Rights of Return Following a Layoff. As position vacancies occur, employees on layoff and those occupying positions to which they have bumped shall be afforded return rights in the order of their length of service in the classification(s) in which such vacancies occur.
A. An employee shall have ten (10) calendar days from the mailing by certified mail of a notice of return to work to the employee’s address of record on file in the Human Resources Department to indicate acceptance of such return and the employee’s agreement to report for work as specified in the notice.
B. Employees in layoff status shall retain all credited sick leave earned but unused at the time of layoff. An employee on layoff shall not earn vacation leave credit while in layoff status. Upon an employee's return from layoff, the employee shall begin to accrue sick leave and vacation leave based upon continuous uninterrupted service with the City including time spent in layoff status. Use of vacation leave so credited shall be subject to the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding.
C. Employees who are displaced from their classifications by virtue of layoff shall be placed on a reemployment register for the classification they held at the time the layoff occurred, hereinafter referred to as the "primary" register. They shall also be placed on reemployment registers for classifications in which they previously served, hereinafter referred to as "secondary" registers. If an employee fails to respond to such notice of return within the prescribed time period or declines to return from layoff to a secondary register classification, the employee's name shall be removed from said secondary register, and the employee shall no longer be eligible for recall to that classification. If an employee fails to respond to the notice of return within the prescribed time period or declines return to the primary register classification, the employee will be considered to have voluntarily resigned from employment with the City.
D. Full-time employees who have bumped to a part-time position, or who have been recalled from layoff to a part-time position, shall be afforded an opportunity to return to full-time status as position openings become available. Such right of return shall be subject to the "length-of-service" and "service within classification" requirements provided in Sections 3.01, Layoffs, and 3.02, Layoffs Due to Contracting Work, of this Memorandum of Understanding.
E. Employees who request and are granted a voluntary demot...
