135.261 SENIORITY.

   (a)   Seniority for a full-time employee shall be that employee’s length of continuous service with the City. For the purpose of calculating length of service, the date of an employee’s service shall be counted from his most recent date of hire. An employee shall have no seniority during his probationary period but, upon completion of the probationary period, seniority shall be retroactive to the date of hire.

   (b)   Seniority shall be broken when an employee:

      (1)   Quits or resigns;

      (2)   Is discharged for cause;

      (3)   Is laid off more than one year;

      (4)   Is absent without notice for five consecutive duty days;

      (5)   Fails to report for work when recalled from layoff within three work days from the date on which the City sends or delivers the employee notice by certified mail (return receipt requested) (to such employee’s last known address as shown on the City’s records).

   (c)   For the term of this agreement, in the case of a personnel reduction, the employee with the least seniority, regardless of classification or position, shall be laid off first. Employees shall be recalled in order of their seniority, regardless of their classification or position. No new employee shall be hired until laid-off employees have been given ample opportunity to return to work.
(Ord. 2004-199. Passed 12-21-04.)