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23.4 Layoff <br /> <br /> The Appointing Authority may lay off an employee in the <br /> competitive service because of material changes in duties, <br /> organization or shortage of work or funds. The employee shall be <br /> notified of such action in writing together with reasons <br /> therefore. <br /> <br />23.5 Order of Layoff <br /> <br /> Layoffs shall be by position classification within a division. <br /> In effecting layoffs, employees with the least length of service <br /> in the classifications affected shall be laid off first. <br /> <br />23.6 Lenqth of Service <br /> <br /> Length of service shall be service time in the classification in <br /> either a permanent or probationary status. When two or more <br /> employees in a classification have the same length of service, <br /> seniority shall first be determined by length of service in a <br /> permanent or probationary status in the division, second by <br /> length of service in a permanent of probationary status within <br /> the department, third by length of service in a permanent or <br /> probationary status within the City, and fourth by length of <br /> service in a part-time or temporary status with the City. <br /> <br />23.7 Bumpinq <br /> <br /> Employees scheduled to be laid off may bump the least senior <br /> employee in the next lower paying classification of like work in <br /> their division. Employees must declare their intention to <br /> exercise this right in writing prior to layoff, otherwise this <br /> right shall automatically terminate. Bumping shall not occur <br /> outside the division. To successfully bump, the employee must be <br /> fully qualified, trained and capable of performing all work in <br /> the new classification. <br /> <br />23.8 Re-employment Followinq Layoff <br /> <br /> The names of permanent employees laid off shall be placed on a <br /> re-employment list in the order of total continuous accumulative <br /> time served in probationary and permanent status or, if laid off <br /> at different times, in the reverse order in which they were laid <br /> off. Such names shall remain thereon for a period of one year <br /> unless such persons are sooner re-employed. The names or <br /> probationary employees shall be placed on said re-employment list <br /> only if they were laid off in good standing. <br /> <br />Section 24. Discipline <br /> <br />24.1 Disciplinary Action <br /> <br /> The continued employment of every employee shall be during good <br /> behavior and rendering of efficient service. An employee is <br /> <br /> - 36 - <br /> <br /> <br />