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AR'l ICLL XXII LAYOFF/REC:ALL 22.01 When a layoff is accessary due to lack of funds. lack of work or abolishment of positions. the Employer shall notif} 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 time in rank within the effected classification will be the first laid off. Employees vv]ho are laid off may displace (hump) 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. A. '`Time in Rank' in terms of seniority. as used herein. shall mean the date continuous service began in a rank classification B. "Continuous service" means the Lin interrupled service of an employee in a rank classification or classifications, as applicable. 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. 1. mplo,,ees 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 emploYce(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 work 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. P(M ICIL.S AND DIRFCTIVES 23.01 The POP 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 consistent with statutory authority. to regulate the personal conduct of cmplo}ees including drug testing. 23.02 The Employer agrees that. to the extent any work rules have been or will become reduced to writing, every employee shall have access to them. Copies of netivly established written work rules or amendments to existing work rules will be made available to all employees.