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Before an employee with permanent or probationary status may be laid off from employment <br />with the City of San Leandro, consideration must be given to the employee's right to voluntarily <br />demote to a lower level classification from which he or she was originally promoted or any <br />subsequently created intermediate level classification for which the employee possesses the basic <br />minimum qualifications. <br />In the process of retreating, the Rank Seniority Date List shall be utilized. Employees with the <br />least amount of Rank Seniority shall retreat first. Any voluntary demotion to a rank below the <br />employee's current rank shall be based on a Rank Seniority Date which is derived from a <br />combination of all credited service in the rank to which the employee has voluntarily demoted <br />and all credited service in higher ranks held on a probationary or permanent status. <br />The demoting employee has a right to be retained in the highest pay step possible which is equal <br />to or less than his or her present pay step. An employee involved in a layoff does not have a <br />right of mandatory placement to positions with a higher pay step, i.e. promotion. <br />Provisional employees shall be notified individually, in writing, of pending layoff as soon as <br />possible, with no less than fifteen (15) calendar days' notification if targeted for release or <br />reassignment. <br />Permanent and probationary status employees should be notified individually, in writing, of <br />pending layoffs as soon as possible, with no less than fifteen (15) calendar days' notification if <br />targeted for release or demotion. Notice to an employee absent from work for any reason shall <br />be sent by U.S. Mail -Return Receipt Requested. <br />If an employee fails to accept a bona fide offer of demotion within five (5) calendar days after <br />receipt of the offer, the employee forfeits further right to employment retention. Acceptance of a <br />demotion does not remove the right of appeal under the appeal procedure described below. <br />The names of all probationary and permanent employees released or demoted from positions in <br />the competitive service as a result of layoff or demotion must be placed on Reemployment Lists <br />for those classifications from which the employee was removed, as well as all other <br />classifications to which they have demotion rights in accordance with employee retreat rights. <br />The Reemployment List for employees who were laid off shall remain in effect for two (2) years <br />from the date of the layoff. Said list shall remain in effect indefuutely for employees who were <br />demoted. <br />Vacancies in any classification for which there is an active Reemployment List must use the <br />Reemployment List to fill their positions and may not use any other recruitment or appointment <br />method to fill a vacancy until appropriate Reemployment Lists have been exhausted. <br />When a vacancy occurs in a class for which there is a Reemployment List, the name of the <br />employee on the appropriate Reemployment List with the highest Seniority Date shall be <br />certified to the Police Chief. Employees so certified from the Reemployment Priority List must <br />be appointed to the existing vacancy. <br />If a former employee fails to accept a bona fide written offer of reemployment with five (5) <br />calendar days after receipt of the offer, his or her name will be removed permanently from the <br />Reemployment List from which the offer was made. Failure to accept an offer of reemployment <br />16 <br />