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56 Page _ ARTICLE III SENIORITY New employees shall be on a one (1) year probationary period. Annually, the EMPLOYER shall furnish to the UNION a seniority list of the employees showing their respective dates of hire. There shall be one (1) master seniority list per classification established based on the employees original date of hire. Senior qualified Employees shall be given preference in bidding for shifts, within job classifications. All Employees covered by this AGREEMENT are eligible to bid for shifts by seniority, except those Employees with less than one (1) year continuous service in the Saint Anthony Police Department at the time of such bidding, or which are herein expressly exempted. Except as otherwise provided in the Contract, the EMPLOYER will not assign an Employee to work a shift other than the one assigned through the bid process, for the duration of the bid process, unless the EMPLOYER gives the Employee 24 hours notice. If a 24 hour notice is not provided, the EMPLOYER shall pay overtime. Bidding shall commence not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the work schedule being bid, and bidding shall be open until twenty(20)days prior to the commencement of the work schedule being bid. ARTICLE IV LAYOFF In the event it becomes necessary to lay off employees for any reason, employees within one classification shall be laid off in the inverse order of their seniority. ARTICLE V RECALL Employees shall be recalled from layoff according to their seniority in their classification. No new employees shall be hired until all employees on layoff status desiring to return to work have been recalled. The employee's option to return to work shall be limited to three (3) years after first notice of recall, subject to EMPLOYER'S determination of competence. ARTICLE VI DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE Discipline shall be for just cause and in one or more of the following forms: oral reprimand,written reprimand, suspension, demotion, and termination. ARTICLE VII PROMOTIONS Promotions are solely at the discretion of the EMPLOYER, subject to the following: 1. There shall be a posting of a job vacancy in the unit for at least ten (10)days before the official closing of applications.