SECTION 260:25-13-35. Reduction-in-force implementation plan

  As provided in Section 840-2.27C of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and OAC 260:25-13-3, Appointing Authorities of executive branch agencies shall post the reduction-in-force implementation plan in all offices of the agency within 5 business days after posting the reduction-in-force notice. A copy of the implementation plan shall be provided to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and any state employee association representing state employees at such time and as defined at OAC 260:15-1-2 no later than the time it is posted in the agency. The reduction-in-force implementation plan is not subject to the approval of the Administrator or the Commission. In addition to the information required by 260:25-13-3(b) , the reduction-in-force implementation plan shall include:

(1)   a statement of the conditions necessitating the reduction-in-force;

(2)   the estimated time schedule for the reduction-in-force;

(3)   a description of the displacement process, and limits;

(4)   listings of affected positions and employees, to include the following information (or if such lists are not posted, the location of the office where they are available for review) :

(A)   all occupied and vacant positions to be abolished, showing in each case: geographical and administrative location, job family, level, and pay band for the position; the name, job family, level, and pay band, of the incumbent; and, for permanent employees, retention points and other lateral or lower level job families in which the employee previously held permanent status, listed in the reverse order in which they were held;

(B)   all positions and employees which are subject to displacement, showing the same information;

(C)   other occupied and vacant positions and employees in affected job families, showing the same information. The agency may include all other positions in the agency in affected job families or may limit posting to ten percent of positions occupied by employees with the least number of retention points based on longevity dates in affected job families, and

(D)   all retained funded vacant positions anywhere in the agency.

(5)   the schedule and procedure to be followed if an eligible employee chooses to accept a displacement offer for transfer or voluntary demotion in lieu of separation;

(6)   the agency policy on issues related to partial payment of moving expenses for transferred employees in accordance with Section 500.51 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

(7)   such other information as the Appointing Authority deems appropriate; and

(8)   the method established by the Appointing Authority to break ties in retention points.

[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 1346, eff 9-12-14]