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21.06 Any interrogation, questioning or interviewing of an employee will be conducted at hours reasonable related to his shift, preferable during his working hours. Interrogation sessions shall be for reasonable periods of time with time allotted for attending to physical necessities. 21.07 At the request of either party, interviews, or portions thereof with an employee, conducted during the course of an inquiry may be tape recorded (audio). In the case of an internal investigation, such interrogation shall be recorded by the police department at the request of either party. A copy of the tape will be made available to the FOP. 21.08 If any employee believes any portion of these rights have been violated, the violation shall be noted and may be presented to the person or the court that will be malting judgment on the case that is presented. ARTICLE XXII LAYOFF/RECALL 22.01 When a layoff is necessary due to lack of funds, lack of wont or abolislunent of positions, the Employer shall notify the affected employees in writing at least thirty (30) days in advance of the effective date of layoff. 22.02 The employee with the least departmental seniority within the effected classification will be the first laid off. Employees who are Laid off may displace (bump) another employee with the least seniority in a lower rated job classification within the bargaining units of patrolmen, sergeants, lieutenants and captains. Employees who are displaced (bumped) by a more senior employee shall be able to displace (bump) another employee with the least seniority in a lower rated job classification within the bargaining unit. At the end of the bumping process, the employee who is displaced (bumped) and unable to displace (bump) another employee pursuant to the above provisions shall be laid off. 22.03 Employees shall remain on a lay off list for four (4) years as long as the employee maintains his or her certification. The Employer shall recall from that list in the reverse order in which the employees were laid off before hiring anyone else. Employees reduced in rank, but not laid off, shall maintain recall rights to their previous rank without any time limit. 22.04 Notice of recall shall be sent to the employee(s) by registered mail, with a copy to the FOP and shall contain a date to return to work which shall not be less than ten (10) days from the date of mailing. The Employer shall be deemed to have fulfilled its obligation by mailing the recall notice by registered mail. The notification of the intent to return to wont must be communicated to the Chief of Police within seven (7) days of receipt of notice as aforesaid, and the employee must report back to work by the date set forth in the notice or forfeit his or her right to return. ARTICLE XXIII APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF WORK RULES, POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES 23.01 The FOP recognizes that the Employer, in order to carry out its statutory mandates and goals, has the right to promulgate reasonable work rules, policies, procedures and directives 17