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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 74 of 217 Section 11. In the event it is determined that an employee is permanently disqualified for his/her duties, the Agency shall inform the employee of the rights, benefits and options, including other types of positions for which the employee may b e qualified and the procedures for requesting consideration for such positions. Section 12. An employee who has been engaged in the separation of aircraft as defined in P.L. 92 - 297 or in providing preflight, inflight, or airport advisory service to aircra ft operators as defined in P.L. 99 - 335, shall be eligible for retirement in accordance with applicable law. Section 13. The Parties recognize that applications for federal service retirements are subject to the rules, processing procedures and time limits established by the OPM. In order to minimize this processing time, employees may submit their application for retirement to the appropriate Regional Human Resource Management Division ninety (90) days prior to the scheduled effective date of separation. T he Agency agrees to process all necessary paperwork in connection with a retirement application as it is submitted and in a timely manner Section 14. In the event Health Fairs or similar activities are conducted at any Agency facility, the Agency should r equest participating vendors to be available so as to allow maximum employee participation on duty time. Additionally, the Agency should advise other facilities in the local area in order to allow for maximum employee participation. Employees are not entit led to travel and per diem. ARTICLE 42 BIDDING PROCEDURES Section 1. All vacancy announcements for bargaining unit positions shall be open for a minimum of twenty - one (21) days before the closing date and time of the announcements. Vacancy announcement s will be posted on USAJOBS as they become available. Access to the website shall be afforded to all bargaining unit employees (BUEs) through the computers provided for in Article 36. a. TMC positions may be bid in - house and open for a minimum of fourteen (1 4) days. b. Intra - facility details, for bargaining unit positions covered by this Agreement, of one (1) year or less may be advertised in - house for a minimum of fourteen (14) days. Section 2. Candidates must apply online to receive consideration. All bids must have a status of " Received" prior to the closing date and time associated with the vacancy announcement. Section 3. All qualification requirements shall be posted on the vacancy announcements at the time the announcement is made. Section 4. If th e selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on th e list who are qualified must be interviewed. If it is determined that interviews are required and telephone interviews are not

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