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2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full-Time Employees Unit Page 86 <br />ARTICLE XX <br />20.0 LAYOFFS <br />20.1 Notice of Layoff <br />It is the hope of the City not to separate any employee(s) from employment because of a <br />reduction in the workforce during the term of this MOU. However, circumstances arising <br />during the term of this MOU may require such separation(s). In that event, the City will <br />provide reasonable notice to the Union of the details of the separation(s) in order to meet <br />and exchange information, opinions and proposals regarding the consequence(s) of the <br />separation(s) on the employee(s). <br />This provision in not intended to be a waiver of any other rights the parties may have under <br />this MOU. <br />20.2 Order of Layoff <br />A. Seniority (length of service) shall govern layoffs as described herein: <br />B. Any dispute over the application of this article shall be subject to the grievance <br />procedure. <br />C. Classification seniority is defined as length of service in the classification, and shall <br />begin on the first date worked by the employee in that classification. Whenever a <br />position within a classification is to be eliminated, resulting in the layoff of an <br />employee, seniority shall govern the order of layoff. The employee with the lowest <br />seniority in the affected classification shall be laid off first. If employees have the <br />same seniority date within the classification, the City and a representative from <br />SEIU shall meet and randomly choose the name of the person who will be selected <br />for layoff. The following fair process will be used: a piece of paper with each <br />employee’s name will be placed in a container and the name of the employee(s) <br />subject to layoff will be selected. <br />D. In lieu of layoff, an employee may elect to work in a lower classification, in which <br />they have served, providing that classification is within the same job family/career <br />ladder. In that event, the employee’s length of service in the next lower <br />classification will be added to their length of service in the affected classification, <br />and said combined seniority shall be used to bump down into the next lower <br />classification. This method of combining seniority shall be applied to subsequent <br />lower classifications. <br />20.3 Reemployment List <br />The reemployment list shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of its establishment. <br />Reemployment shall be in reverse order of layoffs.