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Docusign Envelope ID: 45060F3D-C86D-4163-9351-F1564A01C80A <br />assignments. Personnel who provide satisfactory service in an acting assignment for a <br />continuous twelve (12) months are eligible for salary advancement in accordance with <br />Section 5.4 of this MOU for the remaining duration of the acting assignment. <br />Long-term acting assignments shall not be used for day-to-day vacancies such as those <br />created by vacation or sick leave relief and are not intended to cause an adverse impact to <br />any one rank (more than two long-term vacancies in that rank on the same division). <br />The use of short-term acting assignments is identified in Section 7.3 D, Rank -for -Rank <br />Overtime and Short -Term Acting Assignments. <br />The operational procedures of acting assignments are outlined in Department policy <br />Section 24. Resignation, Reinstatement and Layoff <br />24.1 Automatic Resignation <br />Failure to return at the expiration of a leave of absence or being absent without leave shall be <br />considered an automatic resignation. The Fire Chief may rescind such a resignation if the <br />employee submits satisfactory reasons for their absence within three (3) calendar days of the <br />date their resignation was effective. <br />24.2 Voluntary Resignation <br />An employee may resign in good standing by submitting to the Fire Chief a written resignation <br />notice at least two (2) weeks in advance of the effective date of the resignation. <br />24.3 Reinstatement <br />With the approval of the Fire Chief, an employee who has resigned in good standing may be <br />reinstated within two (2) years of the effective date of resignation to a vacant position in the same <br />or comparable class. Upon reinstatement, the employee, for all purposes, shall be considered <br />as though the employee had received a new appointment. <br />When an employee is reinstated within a two-year period, the employee's seniority date shall be <br />the date of the reinstatement, not the original appointment date except for service time with <br />CalPERS, if the employee has contributions in PERS when reinstated and except for calculating <br />service credit time for retiree medical purposes with the LPFD. <br />Reinstated employees may use prior service credit for promotional eligibility purposes. <br />Reinstated employees may petition the Fire Chief after six months to be removed from <br />probationary status. <br />43 <br />