Priority of Employees Laid Off. In the event of a layoff, whether long term or short term, employees will be laid off in accordance with their Departmental seniority by job classification (last hired, first laid off). The employee with the least Departmental seniority in the Department and job title which is designated for layoff shall be notified of the layoff and shall have the right to displace another employee at the same or lower classification who has less total City seniority, provided that the initially laid off employee is qualified to perform the work of the new position. Any employee displaced by this procedure shall have the right to displace another employee by the same procedure. This process may continue until the least senior employee is laid off.
Priority of Employees Laid Off. In the event of a layoff within the Patrol Officer or Dispatcher classification, whether long term or short term, employees within the bargaining unit will be laid off in accordance with their departmental seniority classification. In the event of a layoff within the Sergeant classification, employees will be laid off in accordance with their date of promotion. If a Sergeant is laid off, the employee will have the right to be reassigned to a Patrol Officer position and displace a less senior employee based on hire date into the Napoleon Police Department, at which time the employee shall be reassigned to a Patrol Officer position. The affected employee shall retain recall rights to the Sergeant position.
