Common use of Change of Class List During a Layoff Clause in Contracts

Change of Class List During a Layoff. Employees who are laid off will be called back to vacancies within their classification as provided in Section 9 of this Part A. Change of Class Lists will be revised during a layoff process and will provide for qualified employees, laid off or displaced (returned to former class due to layoff), to be placed on the Change of Class list according to the following: • Employees who are unable to or chose not to displace another employee and are therefore laid off, shall be identified as Group A and will be informed of a special Change of Class list window and placed at the top of the Change of Class List for all positions for which they apply during the window. • Employees displaced will be placed on the Change of Class list for the classification from which they were displaced, and shall be identified as Group B and will be placed below Group A. For all other classes for which they apply, they shall be considered to be in Group C. • Those employees not affected by the layoff shall be identified as Group C and will be placed below Group B. a) Vacancies to be filled from the change of class list shall occur in the following order: 1. Group A in seniority order. 2. Group B in seniority order. 3. Group C in seniority order. Preferential ranking of employees on Change of Class lists impacted by the layoff shall remain in effect until such lists expire or three (3) years from the employee’s layoff or displacement.