§ 19.03. Order of layoff.

In case there are two or more permanent employees in the class from which layoff or reduction is to be made:

A.

Employees in nonsupervisory classes and supervisory classes in bargaining units as certified by ERCOM shall be laid off or reduced on the basis of inverse order of seniority in county service, except that all employees having a performance evaluation of "improvement needed" on record for at least 30 days shall be laid off first;

B.

Employees in all other supervisory and all managerial classes (except managerial classes in the Sheriff) shall be laid off or reduced on the basis of inverse order of seniority in grade, except that all employees having a performance evaluation of "improvement needed" on record for at least 30 days shall be laid off first.

C.

Employees in managerial classes in the Sheriff shall be laid off or reduced on the basis of inverse order of seniority in the class, except that all employees having a performance evaluation of "improvement needed" on record for at least 30 days shall be laid off first.

D.

Management appraisal and performance plan tier I participants holding positions in the classified service and tier II participants shall be laid off or reduced by department according to the participant's class and last performance rating in the following order: "Failed to Meet Expectations," "Needs Improvement Meeting Expectations," "Met Expectations," "Exceeded Expectations," "Far Exceeded Expectations." In case of a tie affecting two or more persons in the same rating category, layoff or reduction shall be according to seniority in the range. In the case of a tie affecting two or more persons with the same seniority, the order of layoff or reduction shall be at the discretion of the appointing power.

(Ord. 2007-0061 § 2 (part), 2007; § 3, Board of Supervisors Amendment adopted 10/10/96: § 3, Board of Supervisors Amendment adopted 9/29/88; Ord. 88-0020 § 1 (part), 1988.)