If it is necessary for the city to reduce the number of city employees because of lack of funds or lack of work, the department head shall make the determination of the necessity for layoffs. The reduction shall occur in the following manner:
A. Temporary and probationary employees shall be laid off before full- or part-time classified employees unless they are filling positions which require specific skills and knowledge.
B. Lay-off of classified employees shall be determined by the department head based on the employee's suitability for the jobs remaining, ability to perform available work, and past job performance. If all other criteria are equal, length of service with the city shall be considered.
C. Employees scheduled for lay-off shall be given as much notice as possible. Employees to be laid off may be notified at any time during a pay period and may be allowed to work through the end of that regular pay period or receive pay to the end of that period.
D. Accrued annual leave shall be paid through the final day of employment.
E. All employees laid off in good standing shall be eligible for rehire.
F. A laid-off employee returning to city employment within six months of the date of lay-off shall not serve a probationary period, if hired to the former position.
G. A laid-off employee, if rehired, within six months of the lay-off, shall retain the original date of hire for the purposes of computing sick and annual leave. (Ord. 435 § 5.6,2001)