Procedures Call for Volunteers Before identifying specific positions to be RIFed Sample Clauses

Procedures Call for Volunteers Before identifying specific positions to be RIFed the Director may call for volunteers who, if accepted, will be separated subject to the provisions below. Such a call for volunteers will be for a period not less than 15 work days. A. An employee with critical knowledge and skills (as identified by the Director of CRS) may not participate in a voluntary release if the Director determines that such participation would impair the performance of the mission of the Congressional Research Service. B. Volunteering for RIF separation under this section is strictly a voluntary action on the part of any employee to whom this option is offered. Such employee shall not be forced or coerced in any way to volunteer for RIF separation. C. A voluntary release of an employee in a reduction in force under this Article shall be treated as an involuntary release in the reduction in force and entitled to all entitlements under involuntary RIF separations. D. Volunteering for separation under the provisions of this section does not confer RIF assignment (bumping) rights. E. When there are more volunteers than needed and the Director accepts more volunteers than the approximate number identified in the notification called for under Section 10, the Director shall notify CREA, in writing, the reasons for accepting more volunteers than anticipated. F. Procedures: 1. Separation volunteers will be issued RIF separation notices effective on the RIF effective date. The notice shall advise them of their entitlements under RIF. 2. Volunteers must sign a statement that they realize that the action is irrevocable once they have been issued a RIF separation notice. However, the Director may cancel the action if necessary. 3. If no volunteer matches can be made, then the following procedure will apply: The Library, through Human Resources Services, shall take the following sequential steps using vacant or occupied positions in the Library to resolve the RIF: Step 1. Using Vacant Same-Graded Positions Prior to the effective date of the RIF, place the affected employee in a vacant position for which the affected employee qualifies and which is at the same grade as his/her current position. Step 2.