Article 15: Seniority

15.1

Seniority shall be defined as the length of continuous service from the employees most recent date of hire applied to the employees current job title and academic discipline/program. Seniority for full time and part time employees shall be calculated and applied separately.

15.2

Seniority shall be broken under the following circumstances:

15.2.1

if the employee quits;

15.2.2

if the employee is involuntarily terminated;

15.2.3

if the employee fails to return to work within any time period established pursuant to a layoff/recall notice;