i bid on a route that came up and the only person that had me beat was a 22.3 guy who bid and won a route a couple months ago. He disqualified himself after a few days on that route. I have heard conflicting stories on how this works now. I thought since he disqualified himself he couldn't bid again for a year but someone said since he is 22.3 and bidding up that doesn't apply. Any info is appreciated.
Here is the language in the central, but it only deals with part time to full time.
Section 10 -Part-time Employees Transferring To
Full-time Jobs Other Than Hub and Preload
After the completion of the job selection procedure outlined in Section
8 of this Article, the resulting opening will be filled as follows:
Part-time employees with six (6) or more month’s seniority may bid
on a full-time opening in their building in all months except
November and December, providing they meet the same require-
ments as applicants for that full-time job. The six (6) months or
more may be reduced upon mutual agreement. The permanent new
job or permanent vacancy resulting from the procedure outlined
above will be posted for a period of five (5) working days. The job
will be awarded to the senior bidding employee.
The employee awarded the job must satisfactorily complete a thirty
(30) working day training period. An employee who disqualifies
himself/herself on his/her first (1st
) attempt shall not be allowed to
bid again for one (1) year. An employee who fails to qualify, or dis-
qualifies themselves on his/her second (2nd) attempt, shall not be
allowed to bid again for three (3) years. The above procedure will
be applied on an alternating six-for-one basis, (e. g., for every seven
(7) jobs, six (6) will be filled as outlined above and the other from
applicants from other sources).
Part-time employees successfully transferring to full-time jobs will
be considered as newly hired full-time employees and will be added
to the appropriate seniority list. Their seniority date will be the day
of the transfer.
Part-time employees entering into a full-time combination job must
remain in that job for a period of nine (9) months before being eli-
gible to bid again to another full-time combination job.
Being a 22.3 may change that. And you would need to know the local practice
