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bumping, even if that places the employee's salary between steps in the new salary range. If the employee's salary prior to bumping is above the top of the range of the lateral or lower related classification, the employee's salary will be placed at the top of the salary range of the lateral or lower related classification. 7.5.6 If an employee held regular status in more than one classification, he/she shall have the right to bump first into the highest classification in which regular status was previously held. Highest classification shall be defined as the classification with the highest top step in the salary plan in effect at the time of layoff. 7.5.7 Seniority for the purpose of exercising the bumping rights provided in this Article is defined as the total cumulative number of years of probationary and regular service with the City of Redwood City beginning with the employee's first date of employment with the City. 7.5.8 The Human Resources Department shall maintain an updated seniority roster indicating employee's class seniority, and City seniority. Such roster shall be available to the Union upon request. 7.5.9 Employees may elect to be laid off in lieu of bumping. Accepting such a layoff does not affect the employee's reemployment rights under this Agreement. 7.5.10 At the time of a layoff, employees who were previously members of the Bargaining Unit (e.g., who subsequently promoted out of the unit) shall have all the rights described in Article 7, except for those of section 7.5.2. Such former unit members can only exercise the rights of section 7.5.3 after all employees who are current unit members at the time of a layoff have exercised all rights in this Article 7 and a vacancy still exists for which a former unit member qualifies (as required in 7.5.3). For such former unit member(s), the provisions of section 7.6.1 shall only apply to offers of reemployment to positions previously occupied by such former unit member(s). This restriction shall only apply for the term of the reemployment list generated by the layoff that caused such former unit member(s) to return to the bargaining unit. 7.5.11 A part-time regular employee may only bump into a part-time position in a lateral or lower related classification in accordance with the provisions of this Article. 7.5.12 A full-time regular employee may bump into a full-time or part-time position in a lateral or lower related classification in accordance with the provisions of this Article. 7.5.13 No regular employee may bump into a term -funded position. No term -funded employee may bump or transfer into a regular position. 7.6 Reemployment 7.6.1 The names of employees laid off shall be placed on a reemployment list from most senior to least senior. The employee with the greatest seniority on the reemployment list, including those who exercised their bumping rights or who took a voluntary demotion, shall be offered reinstatement in a vacant classification with equal or less base salary compared to the classification from which the employee was laid off for which said employee meets the minimum qualifications. In the event the employee refuses two (2) offers of reemployment, said employee's name shall be removed from the reemployment list. The employee's name shall not be removed from the reemployment list if said employee refuses reemployment into a classification that is lower than the highest classification held