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by the employee. In hiring for a vacant position in a classification, such reemployment list shall take precedence over all other employment lists. (See Section 7.10 Promotional Exams regarding promotional opportunities while on a reemployment list). 7.6.2 Any employee who accepts an offer of reemployment to the highest classification he/she would have been entitled to at the time of layoff shall have his/her name removed from the reemployment list. 7.6.3 Any employee who is laid off and is subsequently eligible for reemployment shall be notified by the City in writing, sent by certified mail to the last address given the City by the employee, of any vacancies for which he/she is eligible. Employees so notified shall respond within seven (7) working days of the date notice was sent. Copies of all such reemployment notices together with a listing of employees to whom they were sent shall be sent to the Union. 7.6.4 The names of employees who exercise their right to bump into a classification as provided in Articles 7.5.1, 7.5.2 or 7.5.3, and the names of employees whose layoff results in unemployment from the City shall remain on a reemployment list for a period of two (2) years. This two (2) year period shall commence upon the date the employee begins his/her service in the lower/lateral classification into which he/she bumped as defined in Articles 7.5.1, 7.5.2 or 7.5.3, or upon the date unemployment from the City begins. 7.6.5 Any employee rehired as defined in Article 7.6 shall serve a probationary period of no more than twelve (12) months, unless the reemployed employee has prior service in the classification into which he/she is being rehired, or is rehired into a classification in their job family at the time of layoff, as listed in Appendix A. 7.7 Retirement in Lieu of Layoff Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee who was subject to being, or was in fact, laid off for lack of work or lack of funds and who elected service retirement from the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be placed on an appropriate reemployment list. The City shall notify the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System of the fact that retirement was due to layoff for lack of work or funds. If he/she is subsequently subject to reemployment and accepts, in writing, the appropriate vacant position, the City shall maintain the vacancy until the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System has properly processed his/her request for reinstatement from retirement. 7.8 Benefits During Layoff Employees whose layoff results in unemployment from the City shall not accrue any benefits, including, but not limited to, vacation, sick leave, holidays, medical, dental, life insurance and uniform allowance. However, the City agrees to allow employees whose layoff results in unemployment from the City to continue to receive medical and dental benefits provided that the employee pays the total premium amount for medical and/or dental benefits. The employee will be allowed to pay this premium for the length of time said employee's name is on the reemployment list, as described in Article 7.6.4. Any employee reemployed from the reemployment list shall retain all sick leave accruals that the employee did not receive compensation for at the time of layoff. 7.9 Transition Allowance If the City is unable to offer a regular position to an employee during the period beginning with notification of the layoff and ending ninety (90) days following the layoff, the City shall pay the employee a flat rate transition 12