Common use of Work Force Reductions Clause in Contracts

Work Force Reductions. a. The City is committed to making every reasonable effort to avoid laying off employees. b. A layoff is defined as any one of the following: 1) A separation of a non-probationary regular employee from the City due to the elimination of a position. 2) A reduction of the regularly established hours for a position from full-time to part- time by the City. 3) A reduction of the regularly established hours for a part-time position, if the reduction in hours would entail a change in the employee’s health insurance tier (as defined in 21.3). For the purposes of this article, “regularly established hours” refers to the hours as established in the most recent offer letter for an employee. Generally, temporary and initial hire probationary employees who are doing the same or lower level work within the job family, within a department, will be terminated prior to the layoff of regular non- probationary employees unless there is an operational need that dictates otherwise. The City will notify the Union if it is proposing an exception be made to this guideline. c. The City recognizes the need for prompt notification and will provide a minimum of 30 days notice to the Union regarding potential work force reductions and the advantage of discussions with the Union to solicit their suggestions and alternatives to layoff or other service reductions in time for them to be given due consideration. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, the City will give at least one (1) week notice to the Union prior to giving layoff notices to any bargaining unit members. d. Nothing in this Article is intended to restrict the prerogative of the City to determine the financial necessity of service reductions, the form of the reductions, the elimination of positions, or the location or duration of layoffs.

Work Force Reductions. 11.1 WORK FORCE REDUCTIONS a. The City is committed to making every reasonable effort to avoid laying off employees. b. A layoff is defined as any one of the following: 1) A a separation of a non-probationary regular employee from the City due to the elimination of a position. 2) A position or a reduction of the regularly established hours for a position from full-time to part- part-time by the City. 3) A reduction of the regularly established hours for a part-time position, if the reduction in hours would entail a change in the employee’s health insurance tier (as defined in 21.3). For the purposes of this article, “regularly established hours” refers to the hours as established in the most recent offer letter for an employee. Generally, temporary and initial hire probationary employees who are doing the same or lower level work within the job family, within a department, will be terminated prior to the layoff of regular non- probationary employees unless there is an operational need that dictates otherwise. The City will notify the Union if it is proposing an exception be made to this guideline. c. The City recognizes the need for prompt notification and will provide a minimum of 30 days notice to the Union regarding potential work force reductions and the advantage of discussions with the Union to solicit their suggestions and alternatives to layoff or other service reductions in time for them to be given due consideration. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, the City will give at least one two (12) week weeks notice to the Union prior to giving layoff notices to any bargaining unit members. d. Nothing in this Article is intended to restrict the prerogative of the City to determine the financial necessity of service reductions, the form of the reductions, the elimination of positions, or the location or duration of layoffs.