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ARTICLE 21 LAYOFFS 21.01 Whenever it is necessary for tho City to reduce its bargaining unit forces, ~nployees shall be laid offin the following order: A. Students. B. Tcrnporary and seasonal employees. C. Employees who havc not complctcCl their probationary period. D. Part-time'employees. E. Employees by city-wide seniority in the classification to be laid off in reverse order of seniority.- 21.02 All employees shall be laid often the basis of seniority within the categories enumerated above. The City will layoffthe employee(s) who has the least amount of seniority. If the seniority of two (2) ore more employees is equal, the employees shall be laid off alphabetically, "Z" to "A." Employees with greater city-wide seniority may bump less senior employees in classifications whose work they are qualified to perform. Employees who become subject to layoff or bumping shall be given reasonable notice. 21.03 In the event cfa layoff, the City will advise the Union of the need for the layoffofbargaining unit employees. The City will layoff all employees notedin Section 21.01, Subsections A through. C of this Article, before it lays off any regular employees. Therefore, if it is necessary to layoff regular employees as defined in Section 21.01 of this Article, Subsection D, it shall meet with the Union to review the seniority status of those scheduled for layoff. 21.04 In the event the City needs to fill the vacated positions, it shall do so on a temporary basis. The City shall post such temporary vacancies pursuant to the provisions noted in Article 23. Further, such vacancies will be posted at the same time that the City advised the Union of the need for a layoff, as defined above. 21.05 If no one bids on the vacandes, or if there are no eligible employees in other classifications, or if · there are insufficient bidders, the City may fill such vacancies, in order of inverse seniority, as long as the employee is considered qualified to perform the available work and as long as the employee is not in the same job classification. ARTICLE 22 RECALL FROM LAYOFF 22.01 Employees shall be recalled in the reverse order of their layoff. An employee on layoff will be given ten (10) .calendar days' notice of recall from the date on which the City sends the recall notice to the employee, by certified mail, to his last known address, as shown on the City's records. (It is the employee's responsibility to notify the City cfa change of address.) The City ~will maintain a list of those 18