Rehire

Question: Can you rehire a superintendent as a journeyman? 

Answer: There are no restrictions in the Carpenters agreements on the right of an employer to "lay off" a superintendent and then "rehire" him as a journeyman, assuming that he was a journeyman before being promoted. The employee should be treated the same as any other journeyman with respect to wages and benefits, so that the Union does not say he is really a superintendent working with the tools or that you have adopted a practice of paying 160 hours per month for all journeymen.