seniority rights
Veteran employee advantages
Seniority rights are workplace privileges that increase with length of service.
In unionized settings, seniority typically determines who gets promoted, who chooses vacation dates first, and who gets laid off last: When cuts came, workers with seniority rights kept their jobs while newer hires were let go.
The principle rewards loyalty and protects long-tenured employees from arbitrary treatment.
- bumpingLight repeated collision
- job securityProtected employment status
- union contractsNegotiated employment agreements
- pension eligibilityRight to retirement payments
- tenureProtected employment status
years of service · decision-making authority · accrued · contract negotiations · shop steward · union dues · vacation scheduling · work rules · longevity · old timers · layoff · last in first out · pay grade · severance packages · precedence · institutional memory · LIFO · worker solidarity
- employment termslabor contract, salary, employment terms, internship, contract terms
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- labor rightslabor laws, worker councils, fair wages, fair labor, workplace safety
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
- senioritytenure, rank, time served, veteran status, experience
- maritime laborseafarers, seamen, merchant mariners, working hours, working conditions
seniority rightsmeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
merit pay · pay-for-performance · at-will employment · favoritism · nepotism
seniority rightsat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
probationary status · gig economy · right-to-work · trial period