Common use of Personnel Reduction and Recall Clause in Contracts

Personnel Reduction and Recall. 1. In the case of a personnel reduction, the Town, after due consideration of past job performance and the needs of the Town, shall determine who shall be laid off first. Time in the service of their department shall be given consideration. Employees who are laid off shall be paid a severance in the amount of one week of salary for every completed year of service with the Town. 2. The names of employees laid off from the bargaining unit will be maintained on a recall list for twelve (12) months from the date of such lay-off by the Town. A copy of this list shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Union within ten (10) business days. Such employees will be offered recall when or if vacancies occur in the bargaining unit. If a laid-off employee is notified by telephone or by certified letter sent to his or her last known address on the records of the Town to return to work, he/she must notify the Town within five (5) business days of his or her intention to comply or accept and must report to work within ten (10) business days of such notification or he/she shall cease to have any rights based on seniority and shall be terminated. Recalled employees who return to work will be credited with prior length of service, provided such employee has not withdrawn his or her contribution from the State Retirement System.