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The employee having the least length of total continuous service with the department in classification in which the Fire Chief is laying off, shall be laid off first. Employees scheduled to be laid off may, however, displace the least senior employee in the next lower paying classification of like work who has less seniority. Employees laid off or who through displacement have changed classification shall have their name placed upon a re- employment list in seniority order. The employee with the highest seniority on a re-employment list for a particular classification when a vacancy exists in that classification shall be offered the appointment. No name shall be carried on a re-employment list for a period longer than one (1) year from the date of lay off from Department service or change of classification through displacement. Section 24. Discipline The Department has the right to discipline, demote or discharge employees for cause. Section 25. Grievances 25.1 A grievance is any dispute which involves the interpretation or application of any provision of this Memorandum of Understanding excluding, however, those provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding which specifically provide that the decision of any Fire Department official shall be final, the interpretation or application of those provisions not being subject to the grievance procedure. 25.2 Grievances shall be processed in the following manner: (1) Within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of an event giving rise to a grievance, an employee or the union may request in writing a meeting to discuss the grievance with the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief or his/her designee shall investigate the grievance and the Fire Chief shall render a decision within fourteen(14) calendar days from the date the grievance was received. (2) Within fourteen(14) calendar days from receipt of the Fire Chief's decision in Step 1 above, the employee or official of the Union may notify the Fire Chief in writing that a grievance exists, stating the particulars of the grievance, citing the specific section of this Memorandum of Understanding he/she believes to have been violated, and, if possible, the nature of the determination desired. The Fire Chief shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of notification in which to investigate the issues, meet with the complainant and attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the problem. No grievance may be processed under paragraph (3) below which has not first been filed and investigated in accordance with this paragraph (2). 18