Common use of Layoff and Bumping Procedure Clause in Contracts

Layoff and Bumping Procedure. When, in the judgment of the Employer, it is necessary to eliminate a job classification or to reduce the number of employees in a job classification, the affected employee(s) shall be reduced by inverse classification seniority. When, in the judgment of the Employer, it is necessary to layoff, the affected employee(s) shall be laid off by inverse department seniority as defined in Section 5. 1. Employees thus removed from a job classification shall exercise their job classification seniority in Section 5.1 in any lower rated bargaining unit classification, which they have permanently occupied during their employment with the Police Department. Employees thus displaced from their job classification shall exercise the same right. The layoff provision shall not apply wherein the application thereof would result in the Department being required to layoff an employee in possession of a special skill essential to properly perform the work available at the time of the layoff, not possessed by employees having greater seniority. Employees bumping into lower rated classifications shall be paid the rate of said classification. Employees bumped from a position in the bargaining unit may exercise their bumping rights into the non-supervisor bargaining unit, if permitted, pursuant to the terms and provisions contained in the non-supervisors contract. If employees are to be laid off, management will notify the POLC prior to any layoff.