Formatting § 7.1.v NA2022

MOU Mail Handler Assistant (MHA) Separations and Re-Appointments

The parties recognize the Employer has historically provided qualified and available career employees with work at the straight time rate prior to assigning such work to non-career employees. MHAs, although non-career, have a career path. MHAs are separated for five days between appointments.

Separations of MHAs for lack of work before the end of their term shall be by inverse relative standing on the appropriate MHA roll and such separations are not grievable except where the separations are alleged to be pretextual. If an MHA is being considered for non-reappointment solely due to lack of work and one or more MHAs with lower relative standing are employed at the site, then the MHA with the lowest relative standing is to be separated and the MHA being considered for non-reappointment is to be reappointed.

MHAs separated for lack of work before the end of their term will be given reappointment ahead of other MHAs with less relative standing on the MHA roll provided the need for hiring arises within (1) year of the separation. MHAs who meet these conditions, will be offered the opportunity for appointment in inverse order of their separation.