The phrase "seniority protections" refers to policies or rules that give preferential treatment or certain advantages to employees based on their length of service or time spent with a company. Full definition
Things really heated up when the budget season began and Mayor Bloomberg decided to use difficult economic times as an excuse for threatening layoffs in order to end seniority protections for teachers. (uft.org)
In an unusual request, the state Department of Education last week sent a short survey to every district and charter school asking them about their layoffs of teachers technically called «reductions in force» (RIFs) over the past five years, and about the impact of seniority protection on their «ability to manage their personnel.» (b4njkids.org)
Jordan and others also pointed to what they described as a wholesale attack on the teaching profession — through legislation proposing to lower qualifications and to eliminate seniority protections — in explaining the reasons for the statewide walk - out. (theatlantic.com)