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All full-time services in the employ of the City in a promotional rank above the entry level rank shall be counted toward the establishment of an employee's Seniority Service Date for that rank, including probationary and permanent status service as well as leave of absences for obligatory military service while an employee of the City. Time off as a result of disciplinary action will be subtracted from the Rank Seniority Service Date. In computing both City and Rank Seniority, all time spent on paid leave of absence shall be included and all time spent on unpaid leave of absence shall be excluded. Unpaid absences equal to or greater than one full pay period will extend the Adjusted Service Date, which governs vacation accrual advancement. The Adjusted Service Date referenced within this section shall not apply in the determination of Departmental' seniority within the Police Department when used for the purposes of vacation signup, shift signup, or any other bidding process that orders the selection process by Departmental seniority. Departmental seniority will be based upon the date hired without respect to any leaves of absence approved by the Chief of Police or associated to time off protected by the Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA). Whenever a layoff of one or more employees becomes necessary, as defined above, such layoffs shall be made according to classification Seniority Lists. Upon receiving notification that the City Manager will proceed with a possible reduction in the work force, and following receipt of information concerning the specific positions involved, the Human Resources Department will establish separate Probationary and Permanent Seniority Lists for each classification targeted for layoff. The names of all City employees holding permanent and probationary status appointments in a given classification will be listed on the appropriate list in descending order by City Seniority Service Date in the entry level positions and by Rank Seniority Service Date in the promotional position of Police Sergeant. Except as provided in retreat rights below, employees on all lists shall be laid off on the basis of their Seniority Service Date, (i.e., employees with the least amount of total service shall be laid off first). All emergency, temporary, and provisional employees working in classifications similar to those identified for layoff must be terminated prior to the layoff of probationary or permanent status employees. Employees on the Probationary Status Seniority List for a specific classification will be laid off prior to employees on the Permanent Status Seniority List for that class. Probationary or permanent status employees temporarily acting out of classification or holding a provisional appointment in another classification will only be listed on a Seniority List of the class in which they hold permanent or probationary status targeted for layoff. If two (2) or more employees on a Seniority List have identical Seniority Service Dates, the tie shall be broken based on established Departmental procedures for awarding serial numbers in such instances. Before an employee with permanent or probationary status may be laid off from employment with the City of San Leandro, consideration must be given to the employee's right to voluntarily demote to a lower level classification from which he or she was originally promoted or any subsequently created intermediate level classification for which the employee possesses the basic minimum qualifications. 16