contract between the city of cleveland local 100, afscme ohio council ...

57. In the event a job opening occurs in an equal or lower-rated job classification, the most
senior employee will be given the option of accepting the job or not, provided the employee has
the ability and qualifications to perform the work. If the employee declines the job, the next
most senior employee shall be accorded the same rights under the same conditions, and this
procedure shall continue until the City has exhausted the layoff list or the job opening is filled.
No new bargaining unit employees shall be hired until all qualified employees on layoff status
desiring to return to work have been offered recall by regular mail to their last known address,
with a copy to the Union. The recall notice shall include a form for the employee to accept or
decline the recall.
58. In the event a laid-off employee accepts recall to a job classification other than the job
classification from which he/she was laid off, he/she shall be paid his/her rate at the time of
layoff or the rate of the lowest paid employee in the classification to which he/she is recalled,
whichever is less, if the job is on the wage and salary schedule. If the job classification is not on
the wage and salary schedule, the employee shall be paid at a rate which is not lower than the
lowest rate being paid to any other employee in the same job classification.
59. Further, he shall have the right to any vacancy in the job classification within the division
from which he was laid off for a period of two (2) years from the date of the initial layoff.
60. An employee who is recalled to the same position from which he was laid off but refuses
the job, shall be removed from the layoff list and forfeits all seniority rights, including recall
rights.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Immediate Family
61. Immediate family shall be defined as an employee's mother, father, a person who has
been in loco parentis to the employee, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchildren,
mother-in-law, or father-in-law.
Funeral Leave
62. An employee will be granted a leave of absence with pay, to be charged against his
accumulated sick leave with pay in the event of the death of a member of his immediate family
as follows:
[a]
[b]
Ifthe funeral is within the State of Ohio- five (5) working days;
If the funeral is outside the State of Ohio - seven (7) working days; and
[ c] To be eligible for funeral leave, an employee must provide the City with a funeral
fonn (to be supplied by the City) and must attend the funeral and/or other
obligations related to the death and/or estate. etc.
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