Layoff and Reemployment A. Application Whenever it is necessary because of a lack of work or funds, or whenever it is advisable in the interest of economy to reduce the number of permanent and/or probationary employees (hereinafter known as "employees") in any State agency, the State may lay off employees pursuant to this Section.
Return from Leave of Absence (a) Before a Nurse may return to work from a leave granted under Article 9.00, she or he must provide a minimum of four (4) weeks written notice of the specific date of his or her return to work, or such shorter time as mutually agreed.
(b) Upon return from an approved Unpaid Leave of Absence, a Nurse shall be reinstated to her or his former position unless the position has been discontinued, in which case the Nurse shall be appointed to an equivalent position.
(c) This clause requiring four (4) weeks written notice, does not apply to other leaves granted by an express provision of this Collective Agreement with different requirements for written notice.
Reemployment Former state employees who are reemployed within five (5) years of leaving state service will be granted all unused and unpaid sick leave credits they had at separation. If an employee is reemployed after retiring from state service, when the employee subsequently retires or dies, only unused sick leave accrued since the date of reemployment minus sick leave taken within the same period will be eligible for sick leave separation cash out, in accordance with 12.7 above.
Recall from Vacation Leave When during any period of vacation leave an employee is recalled to duty, he shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, as normally defined by the Employer, that he incurs:
Reemployment Rights Subject to the availability of a vacant position for which he/she is qualified, the laid off employee has the right to reemployment over outside candidates. Any employee who is laid off or retired in lieu of layoff, and is subsequently eligible for reemployment, shall be notified through certified mail by the District as to the date of the opening at his/her last address known to the District. The employee must respond in writing within seven (7) working days of issuance of the letter to be deemed to have declined the offer. Laid off employees are eligible for reemployment in the classification from which laid off for thirty-nine (39) months from the effective date of layoff and shall be employed in the reverse order of seniority. Their reemployment shall have preference over any other method of filling vacancies in classifications incurring layoff. An employee on a reemployment list shall be notified of promotional opportunities and shall be entitled to apply through the regular selection process. Regular employees who take voluntary demotions or voluntary reductions in assigned time in lieu of layoff shall be reemployed in their former classification or to positions in the former classification with increased assigned time as vacancies become available, for a period of thirty-nine (39) months plus twenty-four (24) months. Employees who are demoted in lieu of layoff shall remain on the reemployment list until their rights are exhausted, or until they have regained the assignment from which they were laid off. Regular employees who are eligible and elect to retire under Section 21.4.4 shall then be placed on a thirty-nine (39) month reemployment list in accordance with this regulation. The District agrees that when an offer of employment is made to an eligible person retired under this regulation, and the District receives within ten (10) workdays a written acceptance of this offer, the retired person shall be allowed sufficient time to terminate his or her retired status with Public Employees Retirement System.
