(A) Notice of resignation.
(1) Employees in permanent status are expected to give at least two weeks' notice and other employees at least three calendar days' notice prior to their effective date of termination of village employment. If an employee quits his or her job without prior notice and thereby impairs the effectiveness of the village's service, his or her separation may be designated as a dismissal, provided the reasons for failure to give notice are not justifiable.
(2) Employees who resign in good standing shall be eligible for re-employment with the village subject to the same requirements and standards as applied to new applicants.
(B) Lay-offs. A department head may lay-off an employee when it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees because of lack of work, shortage of funds or materials, and/or completion of a project. Lay-offs shall not be considered to be a disciplinary action.
(1) Order of lay-off. In determining the order of lay-off, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
(a) Efficiency of the employee as demonstrated on the job.
(b) Needs of service.
(c) Nature of work to be curtailed.
(d) Length of service.
(e) In addition to the above factors, the advisability of demoting employees in high classes to lower classes for which they are qualified and laying off those in lower classes may also be considered.
(f) No regular, full-time employee shall be laid off from any position while a temporary employee is still employed in the same department. Unless it is determined that two or more employees in the department in which a lay-off is to be made possess substantial differences in their respective qualifications to perform the work to be done, the order of lay-off shall be in the reverse order of the date when the employees first entered the service.
(2) Notice of lay-off. Employees whose services with the village are to be terminated by the village for reasons of economy or termination of need for special services are entitled to two weeks' notice from the village.
(3) Re-employment. Regular, full-time employees thus laid off shall be placed on a re-employment list for a period of one year, and shall be returned to work in the reverse order of their lay-off, provided that the employee is qualified and has the necessary skill for the position to be filled. An employee who has been laid off shall keep the Village Clerk notified of his or her address. Failure to do so will be taken as an indication that he or she is not interested in or desirous of being re-employed.
(C) Dismissal.
(1) Employees dismissed shall forfeit their right to pay in lieu of accrued vacation leave and shall not receive pay for such leave. If an employee fails to give notice of resignation as provided in these personnel regulations, the employee shall forfeit his or her right to pay in lieu of unused vacation leave accrued during the current calendar year.
(2) Employees who are dismissed shall not be eligible for re-employment unless cause for previous dismissal has been satisfactorily corrected.
(Ord. D-239, passed 8-10-2004)