Things go bump day or night

Mayor Mitch Landrieu wants to eliminate bumping rights for laid off workers. Under current rules and employee laid off in one department can "bump" an employee with less seniority in a similar position in another post in city government. Private sector employers have long rejected straight seniority as a basis for layoff decisions. Moreover, outside of the context of collective bargaining, bumping rights are rejected as counter-productinve and disruptive.