Seniority refers to the length of time someone has been in a job or position compared to others. It determines the level of authority, respect, and benefits a person may receive based on their experience and tenure within an organization.
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of seniority of the position, your resume format should effectively demonstrate proven sales experience, consistency in meeting or exceeding targets, and the capability of leading large teams.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been seeking to overturn provisions that require teachers be dismissed based
on seniority in favor of an evaluation system.
This was the early»90s, and there were very few women who had reached her level of
seniority in the federal government.
Both self - rated health and subjective well - being demonstrated the improving level of health
with seniority of grade and with less hours worked.
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There's not much chance of the state suddenly coughing up more cash; a compromise on
seniority rules or state mandates, though, should be possible.
Does a recent court ruling in Los Angeles really signal the beginning of the end of an unjust teacher
seniority system?
Further, as is customary in American courts, the justices are seated
by seniority on the bench.
She writes at page 36, «Although the Tribunal has had occasion to comment on the challenges posed by such cases, the Tribunal does not appear to have been called upon to decide a case in which there was a direct conflict between rights under the Code, and rights, such as
seniority rights, under the collective agreement.»
The agreement comes on the heels of clashing rhetoric between the UFT and the DOE over
teacher seniority rules and the «last in, first out» policy that restricted schools» ability to decide which teachers would be laid off.
«I am well positioned in
seniority as a member of the Assembly Rules, and Ways & Means Committees and as a leader in the Assembly Republican Conference, and I will continue the fight in Albany for the people of my district.»
Cravath follows the traditional lockstep method where partners are rewarded
for seniority, allowing for the avoidance of inter-office rivalry and endless performance reviews.
Rank - and - file members aren't completely on an equal footing — the oft - criticized practice of awarding committee chairs based on
seniority over skill continued with Heastie's decision to stick with the longtime committee chairs appointed by Silver.
Their flier, «An Open Letter to Marty Golden: I voted for you, but you let us down,» called Golden on his promises to support education, telling him that «buying stuff» for schools was not enough given his opposition to extending the millionaire's tax and his support for ending
seniority layoff rules.
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.»
Kevin Welner of the National Education Policy Center hasn't taken a position in the tenure fight, but he sees a problem with focusing on tenure and
seniority laws in the quest to improve schools.
For the first time in SEMA Show's history, exhibitors with five or more years of
seniority points may choose to extend their payments into the next calendar year.
A group of white schoolteachers from South Bend, Ind., asked a federal appeals court last month to invalidate a clause in their collective - bargaining agreement that protects black teachers with
less seniority from layoffs.
«Last In, First Out» (LIFO): Many states and districts
use seniority in making layoff decisions, despite pressure from some advocacy groups to base those decisions on performance, instead.
Maine's school boards are being urged to
eliminate seniority clauses from teachers» contracts as the result of a state high - court decision, handed down this summer, that state law does not protect tenured teachers at the expense of nontenured teachers in layoff decisions.
Negotiators for the A.F.T., led by Albert Shanker, the union's president, had sought relief
from seniority provisions that the union maintained were unduly restrictive.
Also taken out of the bill was a provision to balance teacher performance with
seniority when making layoff decisions, and a new streamlined dismissal process for ineffective teachers.
This effect will go into other schools as well because these transfer teachers will affect teachers with less
seniority at other schools.»
The authors write that «our findings largely comport with what one would expect given
seniority provisions in collective bargaining agreements.»
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The fact is that public charter schools, with the freedom to not unionize their staffs and focus on children's academic progress rather than
just seniority in teacher evaluations, have resulted in long waiting lists for children to gain entrance into good public charter schools.
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The new, open - ended contracts promised by the law represent a nontraditional route to stable employment in France, one that bypasses nationwide competitions and is based on
seniority rather than merit.
The same issue spurred Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R - Monmouth), a staunch Christie ally, to introduce a bill
ending seniority rights days after the governor's signing ceremony.
Our findings largely comport with what one would expect
given seniority provisions in collective bargaining agreements.
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about seniority order.
Charter schools, our experimental cohort, handle ELL student needs differently because they are free from union rules
like seniority - based job security.
In Buffalo, as in many districts, that's a challenge, because of
seniority clauses in labor contracts.
In the overwhelming majority of school - district collective bargaining agreements, «last in, first out» provisions
make seniority the determining factor in which teachers are laid off.
Far from being a nefarious plot to create a «low - wage economy,» ending furloughs based on
seniority alone keeps the focus on kids so they are prepared for well - paying jobs in our rapidly changing economy.
The General Court Marshal (GCM) of 7 Division, Nigerian Army sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a soldier serving with Operation Lafiya Dole to two years imprisonment for assault while another
lost seniority for acts prejudice to military discipline.
«We are very pleased that the judge saw through this transparent attempt to undermine New Jersey's
seniority statute by making false claims and denigrating Newark's dedicated educators,» said New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) President Wendell Steinhauer, in a statement.
In March 2011 he said, «Layoffs based only on
seniority don't help kids.
Even if you've reached your ceiling with a company, is there an opportunity to
gain seniority over those at your same level?
This approach directly challenges the
union seniority system, which fails to recognize any differentiation of teaching effectiveness, perpetuating «the dance of the lemons,» whereby poorly performing teachers are simply shifted from school to school.
Opponents of the new laws
say seniority and collective bargaining rights attract talent to the teaching profession.
It does not affect the practice of «last in, first out,» however, under
which seniority rights are a factor when districts need to reduce staff.
Unfortunately, this practice of
favoring seniority at the cost of early career teachers extends to pensions, albeit in a slightly different form.
Throughout much of the country, the decisions as to which teachers get laid off are determined by archaic
seniority policies.
(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on
seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.
In some cases, principals have the ability to «pick» their teams but in most schools that I have worked in, staffs come together based on a variety of reasons,
including seniority within unions, years of experience within a school or district, hiring and exit procedures and of course, what the schools need for course and content specialities.
Thus the Master held that proportionality required the work to be done by someone not capable of doing it, or rather not of
such seniority as to be likely to do the work properly.