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ARTICLE XIII — LEGAL DEFENSE 13.1 Employees involved in litigation because of negligence, ignorance of laws, non- observance of laws, or as a result of employee judgmental decision may not receive legal defense by the municipality. 13.2 Any employee who is charged with a traffic violation, ordinance violation or criminal offense arising from acts performed within the scope of the employee's employment, when such act is performed in good faith and under direct order of the employee's supervisor, shall be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees and court costs actually incurred by such employee in defending against such charge. ARTICLE XIV — RIGHT OF SUBCONTRACT Nothing in this AGREEMENT shall prohibit or restrict the right of the EMPLOYER from subcontracting work performed by employees covered by this AGREEMENT. ARTICLE XV — DISCIPLI NE The EMPLOYER will discipline employees only for just cause. ARTICLE XVI — SENIORITY 16.1 Seniority will be the determining criterion for transfers, promotions, and layoffs only when all job - relevant qualification factors are equal. 16.2 Seniority will be the determining criterion for recall when all job - relevant qualification factors are equal. Recall rights under this provision will continue for twenty -four (24) months after layoff. Recalled employees shall have ten (10) working days after notification of recall by registered mail at the employee's last known address to report to work or forfeit all recall rights. ARTICLE XVII — PROBATIONARY PERIODS 17.1 All newly hired or rehired employees will serve a six (6) month's probationary period. 17.2 All employees will serve a six (6) month's probationary period in any job classification in which the employee has not served a probationary period. 17.3 At any time during the probationary period a newly hired or rehired employee may be terminated at the sole discretion of the EMPLOYER. 11