Reduction in Services. A. Any unit member subject to layoff shall receive a sixty (60) day advance notice of layoff. The fifteen (15) days preceding the notice will be used for consultation by the District with the Union on the impact of the layoff and the exploration of ways to minimize disruption of District operations. B. The District will assist any unit members receiving layoff notices with counseling toward finding new employment.β C. When a unit member, who has received a layoff notice, has a new job interview scheduled during his/her working day, the employee may use his/her personal necessity leave as provided in the Agreement for the interview, after exhaustion of accrued vacation entitlement. D. To assist the unit member who has received a layoff notice, and who has not obtained new employment by the effective layoff date, the District shall continue the existing health benefits for an additional two (2) month period beyond the layoff effective date or until the employee obtains new employment, whichever occurs first. E. Employees of the unit who are laid off shall receive full re-employment rights for thirty-nine (39) months, as provided by statute. F. In the event of layoffs, the remaining unit members will not be disciplined in any manner as the result of their not being able to complete additional work, if any, assigned to the employee as a result of the layoff.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Reduction in Services. A. Any unit member subject to layoff shall receive a sixty (60) day advance notice of layoff. The fifteen (15) days preceding the notice will be used for consultation by the District with the Union on the impact of the layoff and the exploration of ways to minimize disruption of District operations.
B. The District will assist any unit members receiving layoff notices with counseling toward finding new employment.βemployment.
C. When a unit member, who has received a layoff notice, has a new job interview scheduled during his/her working day, the employee may use his/her personal necessity leave as provided in the Agreement for the interview, after exhaustion of accrued vacation entitlement.
D. To assist the unit member who has received a layoff notice, and who has not obtained new employment by the effective layoff date, the District shall continue the existing health benefits for an additional two (2) month period beyond the layoff effective date or until the employee obtains new employment, whichever occurs first.
E. Employees of the unit who are laid off shall receive full re-employment rights for thirty-nine (39) months, as provided by statute.
F. In the event of layoffs, the remaining unit members will not be disciplined in any manner as the result of their not being able to complete additional work, if any, assigned to the employee as a result of the layoff.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement