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D. The selected employee shall not be entitled to accumulate any seniority <br />during the employee's absence, and the employee's service time with the <br />i City shall be adjusted accordingly with days absent. <br />E. Should a job posting be required to replace the selected employee on the <br />leave of absence, the job posting shall indicate the position to be filled as <br />temporary in nature. <br />F. Upon completion of the leave of absence, the selected employee shall be <br />returned to the position held prior to his leave of absence with all benefits <br />and wages intact, and the employee's replacement shall return to his <br />previous job. <br />ARTICLE 21 LAYOFFS <br />21.01 Whenever it is necessary for the City to reduce its bargaining unit forces, employees shall be <br />laid off in the following order: <br />A. Students. <br />B. Temporary and seasonal employees. <br />C. Employees who have not completed their probationary period. <br />D. Part-time employees. <br />E. Employees by citywide seniority in the classification to be laid off in reverse <br />order of seniority. <br />21.02 All employees shall be laid off on the basis of seniority within the categories enumerated <br />above. The City will layoff the employee(s) who has the least amount of seniority. If the seniority of <br />two (2) or more employees is equal, the employees shall be laid off alphabetically, "Z" to "A." <br />Employees with greater citywide seniority may bump less senior employees in classifications whose <br />work they are qualified to perform. Employees who become subject to layoff or bumping shall be <br />given reasonable notice. <br />21.03 In the event of a layoff, the City will advise the Union of the need for the layoff of bargaining <br />unit employees. The City will layoff all employees noted in Section 21.01, Subsections A through C <br />of this Article, before it lays off any regular employees. Therefore, if it is necessary to layoff regular <br />employees as defined in Section 21.01 of this Article, Subsection D, it shall meet with the Union to <br />review the seniority status of those scheduled for layoff. <br />21.04 In the event the City needs to fill the vacated positions, it shall do soon a temporary basis. <br />The City shall post such temporary vacancies pursuant to the provisions noted in Article 23. Further, <br />such vacancies will be posted at the same time that the City advised the Union of the need for a <br />layoff, as defined above. <br />21.05 If no one bids on the vacancies, or if there are no eligible employees in other classifications, <br />or if there are insufficient bidders, the City may fill such vacancies, in order of inverse seniority, as <br />23 <br />