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D. Is absent without leave for three (3) or more working days without notifying the <br />Chief or designee. <br />E. Fails to reply to a recall. <br />8.02 If, as a result of economic considerations, the City decides to reduce its forces, employees <br />covered by this agreement shall be laid off in the following manner, with the least senior <br />employee laid off first: <br />A. Students. <br />B. Temporary and seasonal employees. <br />C. Part-time employees. <br />D. Employees who have not completed the initial probationary period. <br />E. Employees who have completed their initial probationary period. <br />In the event the seniority of two (2) or more employees is equal, the employees <br />shall be laid off according to their initial test scores, pursuant to Civil Service <br />Rules. <br />2. Should the City eliminate any department positions for any reason, seniority <br />shall prevail as set forth above to allow the least senior employee, by rank, to <br />bump down into the next lower rank, so long as the employee's seniority <br />permits and so long as the senior employee is qualified to fill the position. For <br />purposes of §8.02, employees shall not receive seniority credit for time served <br />with another employer. <br />3. Employees shall be recalled in the reverse order of their layoff. An employee <br />on layoff, upon receipt of actual notification, will be given ten (10) calendar <br />days' notice of recall from the date on which the City sends the recall notice to <br />the employee, by certified mail, to the employee's last known address, as shown <br />on the City's records. It is the employee's responsibility to notify the City of a <br />change of address. The City will maintain a list of those employees who are <br />laid off for a period of three (3) years. During this period of three (3) years, <br />new bargaining unit employees shall not be hired until all qualified employees <br />on layoff status, desiring to work, have been recalled. <br />8.03 Selection of initial vacation preference shall be made on the basis of seniority within any <br />particular rank of the Division of Police, as specified within the Department Work Rules. <br />8.04 All new employees shall have a probationary period of eighteen (18) months following <br />their certification by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council or, if already certified, eighteen <br />(18) months following their swearing in as Patrol Officer. During such period, the employer <br />