Chicago Park Disrict Human Resources Policy and Procedures ...

effective date of the layoff. A copy of the notice of layoff shall be sent by the appropriate
administrative official to the Director of Human Resources.
Section 7. Voluntary Departure from Required Sequence of Layoffs.
With the written approval of the Director of Human Resources, an employee may
voluntarily agree in writing to be laid off in earlier sequence than would otherwise apply
under this Rule.
Section 8. Bumping Rights. An employee who is laid off from a grade,
and who appears on a seniority and reemployment list for another grade, shall have
bumping rights in that other grade as specified in this Section.
a. If, at the time of the layoff, any positions in that other grade are occupied by
employees with temporary appointments, the District shall offer those positions to
persons in order of their standing on the seniority and reemployment list for that
grade who lost their other positions in the layoff. In such cases, the District shall
determine, in accordance with Section 4 of this Rule, which employees with
temporary appointments shall in turn be laid off, if necessary, in order to make room
for the employees who exercised their bumping rights.
b. If, at the time of the layoff, any positions in that other grade are occupied by
employees who have not yet become certified in that grade because they have not yet
completed their probationary periods, the District, after satisfying the requirements of
paragraph (a) of this Section, shall offer those positions to persons in order of their
standing on the seniority and reemployment list for that grade who lost their other
positions in the layoff. The District shall conduct, if necessary, layoffs in accordance
with Section 4 of this Rule in order to make room for the persons who exercised their
"bumping" rights.
c. If, at the time of the layoff, any positions in that other grade are occupied by
employees with career service status, employees who lost their jobs in the layoff may
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