Placement from WRAPS Sample Clauses

Placement from WRAPS a. Placement support: (1) Employees will be counseled and afforded every opportunity to find a new position based on organizational needs and their career goals and personal needs. (2) In accordance with U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidelines, Management may consider retraining the employee or modifying qualification standards, excluding positive education requirements, to allow the employee to meet the qualifications of a vacant position within a specified period up to 365 days of occupying the position. (3) Management will pay transfer-of-station benefits for affected employees who are reassigned as authorized by Forest Service policy. (4) Affected employees on details will be provided opportunities to continue placement efforts, with Management affording them accommodations to mitigate any adverse effects created by the detail (for example, physical isolation and access to communications). (5) Outplacement services for affected employees, consistent with the agency Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) policy, may be negotiated at the appropriate level. b. Government placement programs: Management will offer identified employees enrollment in and an explanation of placement assistance programs, operated by other agencies, for which they are qualified, including: (1) The Interagency Career Transition Plan for permanent employees in surplus positions administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other governmentwide programs. (2) The USDA Reemployment Priority List and CTAP. (3) The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128) programs. c. Placement in time-limited vacancies: When an employee has been placed in a time-limited vacancy from WRAPS, his or her placement priority will remain active if the time-limited position is less than 1,040 hours of duration. If the temporary assignment is 1,040 hours or more, the employee’s placement priority will be inactive until 60 days before the expiration of the time-limited assignment at which time his or her placement priority will be reestablished in the WRAPS data base and his or her 60-day voluntary placement period will start anew. The employee will not receive a new notice under Section 4.c.(2) of this article, but will have an opportunity to update his or her registration information. When an employee has been placed in a time-limited position, his or her career tenure and position of record are not affected. d. Order of placement: The following order...

Placement from WRAPS a. Placement support: (1) Employees will be counseled and afforded every opportunity to find a new position based on organizational needs and their career goals and personal needs. (2) In accordance with U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guide- lines, Management may consider retraining the employee or modifying