Common use of Layoff Order Clause in Contracts

Layoff Order. The Township shall determine in which rank(s) layoff(s) will occur. Where layoffs of members in a particular rank are necessary, such members shall be laid off in the order of seniority within a rank, beginning with the least senior and progressing to the most senior, up to the number of members that are to be laid off. A member in a higher rank with more Departmental seniority may displace a less senior member in the next lower rank, and in succeeding lower ranks, until the youngest member in point of service is laid off. In all cases members who bump into a lower rank shall be entitled to the highest salary step established for that particular rank into which the member bumps.

Layoff Order. The Township shall determine in which rank(s) layoff(s) will occur. Where layoffs of members in a particular rank are necessary, such members shall be laid off in the order of seniority within a rankDepartmental seniority, beginning with the least senior and progressing to the most senior, up to the number of members that are to be laid off. A member in a higher rank with more Departmental seniority may displace a less senior member in the next lower rank, and in succeeding lower ranks, until the youngest member in point of service is laid off. In all cases cases, members who bump into a lower rank shall be entitled to the highest salary step established for that particular rank into which the member bumps.