1. The University may lay off and recall its employees. All layoff and recall shall be instituted as set forth in this Section. A laid off employee is one who no longer has regular active employment with the University or who is removed from his/her position.

2. When an employee is assigned to a different position through the application of the procedures of this Section, the employee will receive the normal orientation for that position.

3. For the purpose of this Section normal orientation means the usual or ordinary period of time to become acquainted with those aspects of the position that the employee could not or would not otherwise know as distinguished from training or learning the basic or special skills needed for the position. This usual or ordinary period of time shall not be less than twenty-four (24) hours of on the job orientation.

1. When there is a decrease in the work force, an affected employee will be removed from his/her position and assigned or laid off or terminated in the following order subject to the remaining employees' current ability to satisfactorily perform the work available:

2. Employees will be scheduled for removal or layoff in the inverse order of their bargaining unit seniority.

3. Subject to his/her current ability to satisfactorily perform the work available, an employee scheduled for removal or layoff will exercise his/her bargaining unit seniority as follows:

4. He will first fill any vacancy within his/her current classification. If there is no vacancy, he/she will exercise his/her bargaining unit seniority as outlined in (a) through (f) below.
   1. Fill any vacancy in the same pay level.
      
      
   2. Replace the least senior employee in the same classification.
      
      
   3. Replace the least senior employee in the same pay level.
      
      
   4. Fill any vacancy in the next lower pay level.
      
      
   5. Replace the least senior employee in the next lower pay level.
      
      
   6. Repeat the two prior steps in consecutively lower pay levels.

5. If assignment based upon the appropriate option would result in a reduction from any term appointment (e.g. twelve (12), ten (10), nine (9)) month to a shorter term appointment or from a full-time to a part-time position, the employee may waive that option and either fill any vacancy at the next step or replace the next least senior employee at the next step so as to maintain the current appointment term or hours of work.

6. Unless the University and the Association mutually agree otherwise, any employee who is about to be laid off, except for one who has waived seniority rights and is or will be laid off, will replace a temporary employee, provided the employee has the current ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the temporary employee.

7. Employees scheduled for layoff shall respond to the designated option(s) within five (5) days of notification of such option(s), with the understanding that they will not be precluded from accepting a more appropriate option in accordance with steps (1) through (6) above, if a more appropriate option becomes available prior to implementation of the earlier declared option.

8. Employees who choose not to follow the above procedure will be considered to have voluntarily terminated their employment.

9. An employee designated to be taken out of a position as set forth in A. above shall be given thirty (30) days notice prior to assignment or layoff. The Association shall receive a copy of the notice on the same day the notice is given to the employee.

1. The University will, prior to employing new people in any department, give work opportunity to employees with seniority who are laid off at the time, subject to the laid off employees' current ability to satisfactorily perform the work available.

2. An employee who moves to a lower pay grade level as a result of the application of these procedures shall retain his/her rate of pay at the time of the reduction in grade level unless his/her rate is above the maximum of that grade. In the case where the rate is above the maximum, the employee's rate shall be reduced to the maximum.

The President or designee, Stewards, and members of the bargaining committee while actively engaged in negotiations, shall have top bargaining unit seniority to maintain active employment status only, provided they have the ability to satisfactorily perform the work of a position. Upon the expiration of their association terms of office, the above association officials shall revert to a position on the seniority list on the basis of their bargaining unit seniority.