Award of Job. Vacancies and promotions will be awarded on the basis of first, qualifications and second, seniority (within classification), and then district seniority within the bargaining unit. Qualifications will be determined by the administration and will be detailed in job descriptions, published Administrative Work Rules and referenced in job postings for vacant positions. The Administration reserves the right to interpret the qualifications of each bargaining unit member. Qualifications will be objective, measurable skills. If two (2) or more applicants for a vacant position meet the qualifications required, seniority will determine who is awarded the job.
Award of Job. The posted job shall be awarded to the full-time employee within the Department who meets the qualifications for the position. In the event two (2) employees are equally qualified for the job, as determined by the City, the full-time employee with the most Department Seniority shall be awarded the posted job. In the event no such qualified employee exists within the Department, then the full-time employee within the City who meets the qualifications for the position shall be awarded the job. If two (2) employees are equally qualified for the job as determined by the City in its sole discretion, the full-time employee with the most City-wide Seniority will be awarded the job. To be qualified, the employee must have the qualifications, education, work experience, training, skills, licenses, certificates, ability, competency, and other job-related requirements, such as good judgment or ability to work with other people, to perform the job in a satisfactory level as determined by the Personnel Director. In the event no such qualified employee exists within the City, then the City in its sole discretion will fill the position. Throughout the period of this Agreement, employees displaced (by reason of layoff) from jobs they occupied for thirty (30) or more calendar days shall receive preferential rights for consideration of award of said jobs in the event those jobs become open and available pursuant to the bid procedure herein based upon Article Thirty-Five Layoff.
