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longer than 10 shifts. Once it is determined that the vacancy will last longer than 10 shifts an acting assignment may be implemented prior to the completion of the 10 shifts. Personnel fulfilling a long-term acting assignment may be moved across shifts and will receive all the benefits of the assignment as if the employee had been promoted. The duration of the acting assignment will be limited to 90 days if other eligible actors are available, qualified, and interested in the assignment. Personnel may rotate into an acting assignment more than once and for longer than 90 days. Personnel that participate in an acting assignment will receive probationary credit in that classification not to exceed 6 months, regardless of the length of the assignment. Personnel that participate in an acting assignment for a continuous 12 months of fulltime satisfactory service will be eligible for salary advancement in accordance with Section 5.4 Salary Advancement of this MOU for the duration of the acting assignment. A long-term acting assignment shall not be used for day-to-day vacancies such as those created by vacation or sick leave relief and is not intended to cause an adverse impact to any one rank (more than two long-term vacancies in that rank on the same division). The use of short-term acting assignments is identified in Section 7.3 D, Rank-for-Rank Overtime and Short-Term Acting Assignments. The operational procedures of acting assignments are outlined in department policy. Section 24. Resignation, Reinstatement and Layoff 24.1 Automatic Resignation Failure to return at the expiration of a leave of absence or being absent without leave shall be considered an automatic resignation. The Fire Chief may rescind such a resignation if the employee submits satisfactory reasons for his/her absence within three (3) calendar days of the date his/her resignation was effected. 24.2 Voluntary Resignation An employee may resign in good standing by submitting to the Fire Chief a written resignation notice at least two (2) weeks in advance of the effective date of the resignation. 24.3 Reinstatement With the approval of the Fire Chief, an employee who has resigned in good standing may be reinstated within two (2) years of the effective date of resignation to a vacant position in the same or comparable class. Upon reinstatement, the employee, for all purposes, shall be considered as though the employee had received a new appointment. 36