LAYOFFS AND RECALL PROCEDURE Layoffs. A. The Employer may lay off a permanent employee when it is deemed necessary, by reason of shortage of work or funds, the abolition of the position, material change in the departmental organization, or for other related reasons which are outside the employee's control and which do not reflect discredit upon the service of the employee. B. If it becomes necessary to reduce the number of positions within a classification for any reason stated in (A) above, these reductions shall be made in the following order. 1. Employees in their promotional probationary period in the inverse order of time spent in their position. 2. If additional reductions are required or there are no probationary employees in affected classifications they shall be made by inverse order of seniority of the employees in the affected classifications as defined in Seniority Article. C. In circumstances other than those specified in subparagraph B, above, order of layoff of employees shall be made by inverse order of seniority as defined in Seniority Article. D. Employees affected by the reduction of the number of positions within a classification shall have the right to replace the least senior employee in any position in which they have served if they have more seniority than that least senior employee and if they remain qualified for the position Employees who are replaced in this manner shall have the right to replace the least senior employee in any position in which they have served if they have more seniority than that least senior employee and if they remain qualified for the position. E. No probationary permanent employee shall be laid off from any position while any temporary employee is still employed.
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