The McCaskill-Bond amendment requires just two of the labor protections: that "provisions shall be made for the integration of seniority lists in a fair and equitable manner" and that disputes over seniority be submitted to binding arbitration.
While the changes made for a remarkable moment, seniority is far from dead, and the best way to the top in Congress remains formidable staying power.
Indeed, in the current wage round, large electronics companies such as Hitachi and Matsushita are trying to introduce wage scales that make hardly any allowance for seniority.But the convention clings on in continental Europe too.
And he eliminated rules making seniority the primary factor in deciding which teachers to lay off.
The new law also makes seniority less important in firing decisions.
For seniority, having three or more years of professional experience made respondents more likely to choose option 2. For options 3 and 5, experience is significantly associated with this choice.
You can also make distinctions between classification levels to account for higher amounts of responsibility and for seniority.
They are camera-happy and quite unwilling to sit back for years waiting for seniority.
Respect for seniority means that promotions go to the older, not the most able.
That's why we need to strengthen pay for performance and weaken pay for seniority".
