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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 118 of 217 Section 3. An employee who has declined a directed reassignment or transfer of function reassignm ent outside the local commuting area and who has received a proposed separation notice or has been involuntarily separated will be considered an affected employee. Section 4. The Agency will make every reasonable effort to provide surplus employees with u p to sixteen (16) hours of duty time per pay period to pursue career transition activities. Section 5. The Agency agrees to provide displaced employees with a minimum of thirty - two (32) hours of duty time per pay period. Subject to staffing and workload, affected employees will receive up to thirty - two (32) hours of duty time per pay period to pursue transition activities. Section 6. Surplus, displaced, and affected employees shall be given reasonable access to government local and long distance telephone service, copy machines, computers, Internet access and e - mail, and printers and fax machines, where available. This equipment may be used to pursue transition activities when not in use by the Agency. Section 7. The Agency shall supply closeout performan ce evaluations to any displaced or affected employee who has been working under an existing position description for at least ninety (90) days. Section 8. Affected employees who have received a proposed separation notice, but who have not yet received a f inal separation notice, shall receive priority consideration for vacancies within the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) for which they are qualified, within the local commuting area. Section 9. For two (2) years following their date of separation, affected e mployees shall be given first consideration for reemployment into a vacant FAA position in which they are qualified for under the following conditions: a. the vacant position is at or below the grade level from which the individual was separated; b. the area o f consideration stated in the vacancy announcement includes any non - FAA applicants; c. the individual submits a timely application under the vacancy announcement; and d. the individual includes with his/her application, a copy of the first consideration eligib ility letter that was provided with the separation notice. First consideration means that the resume/application of the involuntarily separated applicant(s) for a position will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration ahead of candidates o utside the Agency. Relocation expenses are not authorized for affected employees under the provisions of this Article. Section 10. Affected employees who are involuntarily separated shall be provided a letter explaining their eligibility for first conside ration. This letter shall be given to an employee simultaneously with the final separation notice.

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