Common use of Procedures for Reduction in Force Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Reduction in Force. (a) Any necessary cutback in the number of employees shall be accom- plished as far as practicable by normal attrition. If cutbacks of bargaining unit employees become necessary, the Judicial Branch and the Union, at the request of the Union, will discuss possible alternatives. (b) Layoffs within the bargaining unit may be instituted on a department- wide basis or may be limited to one or more position classifications. The employer shall select the classification(s) involved in the layoff. (c) In the event a layoff is necessary, employees serving a probationary period in that classification shall be laid off first; thereafter permanent employees shall be laid off in inverse order of seniority. (d) Seniority as used in this Article is defined as current continuous service as a full-time or part-time (pro-rated) employee in the employee’s current classification. Current continuous service of full-time Adult Probation Commission employees as of December 31, 1978, shall be deemed service in the Adult Probation series. The term ‘‘current classification’’ includes: (1) for supervisory employees both the job title held and non-supervi- sory job titles in the classification series, e.g. a Chief Probation Officer’s service as a Probation Officer I, Probation Officer II, etc., constitutes service in the ‘‘current classification’’; and (2) for non-supervisory employees all non-supervisory job titles in the classification series, e.g. a Probation Officer II’s service as a Probation Officer I, Trainee, etc., constitutes service in the ‘‘current classification.’’ (3) for non-supervisory employees, immediately prior permanent ser- vice in a professional bargaining unit classification that has been elim- inated.