(a)With the approval of the director, a department head, at any time, may assign a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class regardless of the shift, location, hours of work, or other consideration as long as the work-week basis remains the same. Any transfer made pursuant to this subsection shall be made with the retention of all rights of seniority, vacation, sick leave, and overtime as the employee may have accrued.
(b)A department head may assign any employee in the classified service under his or her jurisdiction any duties as long as the duties are within the same classification. No employee in the classified service may be assigned duties of a different class for a period in excess of 30 days without the approval of the direct
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(a)
With the approval of the director, a department head, at any time, may assign a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class regardless of the shift, location, hours of work, or other consideration as long as the work-week basis remains the same. Any transfer made pursuant to this subsection shall be made with the retention of all rights of seniority, vacation, sick leave, and overtime as the employee may have accrued.
(b) A department head may assign any employee in the classified service under his or her jurisdiction any duties as long as the duties are within the same classification. No employee in the classified service may be assigned duties of a different class for a period in excess of 30 days without the approval of the director. Any and all assignments outside the classification shall be immediately reported to the director.
(c)
In the event that it becomes necessary because of lack of work, lack of funds, or advisable in the interest of economy to reduce staff, the following procedure shall govern the layoff:
(1)
The reason for the layoff shall be reported in writing and shall stipulate the number and classifications to be affected.
(2)
The director shall determine, in consultation with the appointing authorities, the organizational units to be affected by the layoff.
(3)
If the reduction is departmental, then the layoff shall be made by laying off the employees in the classification to be affected by the layoff who are provisional, temporary, seasonal, part-time, or probationary, if any. From that point, layoff shall be of permanent employees in the classification on the basis of their relative seniority. In the event there are two or more employees who would be affected by the layoff and have equal seniority, the employee who stands lowest on the efficiency or performance ratings last regularly filed with the director shall be laid off first.
(4)
If the reduction is of a general nature or citywide, the director, after consultation with appointing authorities, shall determine the manner of layoff, taking into consideration the number and classification of positions to be reduced. In all instances, seniority shall govern except in the cases of two or more employees having equal seniority, in which case, efficiency or performance ratings shall be applied as provided in this part.
(5)
Subject to subdivisions (6) to (8), inclusive, an employee who is laid off in a department that has other classifications or grades lower than the classification or grade from which the employee is laid off, may work in any other lower classification or grade in the same department, if the director finds that he or she is qualified to perform the duties of the lower classification or grade.
(6)
Where an employee laid off elects to drop to a lower classification or grade, and where the appointing authority reduces the number of employees in the lower classification or grade, the reduction shall be made in the same manner provided by this part for layoffs, except that the reduction shall in no case cause the layoff of any permanent employee in the lower classification or grade who has more seniority in the department than the employee laid off from the higher classification or grade. A person laid off from a classification or grade shall have the right, while in the service or on the layoff list, to return to the position from which he or she is laid off in the event the position is refilled.
(7)
The duties performed by an employee laid off may be assigned to any other permanent employee in the department or office, who in the opinion of the director, is qualified to perform the duties regardless of the specific classification or grade to which the employee is allocated.
(8) Any employee affected by a layoff shall be given notice of at least 15 days.