Reduction in Assigned Time in Lieu of Layoff. Any reduction in the regularly assigned working hours of a permanent unit member shall be considered a layoff and the provisions of this Article shall apply. 15.11.1 The order of reductions in the regularly assigned working hours shall be in accordance with Section 15.2 and its subsections. 15.11.2 Unit members who take voluntary reductions in assigned working hours in lieu of layoff shall be, at the unit members option in accordance with their seniority, returned to a position with increased assigned hours as vacancies become available during the time they are on a valid re-employment list. However, if the unit member is offered the same hours as the original assigned hours reduced from and the unit member turns those hours down then that unit member shall be removed from the re-employment list. 15.11.3 The District will try to maintain the most available hours for unit members subject to reduction in assigned time. The District may consider the following: A. Unit members may be offered transfers to other sites to maintain the most available hours. B. The District may offer unit members the opportunity to work at more than one site to maintain or provide for the most available hours closest to the original assigned hours reduced from if not in conflict with District program needs. C. The District may offer unit members with seniority in other classifications the opportunity to work more than one classification to maintain or provide for the most available hours closest to the original assigned hours reduced from if not in conflict with District program needs. 15.11.4 Notwithstanding anything in Article XV to the contrary, any reduction in regularly assigned working hours of CSEA unit member positions shall be negotiable relative to both the decision and the effects so long as CSEA timely demands to bargain. If CSEA desires to negotiate any reduction in regularly assigned working hours, CSEA shall provide the District with a written demand to bargain within 10 workdays of the District’s notice of its intent to reduce regularly assigned working hours. CSEA’s notice shall state whether it seeks to negotiate: (1) only the decision to reduce regularly assigned working hours, (2) only the effects of the reduction in regularly assigned working hours, or (3) both the decision to reduce regularly assigned working hours and the effects of that reduction. CSEA’s failure to provide the District with timely notice pursuant to this Section 15.11.4 shall be deemed a waiver of all rights under this Section
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