Common use of Reinstatement Procedure Clause in Contracts

Reinstatement Procedure. ‌ In the event of an increase in the number of authorized positions or a decrease in the active work force, either of which that involves a position classification from which employees were bumped, and provided that the necessary authorization has been given for the resultant position vacancies to be filled, then those employees who were bumped from that particular position classification shall be reinstated in the reverse order of their bumping. No existing employees shall be promoted within the Fire Department until the bumped employees have been given an opportunity to return to their original position classification.