APPLICABILITY & PURPOSE
This Personnel Management Regulation describes rules for reemployment following employee layoffs, demotions, or resignations.
CONTENTS
36.1 Reemployment Following Lay Off
A. Eligibility for Reemployment Following Layoff
B. Process
36.2 Reemployment Following Resignation
A. Reemployment Within 60 Days of Resignation
B. Reemployment Within Two Years
36.3 Priority of Reemployment Lists
36.4 Status, Salary, Benefits and Seniority Upon Reemployment
A. Status
B. Salary
C. Benefits
D. Seniority Established
36.5 Applying for County Openings
36.6 Temporary Employment
APPROVAL
FORMS AND ATTACHMENTS
36.1 Reemployment Following Lay Off
A. Eligibility for Reemployment Following Layoff. Regular employees who are laid off or demoted in lieu of layoff will be entitled to reemployment in the classification from which they were laid off or demoted if a vacancy in the classification occurs within two years of the date of lay off or demotion.
B. Process
1. Each regular employee who has been laid off or demoted in lieu of layoff will be placed on: (1) a department reemployment list by classification in order of seniority as defined in PMR 48.2, and (2) a County reemployment list by classification in order of seniority as defined therein.
2. As a vacancy occurs in the classification in a department, the top person on the reemployment list (most senior employee) will be offered, in writing, reappointment to the vacant position. Should the person not accept the reappointment within seven calendar days after the date of the offer, and/or be unable to begin work within two weeks after the date of acceptance, the person will be considered unavailable for employment and be removed from the reemployment list. Whenever a person is unavailable for reemployment, the next person on the list (next senior person) will be offered reemployment, in writing, for the vacancy position in the classification in the department.
3. If there is no employee on the department reemployment list for the classification, the top five names on the countywide reemployment list for the classification will be sent to the department head where the vacancy exists for selection. Any one of the five people may be selected. If a person is selected from a countywide list, the name will also be removed from the department reemployment list. Should the person selected not accept the reappointment within seven calendar days after the date of the offer and/or be unable to begin work within two weeks after the date of acceptance, the person will be considered unavailable for employment and be removed from the list.
36.2 Reemployment Following Resignation
A. Reemployment Within 60 Days of Resignation. A regular employee who resigns under positive circumstances will be eligible for reemployment within 60 days of resignation. Reemployment will be at the sole discretion of the department head. Salary and seniority will be treated as if the employee had been on a leave of absence.
B. Reemployment Within Two Years. A regular employee who resigns or retires under positive circumstances may be placed on a reemployment list for reappointment to the classification from which he or she resigned within two years of resignation. Placement on the list will be in the order of the date of application for reemployment. Reemployment will be at the sole discretion of the department head.
36.3 Priority of Reemployment Lists
The department reemployment list for employees who are laid off or demoted in lieu of lay off will be used first, followed by the countywide reemployment list for employees who are laid off or demoted in lieu of lay off. If no one is reappointed from either list, the reemployment list following resignation may be used if requested by the department appointing authority.
36.4 Status, Salary, Benefits and Seniority Upon Reemployment
A. Status. Regular employees who are reemployed in the same classification are not required to serve a probationary period.
B. Salary. Regular employees who are reemployed in the same classification will be placed on the salary range and step last held.
C. Benefits. Regular employees who are reemployed following layoff or within 60 days of resignation, will have their sick leave balance at the time of layoff or separation reinstated. No other leave will be reinstated but accrual of leave will be reinstated at the same level. Regular employees who are reinstated 61 days or more following resignation will have no leave reinstated. Accrual of leaves will be as if the employee was newly hired.
D. Seniority Established. Regular employees who are laid off and are reemployed following layoff will receive a seniority date based on time served in the classification for which reemployed and any higher classification. Regular employees who are demoted in lieu of lay off will receive a seniority date based on time served in the classification for which reemployed, and any higher classification. Regular employees who are reemployed 61 days or more following resignation, will have no seniority in the classification to which reemployed.
36.5 Applying for County Openings
Employees who are laid off or demoted in lieu of lay off may compete in promotional examinations in the department from which laid off, as well as County promotional examinations, for two years following the effective date of layoff or demotion. Regular employees who are laid off or demoted in lieu of lay off are eligible to receive preference points in open examination for any County position for two years following the effective date of layoff or demotion.
36.6 Temporary Employment
If an employee who was laid off or resigned (and is in good standing) accepts temporary employment, he or she does not forfeit reemployment rights.
APPROVAL
Effective Date: January 2005
Revisions No. : 0
Prepared By: Laura Armor
Approved: ss/President, Board of Supervisors