Layoff If there are changes of duties in the organization, lack of work, or lack of funds, the City Manager may lay off employees. All temporary and seasonal positions shall be laid off prior to the layoff of any regular status bargaining unit employees, so long as the temporary work falls within the usual and customary duties of the bargaining unit employee. An employee shall be given notice of a layoff with as much notice as reasonably possible, but no less than fourteen (14) calendar days before the effective date. Notice of the layoff will be given to the Local Union President, or designee, and to the employee. Employees shall be laid off in a division in the inverse order of their bargaining unit seniority within the job description affected by the layoff. The City Manager shall first make every reasonable effort to integrate those employees into another position by transfer or consider alternatives to layoff by the Union. Within individual division, a bargaining unit employee scheduled for layoff may bump the least senior employee at the same or lower salary range occupying a position the employee previously held in the employee’s present department. An employee wishing to bump must exercise his or her right within five (5) calendar days from the date he or she receives his or her layoff notice. To bump to the position, the employee must have completed probation in the position they are bumping to. A bump will only be allowed if the employee is still able to perform the essential functions of the job and has all the qualifications presented in the job description. In the event an employee does not currently have the relevant certification/license, the employee is still eligible to exercise this bumping right provided the pertinent certification/license is and can be obtained within six (6) months. An employee who bumps another employee must complete probation in the position. Failure to make probation within six (6) months will result in the employee’s termination. In an effort to minimize the disruption to the workforce, an employee that is bumped will not have a right to bump and will be laid off. When layoffs occur in a part-time position, part-time seniority cannot be applied to the same full- time position in the department. This means a part-time employee cannot bump a full-time employee under any circumstances.
Layoff Benefits All rights to which a certificated employee was entitled at the time of his/her layoff including unused accumulated sick leave and credits toward leave eligibility will be restored to the certificated employee upon his/her return to active employment, and the certificated employee will be placed upon the proper step of the salary schedule for the certificated employee's current position according to the certificated employee's experience and education.
Sick Leave Pay A Nurse granted sick leave shall be paid for the period of such leave at her or his regular hourly rate of pay and the number of hours thus paid shall be deducted from the accumulated sick leave credits of the Nurse.