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(a) No permanent or probationary employee shall be laid off from his position in any Division while any seasonal, temporary or provisional employees are serving in the same job classification in that Division. (b) Permanent and probationary employees shall have Village-wide seniority in their job classifications and, if exercise hereof in the event of layoff becomes necessary, shall replace the employee with the least seniority in their job classification (c) Except as provided in (d) hereof, the layoff of probationary or permanent employees in any Division shall be in inverse order of seniority in the job classification affected. (d) Apprentices removed from the skilled trades classification to which they are assigned due to a reduction in force or inability to satisfactorily perform the job and/or related training requirements shall be laid off except that: (1) Bump: Apprentices with seniority who have transferred from a job in another Division of the Village to an apprentice classification, who apply in writing prior to leaving the job on layoff, will be returned to the Division from which they were so transferred. (2) Bump: Apprentices with seniority who were hired directly into an apprentice classification, who apply in writing prior to leaving the job on layoff, shall be transferred in line with their seniority to work they are capable of doing without additional training, at the rate for the job to which they are being transferred. (e) Failing to have sufficient seniority to be placed on work in their Division, the seniority of the displaced employees shall become Village-wide and they shall be transferred in line with their seniority to work they are capable of doing without additional training, at the rate for the job to which they are being transferred. Section 3. Demotion in Lieu of Layoff. Except as provided below, an employee subject to layoff who so requests shall in lieu of layoff or transfer under Section 2 be demoted by seniority to a lower position in his Division. Demotion shall be through those job classifications in which the employee previously held permanent status or through positions in the same job classification as the employee's position at the time of promotion provided that an employee serving a probationary period shall not displace a permanent employee in a job classification in which he has not previously held permanent status. Section 4. Exceptions to Seniority. The Village Board may approve deviations from seniority and layoffs or demotions, in lieu of layoff when seniority alone would result in retaining employees unable to maintain a satisfactory level of performance in the Division affected. In such cases, the affected employee shall be given written notice of the determination and reasons therefore. Section 5. Notice of Layoff. Employees to be laid off indefinitely shall be given at least seven (7) calendar day's prior notice. Section 6. Preferred Eligible List. (a) Employees demoted in lieu of layoff shall have their names placed on 12