ARTICLE 124 PRIORITY PLACEMENT
Section 1. Any employee at a Facility Pay Level 10-12, who has a minimum of fifteen (15) consecutive years as a CPC at his/her current facility, shall have attained priority placement status for inter-facility ingrade/downgrade bargaining unit vacancies/positions. The employee shall not normally be eligible to receive any permanent change of station (PCS) benefits unless the selection was made in conjunction with a vacancy announcement where PCS benefits were authorized. In that case, the individual requesting voluntary transfer shall be entitled to the same benefits as advertised on the vacancy announcement. The provisions of this Article do not apply for vacancies/positions that are filled in accordance with Article 42, Section 1(a) of this Agreement.
Section 2. Employees who meet the requirements of Section 1 may submit applications in accordance with Article 42, Section 5 of this Agreement. The front of each application must be clearly marked by the employee: "Filed under Article 124, Priority Placement, for a position at (specify facility identifier)." In addition, the employee shall forward a copy of the application to each facility to which the applicant desires consideration under this Agreement.
Section 3. Priority placement means the selection and placement of an employee in a specific bargaining unit position at a specific facility requested by the employee. Priority placement occurs prior to the consideration of candidates from all other competitive and non- competitive applications, but after placement of employees in accordance with law and Section 4 of HRPM EMP 1.9 (August 23, 2012), training failures, and hardship transfers.
Section 4. In the event that two (2) or more employees are entitled to priority placement status for a specific bargaining unit position at a specific facility, the Agency shall request that the Union provide the seniority ranking for each applicant and the most senior applicant shall be selected and placed in the position.
Section 5. Selected employees shall be released to begin their new positions as soon as practicable. This shall occur no later than six (6) months from the date of selection, unless otherwise requested by the employee, but in no case later than twelve (12) months from selection.
Section 6. Employee requests under this Article shall remain active for twenty-four (24) months. If no selection has been made within that period, the employee may reapply.
Section 7. If a priority placement status candidate is not placed in the vacancy, the Agency shall prepare a written narrative statement listing all reasons for non-placement. The Agency shall submit such written narrative to the employee’s Service Area Director with a copy to the employee and the Union at the employee’s current facility within seven (7) days of a non-placement determination.
This only available to ppl at a 10-12 is some bullshit. Thanks natca.
