What Are Bumping Rights

Bumping rights provide for an employee to displace another employee due to a layoff or other employment action as defined in a collective bargaining agreement, employer policy, or other binding agreement. These rights are often created through a seniority system.

What does subject to bumping mean?

Subject to bumping means that the employee holding the job in question can be displaced by another employee in terms of applicable bumping rights.

What is bumping in redundancy?

Bumping in redundancy relates to the process whereby an employee whose role is at risk of redundancy is redeployed into an alternative role, and the individual who previously undertook that role is dismissed as redundant instead.