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Section 3
Layoff and Recall
Advance Notice
Article 15, Section 4B, Advance Notice, of the Master Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety as
follows:
At least three (3) work days prior to the effective date of the layoff, the Appointing Authority shall
give written notice of the layoff, including the reason(s) therefore, to all seasonal employee(s)
about to be laid off and to the Local Union President. The day the layoff notice is given shall not be
counted toward the three (3) day notice period. The notice of layoff to seasonal employees shall
also give the anticipated date of recall and the anticipated length of the work season subsequent to
the layoff.
At the time of notice of seasonal layoff, seasonal employees shall indicate their availability for
temporary or emergency employment during their seasonal layoff on a form provided by the
Appointing Authority.
At the time of implementation of seasonal layoffs, a more senior seasonal employee may express
interest in seasonal layoff, out of seniority order, in lieu of those less senior employees who would
otherwise be laid off. Such requests will be considered in seniority order on the basis of state
seniority and based on staffing requirements. Employees requesting an out-of-order layoff shall
receive written notice, however, the three (3) day advance notification shall not apply. Acceptance
of an out of order layoff shall not impact the order of recall in subsequent seasons.
Permanent Layoff
Article 15, Section 3D, Procedure, is modified by adding the following:
The permanent layoff of seasonal employees of the Department of Revenue shall be by principal
place of employment. All bumping pursuant to Article 15, Section 3D shall be within their principal
place of employment.
Seasonal employees who have been permanently laid off shall be placed on layoff lists in
accordance with Article 15, Section 3H.
In addition to recall rights provided by Article 12, permanently laid off seasonal employees shall be
placed on a Department of Revenue seasonal recall list for the principal places of employment in
which they have expressed an interest in order of State seniority.
The first refusal to accept recall to seasonal positions in any principal place of employment in
which employees have expressed interest will result in removal of their names from the principal
place of employment seasonal recall list. Refusal to accept recall a second time will result in
removal from all PPE seasonal lists.
Seasonal employees on permanent layoff who are recalled to a position in a different principal
place of employment shall be required to serve a new probationary period. If the seasonal
employee does not successfully complete the new probationary period, they shall have the right to
return to a vacancy in their former principal place of employment. If no vacancy exists, the
seasonal employee will be returned to the permanent layoff record for their former principal place
of employment.
Article 15, Section 5, Temporary and Emergency Positions, of the Master Agreement shall be
modified as follows:
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