2008-81 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - AFSCME LOCAL 268, GENERAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

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ARTICLE 8 SENIORITY Section 1. Except as defined elsewhere in the contract, seniority shall, for the purposes of the agreement, be defined as an employee's continuous length of service since the date of acceptance with the City in a position covered by this agreement. Section 2. A classified employee who takes a non-classified position shall have his/her classified seniority stop. Effective three months after this Agreement is signed no non-classified employee shall have bumping rights to a classified position once they have completed a three month period in the non-classified position. If the non-classified emplayee returns to the classi- fied service, his/her seniority will continue less the time spent in the non-classified position. Section 3. Seniority of Emergency Communications Specialists assigned to the Emer- gency Communications Center shall be determined according to the Skill level an employee is appointed to with Emergency Communications Specialists, Level I being the least senior and Emergency Communications Specialists, Level III being the most senior. Section 4. Seniority within each skill level of Emergency Communications Specialists assigned to the Emergency Communications Center shall be determined by the date that an employee is appointed to that particular skill level. In the event more than one employee was appointed to the same skill level on the same date, the employee with the longest continuous length of service since the date of acceptance with the City in a positipn covered by this agree- ment or since the date of acceptance with Macon County in the dispatcher position shall be deemed to have seniority. ARTICLE 9 VACANCIES, PROMOTIONS, TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS Section 1. Vacancies in the classified service of the City shall be filled and promotions in said service made according to city ordinance, the rules of the Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service Laws of the State of Illinois for Cities as modified herein. Section 2. Vacancies in classifications covered by this agreement shall be posted on all bulletin boards for a period of ten (10) working days. Any bargaining unit employee may apply for a position; however, they must be qualified and eligible in order tol be considered for selec- tion. Section 3. Vacancies shall be filled based upon an individual's qualifications, expe- rience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the work in question vuithout additional training. Determination of said criteria shall be made by a combination of written, practical and oral ex- amination as determined by the Civil Service Commission. Said process shall generate a per- centile score. Applicants shall be ranked according to their scores. All applicants attaining a score of seventy percent (70%) or more shall be considered eligible �jor the position. Upon re- quest by the applicant, one-half (1/2) seniority point shall be given for each year of seniority to a maximum of 10 points. The sum of the percentile score and the seniority points shall determine an applicant's final position on the Civil Service register. 18