Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within a department/agency which will result in bumping and layoff, the Human Resources Division will encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees.
B. An employee whose position is being eliminated shall have the right to exercise his/her seniority by accepting a reassignment within the Department/Agency, to the position of the least senior employee in his/her job title for which the employee is qualified, in the same region or to any other region statewide, provided that the affected employee is less senior than the employee whose position is eliminated.
C. Alternatively, an employee whose position is being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in his/her job series, or to a title outside of the employee’s job series in the next lower salary grade to the employee’s current salary grade, for which the employee is qualified, within his/her region, provided that there are persons with less seniority in the lower title(s). This option is limited to the least senior employee in the affected title.
D. An employee electing to reassign/bump as set forth above, must upon request provide to the Appointing Authority an updated resume at the time of his/her notification of his/her intention to reassign/bump.
Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within the Appointing Authority, which will result in bumping, and layoff, the Human Resources Division (HRD) will encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees.
B. Employees whose position(s) are being eliminated shall have the right to exercise their bumping rights by accepting a transfer to a position in the same title for which the employee is determined qualified by the Appointing Authority. Employees choosing to transfer in accordance with this provision may transfer:
1. into the position of the least senior employee in their facility; or
2. into the position of the least senior employee in their region/area if such least senior employee is less senior than the least senior employee in the facility; or
3. into the position of the least senior employee in any region/area if such employee is less senior than the least senior employee in the region/area in which the reduction occurred.
C. 1. Employees whose positions are being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in his/her bumping corridor in the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified in the “facility” in which the employee presently works to the position of the least senior employee in the title, provided that there are person(s) with less seniority who are in the lower title. If there is no one with less seniority in the lower title in his/her bumping corridor in the “facility”, then the employee whose position is being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in his/her bumping corridor in the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified in the “region/area” in which the employee presently works to the position of the least senior employee in title, provided there are person(s) with less seniority who are in the lower title(s). An employee may elect to bump to a position in a different bumping corridor only if he/she has no viable bump option to any position title within two job grades next below the employee(s) current job grade. An employee so choosing to bump to another bumping corridor may elect to bump:
a. to a title in another bumping corridor that is at least two (2) job grades lower than the position from which the employee is to be laid-off, provided that the employee is qualified for the job as determined by the Appointing Authority, and that there are person(s) with less seniority in the lower title, or
b. to a vacant position in any title for which...
Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within a department/agency which will result in bumping and layoff, the Human Resources Division will encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees.
B. Employees whose positions are being eliminated shall have the rights to exercise their seniority by accepting a reassignment in the employee's present title in which the employee in that title with the least departmental years of service occupies in the same region, or to any other region statewide to a position in the same title occupied by an employee with the least departmental years of service within that region as long as that employee is less senior than the employee whose position is eliminated.
C. Alternatively, employees whose position(s) are being eliminated may elect to bump to a lower title in the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified in any facility in the same region rather than accept a reassignment to another region in the title, provided that there are persons with less seniority who are in the next lower title(s). The option is limited to the least senior employee in the next lower title or titles at each location.
D. For the purpose of this Article the geographic regions shall be defined and agreed to by HRD, the Union President of the Local affected and the appropriate representative of the Department/Agency.
Displacement-Bumping Procedure. A. In the event there is a reduction in work force within the Appointing Authority, Division which will result in bumping, and layoff, the Human Resources Division (HRD) Employer will consider encourage the department/agency to develop a Voluntary Layoff Incentive program for affected employees.
B. Employees whose position(s) are being eliminated shall have the right to exercise their bumping rights by accepting a transfer to a position in the same title for which the employee is determined qualified by the Appointing Authority Employer. Employees choosing to transfer in accordance with this provision may transfer:
1. into the position of the least senior employee in their facility; or
2. into the position of the least senior employee in their region/area if such least senior employee is less senior than the least senior employee in the facility; or
