superseniority

noun

su·​per·​seniority

¦süpə(r)+

: seniority unrelated to length of actual service

especially : additional service sometimes credited to a union official or veteran or granted temporarily to insure a union official being employed while holding office

called also synthetic seniority

Word History

Etymology

super- + seniority

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