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ARTICLE XXII <br />22.0 LAYOFFS <br />22.1 The City agrees to inform the Union as soon as possible if and when a decision is made to <br />reduce positions represented by the Union through layoff. <br />If it is decided to contract out work, the City shall provide the Union reasonable notice of <br />the decision; meet and confer with the Union over the impact of the decision; will <br />seriously consider reasonable alternatives provided by the Union; and if any bargaining <br />unit member is laid off as a result of the decision, the City shall make a reasonable effort <br />to place said employee with the contracting company. <br />22.2 In the event of a reduction -in- force, part time employees in any City office, activity or <br />department shall be laid off prior to laying off Part Time Civil Service Employees as <br />above defined. Wherever possible, Part Time Civil Service Employees in the <br />classification shall be laid off prior to Full Time employees in the same classification. <br />22.3 The principles of seniority (length of service) shall govern layoffs as described herein, <br />except in the event that more than one (1) employee has the same seniority date, in which <br />case performance also shall be considered. The City's determination of performance <br />shall not be arbitrary or capricious in nature. Any dispute over the application of the <br />principles outlined in this Article XXII shall be subject to the grievance procedure. <br />A. Classification seniority is defined as length of service in the classification, and <br />shall begin on the first date worked by the employee in that classification. <br />Whenever a position within a classification is to be eliminated, resulting in the <br />layoff of an employee, seniority shall govern the order of layoff. The employee <br />with the lowest seniority in the affected classification shall be laid off first. <br />B. In lieu of layoff, an employee may elect to work in a lower classification, in <br />which he has served, providing that classification is within the same job <br />family /career ladder. In that event, the employee's length of service in the next <br />lower classification will be added to his length of service in the affected <br />classification, and said combined seniority shall be used to bump down into the <br />next lower classification. This method of combining seniority shall be applied to <br />subsequent lower classifications. <br />C. The reemployment list shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of its <br />establishment. Reemployment shall be in reverse order of layoffs. The Joint <br />Labor Management Committee will determine Job Family /Career Ladder. <br />22.4 A bargaining unit employee who is laid off from Part Time Civil Service employment <br />pursuant to this Article, may be granted a temporary appointment to a vacant Part Time <br />Civil Service position in any classification for which there is no eligible list and for <br />which said employee meets the minimtun qualifications established for the classification <br />45 <br />