SENIORITY 15.01 Seniority shall be defined as an employee's uninterrupted length of continuous employment with the Employer. A probationary employee shall have no seniority until he satisfactorily completes the probationary period which will be added to his total length of continuous employment. 15.02 An employee's seniority shall be terminated when one or more of the following occurs: a) He resigns; b) He is discharged for just cause; c) He is laid-off for a period of time exceeding eighteen (18) months; d) He retires; e) He fails to report for work four (4) consecutive working days without having given the Employer advance notice of his pending absence, unless he is physically unable to do so as certified by the appropriate authority; f) He becomes unable to perform his job duties due to illness or injury and is unable to return to work within one (1) year or upon the expiration of any leave applicable to him, whichever is greater; g) He refuses to recall or fails to report to work within fourteen (14) working days from the date the employee receives a recall notice, by certified mail. 15.03 If two (2) or more employees are hired or appointed on the same date, their relative seniority shall be determined by the drawing of lots. 15.04 The City shall provide the Union with a current seniority list within thirty (30) calendar days after the signing of the contract and annually thereafter. The seniority list shall be made up by classification and shall contain, in order of date of hire, the name, department date of hire, and designation as to full-time or part-time status for each employee. The City shall provide the Local Union President with a written list of additions to or deletions from the seniority list, if any, on a quarterly basis. 15.05 Seniority for part-time employees shall be on a pro-rata basis, with 2080 hours of actual service constituting one (1) year of seniority. Part-time employees may exercise seniority rights only against other part-time employees and probationary employees. 15.06 Full-time employees who were formerly part-time City employees shall have their part-time City service counted for seniority purposes on a pro-rata basis. The former part-time service must be continuous and uninterrupted and this service must also be immediately concurrent with the full-time service to qualify. Part- time service shall be on the basis of 2080 hours of constituting one (1) full year of service.
Equal Seniority If two (2) or more employees subject to layoff have equal class seniority, the determination as to who shall be laid off will be made on the basis of the greater hire date seniority, and if that be equal, then the determination shall be made by lot.
