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ARTICLE 25 SEPARATIONS 25 . 1 The effective date of separation shall be the las day on which the employee is present for duty unless otherwise specified herein,,. 25 . 2 Resignation is defined as an action whereby an employee voluntarily leaves County employment . An employee wishing to leave the County in good standing shall file with the County a written resignation , sating the date and reasons for leaving . Such notice must be given at least two weeks prior to the date of separation . Failure to comply with this courtesy 'Tay be cause for denying such employee re-employment with the County . Employees who are absent from work for three consecutive work days without being excused or giving proper notice of their absence will be considered as having voluntarily quit . 25 . 3 Retirement is defined as a voluntary or involuntary procedure whereby an employee separates from County employment for reasons of length of service or disability . Retirement regulations and benefits shall conform with the provisions of the Florida Retirement System . 25A Termination shall be effective as of the date cjf death . All compensation and benefits due to the employee as of the effective (date of separation shall be paid to the beneficiary , surviving spouse , or the estate of the employee , as determined by law or by executed forms in the en iployee' s personnel file . 25 . 5 If a layoff does occur all temporary employees and newly hired probationary employees within affected divisions will be terminated first . The only exception would be if the temporary or newly hired probe nary employee has a particular skill required to perform certain duties and no o e else employed by the County is qualified . Permanent employees are to be I id off based on their length of service , provided that the employees who are etained have the demonstrated ability and fitness to perform the available work , ! Laid -off permanent employees shall be placed in open positions for which they afire qualified . 25 . 6 If an employee is laid off, the employee will be compensated for his sick and vacation as if he were voluntarily quitting . Employees eligible for sick leave payment per Article 29 . 7 shall have the optioi of leaving the sick leave on account for up to one year. A laid -off employeehall be eligible for conversion of employee health care benefits at the employees expense . Laid -off employees remain eligible for recall into positions previously held with the County or for which they are qualified for a period of three years from the layoff date , provided that any employee so recalled shall be subject to passing a typical pre- employment screening at the discretion of the County . No continuous service benefits of any kind shall accrue during the layof period . 31