Lay Off and Recall Provisions. 24.01 Where the Board has made a decision to reduce the complement of sworn members of the Police Service, and such reduction of personnel cannot be accommodated through attrition, and where such action is not in contravention of the Police Services Act, the lay-off of such members shall occur by inverse order of seniority. When a vacancy in the sworn complement of the Police Service occurs thereafter, which the Board wishes to fill, such members on lay-off who are qualified to fill such position shall be sent recall notices with respect to such position in order of seniority.
24.02 Where the Board has made a decision to reduce the complement of civilian employees of the Police Service, and such reduction of personnel cannot be accommodated through attrition, the lay-off of such members shall occur by inverse order of seniority, by job classification within the civilian employees. When a vacancy in the complement of the Police Service occurs thereafter, which the Board wishes to fill, the members on lay-off who are qualified to fill such position shall be sent recall notices with respect to such position in order of seniority.
24.03 Members of the Police Service who are laid off shall retain their right of recall for a period of two years from the date of such lay-off. In the event that a recall is to be made, a recall notice requesting the member to return to work shall be forwarded by registered mail to such member at the last known address of such member, specifying a date to return to work not less than 15 days after the date of mailing such notice. Civilian members will be recalled by seniority within job classification. If such member does not return to work in accordance with such notice, the Board shall then be entitled to forward a recall notice to the next qualified person entitled thereto by virtue of seniority, and to continue with the foregoing process until the position is filled, or until there are no other persons on lay-off qualified to hold the position, after which, the Board shall be entitled to fill the position as it sees fit. If a member to whom a recall notice has been sent does not return to work in accordance with such notice, such member shall be deemed to have severed service with the Board and shall forfeit all seniority rights, provided however, that if the failure to return to work in accordance with any such notice is because of the sickness of the member, or any other just cause relating to such member which the Board agree...
Lay Off and Recall Provisions
