(a) Seniority shall accrue to regular full time employees of the City and shall be based upon the total length of continuous service with the City, and shall be used for the purpose of determining layoff and recall rights.
(b) The seniority date of a City employee shall be the date of the employee's appointment as a permanent or provisional employee. If the employee was originally hired as a temporary employee and worked continuously full time and was subsequently made a permanent or provisional employee in any classification without a break in service, then upon the employee's successful completion of a sixty (60) work day probationary period in the permanent or provisional position, the employee's seniority date shall be the date of original appointment to the temporary position.
(c) All full time continuous service as a temporary shall be counted for the purpose of determining the employee's entitlement to fringe benefits. If the employee had worked as a temporary continuously full time for sixty (60) work days, then the employee shall be eligible for fringe benefits and Union representation immediately upon appointment as a permanent or provisional employee.