In the event of reduction in teaching positions, the employer will lay-off teachers in accordance with their accumulated seniority with the employer. Teachers with the least seniority will be laid off first.
Teachers that are laid off will have the first right of refusal if positions become available with the employer. Teachers will be called back in the order in which they are laid off.
If a teacher obtains a teacher general contract teaching job in the province of Manitoba with another School Division, they shall resign from their employer.
Notification of lay-offs must be communicated to the teacher and Teachers’ Association by May 1st in writing.