Article 21
Reassignments

Section 21.01

A. Employees may request to be reassigned or not to be reassigned at any time. The Employer is obligated to consider such requests, but is under no obligation to grant such a request.

B. When an employee can demonstrate a significant hardship exists which would be relieved by a reassignment to a vacant position for which he/she is qualified and management chooses to fill, the employee will be reassigned unless management presents just cause to preclude the reassignment, e.g., a less than fully satisfactory performance appraisal, or substantial workload disruption. The current and future positions must be in the same series, grade, title, and have interchangeable duties.

C. When an employee can demonstrate a significant hardship exists which would be relieved by a reassignment, he/she may exchange positions with another employee who agrees to the exchange so long as they occupy interchangeable positions (same series, title, grade and duties) and management does not present just cause to preclude the reassignment, e.g., a less than fully satisfactory performance appraisal, or substantial workload disruption.

Section 21.02

An employee who is going to be reassigned will be given as much advance notice as possible.

Section 21.03

The Employer agrees that where an employee has been reassigned due to the abolition of the employee's position, the employee will be given priority consideration for that position (same location, if possible) upon request should the Employer reestablish that position within one year. When a position is to be reestablished, affected employees will be given reasonable advance notice.