Common use of Procedures for Staff Reduction Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Staff Reduction. In the event the Employer determines that employees must be laid off, the Association shall be notified in writing within ten (10) administrative working days after the determination. Employees shall be laid off based upon seniority from his/her sworn date or civilian date of hire. If the number of employees to be laid off within the classification exceeds the number of employees in that classification, the Employer shall consider qualification, ability to perform, and seniority and if qualifications and ability to perform are equal between and among affected employees, seniority shall govern. Temporary, part-time and Introductory employees performing duties within the job classification from which employees have been or are to be laid off, are to be laid off first and have not recall rights. An Association officer shall be present during all of the decision making meetings and decision making process of the administration concerning staff reductions. An employee to be laid off will be notified thereof in writing at least ten (10) working days prior to the effective date of the layoff. Within the job classification laid off, employees will be returned to work in the reverse order in which they were laid off. No new employees will be hired for a job in the classification from which employees have been laid off until all employees laid off from that classification have been given notice of recall. An employee who is laid off shall keep the Employer advised of the employee’s current mailing address. Notice of recall shall be sent by certified mail to the employee’s latest advised address. An employee shall report to work within on hundred twenty (120) hours after notice of recall is received or within one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours after notice of recall is mailed, whichever is lesser, unless the notice of recall provides for a specific later effective date of recall, in which case the employee shall report on said effective date.

Procedures for Staff Reduction. In the event the Employer determines that employees employee must be laid off, the Association Union shall be notified in writing within ten (10) administrative working days after the determination. Employees shall be laid off based upon seniority from his/her sworn date or civilian date as follows: a) Layoffs shall be determined on the basis of hire. Seniority, with less senior employees being the first to be laid off; and b) If the number of employees to be laid off within the classification exceeds the number of employees in that classificationcategory (a) or there are no employees who come within category (a), the Employer shall consider qualificationqualifications, ability to perform, and seniority seniority, and if qualifications and ability to perform are equal between and among affected employees, seniority shall govern. Employees who have been previously working in a lower grade classification will be able to return to that classification at the lower grade of pay in the employee’s present step in the event of a layoff. Temporary, part-time and Introductory introductory employees performing duties within the job classification from which employees have been or are to be laid off, are to be laid off first and have not no recall rights. An Association officer shall be present during all of the decision making meetings and decision making process of the administration concerning staff reductions. An employee to be laid off will be notified thereof in writing at least ten (10) working days prior to the effective date of the layoff. Within the job classification laid off, employees will be returned to work in the reverse order in which they were laid off. No new employees will be hired for a job in the classification from which employees have been laid off until all employees laid off from that classification have been given notice of recall. An employee who is laid off shall keep the Employer advised of the employee’s current mailing address. Notice of recall shall be sent by certified mail to the employee’s latest advised address. An employee shall report to work within on hundred twenty (120) hours after notice of recall is received Once notified by the Jail Administrator or within one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours after notice of recall is mailedtheir designee, whichever is lesser, unless the notice of recall provides for a specific later effective date of recall, in which case the employee shall report on said effective datebe given 72 hours to respond. In the event the employee accepts, the start date will be decided by the Jail Administrator.