Common use of Layoff and Reduction Clause in Contracts

Layoff and Reduction. The Board may lay off employees or reduce the hours of employees for lack of work, lack of funds, or other legally authorized reasons. In the event employees are laid off and/or reduced in hours, the employees shall be laid off or reduced in hours in inverse order of seniority in the class in which the layoff and/or reduction occurs. The unit member who has been employed the shortest time as a probationary or permanent unit member in the class, plus higher classes, shall be considered to have the least seniority.