Bumping to Protect Work of Senior Employees. If a regular employee is laid off, in lieu of layoff they may take a vacant position in the same classification, a lesser classification in a classification series, or a position in a previously held classification. If no such vacancy exists, the employee may take the position of the least senior employee in the same classification or classification series and zone or, if there is no less senior employee, in the same classification and zone and if they are qualified and trained for the position, the least senior employee in the next lower classification in the series and zone, and so on. The bumped employee will be laid off. If a regular employee’s hours are reduced, in lieu of accepting the reduction in hours they may take a vacant position within their zone in the same classification, a lesser classification in the classification series, or a previously held classification.
Bumping to Protect Work of Senior Employees. If a regular employee is laid off, in lieu of layoff employee may take a vacant position in the same classification or a lesser classification in a classification series. If no vacancy exists in the employee’s classification and zone, the employee may take the position of the least senior employee in the same classification or classification series and zone or, if there is no less senior employee, in the same classification and zone and if they are qualified and trained for the position, the least senior employee in the next lower classification in the series and zone, and so on. The bumped employee will be laid off. If a regular employee’s hours are reduced, in lieu of accepting the reduction in hours, the employee may take a vacant position in the same classification or lesser classification in a classification series if they are qualified and trained for the position. If no vacancy exists in the employee’s classification and zone, the employee may take the position of the least senior employee in the same classification or classification series and zone. The bumped employee will be laid off. For purposes of this Article 14.7 only, an employee who is a Clinic Assistant IV or who performed the job of Clinic Assistant II or III prior to the creation of the separate front office and back office classification series and is willing to learn any new tasks required of employees in the classification series within 30 days may bump a less senior employee in either classification series.
