employee who is laid off retains his/her seniority for a period of one (1) year from the effective date of the layoff but does not continue to accrue seniority during the layoff leave of absence. In the event an employee who is notified of a layoff or who is in the layoff pool transfers to another department, he/she continues to maintain seniority in the department where the layoff occurred for a period of one (1) year from the effective date of the layoff or the transfer, whichever occurs first. During a work-related injury or military leave of absence, an employee continues to accrue seniority.
HR 109 Probationary and Qualifying Periods, HR 117 Layoff, HR 405 Military Leave, HR 408 Leave of Absence and HR 409 Work-Incurred Injury or Illness.
Date Created: 9/26/97
Last Updated: 1/1/2005