Santa Monica adopted an ordinance in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks requiring employers to offer to rehire workers who had six months or more of prior employment with the employer and whose most recent employment was terminated due to lack of business, a reduction in force or other, economic, non-disciplinary reason. This decision holds that the plaintiff could not bring a claim against his prior employer under this ordinance. He had had two stints of employment with the defendant. The more recent was for only four months. The prior employment lasted ten months, but ended when the plaintiff voluntarily quit because of difficulty scheduling his work periods. The purpose of the recall ordinance is to protect employees who were involuntarily laid off due to economic circumstances—not to protect employees who quit for personal reasons. Therefore, plaintiff cannot count the prior ten month employment period toward the six months of employment required to invoke the recall ordinance.