(A) The City Manager shall determine in which department and which classification the layoffs or job abolishment will occur. Layoffs will be in reverse order of seniority by classification within the department.
(B) When employees are laid off from their classification, the city shall create a recall list for each classification. The city shall recall employees from layoff within each classification as needed. The city shall recall employees according to seniority, beginning with the most senior employee in the classification and progressing to the least senior employee, up to the number of employees to be recalled. An employee shall be eligible for recall for a period of two years after the effective date of layoff.
(C) When the city recalls a person off the list, they shall be recalled to their previous classifications, but not necessarily to the shift on which they were working when laid off.
(D) Notice of recall from a layoff shall be sent to the employee by registered mail. The city shall be deemed to have fulfilled its obligations by mailing the recall notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last mailing address provided by the employee.
(E) In the case of a layoff, the recalled employee shall have five days following the date of mailing of the recall notice to notify the city of his or her intention to return to work, and shall have ten calendar days following the mailing date of the recall notice in which to report for duty, unless a different date for returning to work is otherwise specified in the notice.
(1974 Code, § 37.15) (Ord. 12-94, passed 5-16-1994; Am. Ord. 07-02, passed 3-4-2002; Am. Ord. 40-15, passed 10-5-2015; Am. Ord. 19-18, passed 7-16-2018)