R2024-362 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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of the probationary period an employee will, upon request, be returned to his/her original depart- ment, division or section. Return requests after the first month will only be considered if the em- ployee's original vacated position has not been filled. Section 12.The City may temporarily assign an employee to perform the duties of another classification within any department, division or section. The City will attempt to make such as- signments to employees in the next lower classification in the promotional order in which the temporary assignment occurs. The most senior, qualified employee in the position classification being temporarily assigned will be asked if he/she wants the assignment. If the first employee does not want the assignment, the City will then go to the next most senior qualified person. The procedure will continue until an employee accepts the assignment. If no employee wants to accept the assignment, it will then be assigned to the least senior qualified employee in the position classification. Section 13. Employees assigned in accordance with Section 12 above, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, Section 4. Section 14. (a) Persons who have been members of the armed forces of the United States or who, while citizens of the United States, were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States in time of hostilities with a foreign country shall receive preference for promotion to positions in the classified service in the manner provided in 65 ILCS 5/10-1-16, and as such statutory provision is hereafter amended or re-codified. Such preference shall be in addition to that otherwise provided therein and not in lieu thereof. (b) For purposes of this section, "time of hostilities with a foreign country" shall mean any period of time in the past, present, or future during which a declaration of war by the United States Congress has been or is in effect or during which an emergency condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a Presidential executive order and in which the armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are awarded according to Presidential order. Section 15: Any employee who moves from one bargaining unit position to another shall relinquish his or her current position. Such employee shall retain his or her seniority rights to bump back to the previously held position within the City during the probationary period. The anniversary date will remain the same for all other purposes. ARTICLE 10 REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL Section 1. The City at its discretion, shall determine whether furloughs are necessary. Although not limited to the following, the City may furlough any employee, whenever such action is made necessary by reason of a shortage of work or funds,the abolition of a position, or because of changes in organizational structure. Such reduction shall be within the position classifications of the department affected by the reduction in force. No employees shall be furloughed while there are temporary or probationary employees serving in the same job classification within the affected department. Section 2. In the event a furlough is necessary, such a reduction shall be based on sen- iority and the employee's ability to perform the remaining work available within the employee's position classification without additional training provided that all employees affected had an equal 17