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within five (5) working days from the date the application was made for approval or denial of the requested leave. (b) An employee shall accumulate seniority during any leave of absence, but he/she shall riot be entitled to any benefits, except that the Employer shall continue to pay its portion of the employee's hospitalization insurance in Article 19 for a three (3) month period. After the three (3) month period, an employee must direct pay any required hospital/surgical premiums to the Employer on or before the monthly due date. (c) When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he/she will be assigned to the position which he/she formerly occupied at the then current rate of pay, or to a similar position if his/her former position no longer exists, if he/she is physically qualified for the job. In the event the Employer questions whether the employee is physically able to dig the work, the Employer will require the employee to furnish an Employer supplied medical certificate of a physician supporting his/her claim of fitness, and the Employer shall have the right to have the employee examined by a doctor of its choice. If disagreement thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually selected by the Union and the Employer to determine the issue, and the opinion of the third physician shall be final on the parties. The charges made by the third physician shall be shared equally by the Employer and the Union. If' it is found that a leave of absence is riot actually being used for the purpose for which it was granted, the Employer shall cancel the leave and it may impose disciplinary action up to and including discharge. ARTICLE 12 LAY-OFFS 12.01 Whenever it is necessary for the Employer to reduce its forces, the employees within the affected job classification, to be reduced, will be laid off in the following order (a) Students and seasonal employees.- (b) mployees;(b) Part-time; (c) Employees who have not completed their probationary period. (d) Regular full-time employees within the affected job classification who have completed their probationary period, (e) In the application of the foregoing, employees will be retained by reason of their seniority only if they are able to perform the available work. (f) For the purpose of this Article, students participating in school or other subsidized related work programs or crnployees working part-time under county or other subsidized programs shall not be included in the detinition of students under subsection (a) or part-time employees under subsection (b) of this Article. 12.02 Regular full-time employees shall be laid offon the basis of their seniority within their classification. When the seniority or service of two or more employees is equal. employees shall be laid off by the drawing of straws. In the event an employee cannot hold his present classification. he shall have the right to "bump'. an employee with lesser seniority in an equal or