Recently an arbitrator upheld the order in which employees were laid off within their classification as selected by the Sheriff. Allen County Sheriff’s Office and FOP, Labor Council, Inc., FMCS 09-01894 (Smith, July 14, 2009).
The issue before Arbitrator Smith was whether the order of layoff set forth in the Agreement (i.e. temporary, part-time, probationary, fulltime) applied within each classification or across the entire Sheriff’s Office. The Agreement specifically provided that when a layoff is necessary the layoff “shall be initially by classification” in accordance with each employee’s classification seniority. Due to lack of funds, the Sheriff took
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