SECTION 260:25-13-50. Eligibility for recall

(a)   Consistent with any displacement limits adopted pursuant to Section 840-2.27C of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, permanent classified employees and employees in probationary status after reinstatement from permanent classified status without a break in service who are removed from a job family level as a result of a reduction-in-force in an agency shall be eligible for recall by that agency to the job family level from which removed for 18 months after the effective date of separation or demotion [74:840-2.27C].

(b)   If there are persons eligible for recall to a job family level, an Appointing Authority may not appoint or reclassify persons to the job family level from the employment register, by internal action, such as promotion or reinstatement, or from Priority Reemployment Consideration Rosters [840-2.27C]. However, an Appointing Authority may reclassify an employee by involuntary demotion for cause to a job family level for which there is a recall list. The salary of a recalled employee shall be set in accordance with 260:25-7-8.

(c)   Affected employees

who are reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force less than 1 year after receiving severance benefits are required to repay such benefits in accordance with Section 840-2.27E of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

(d)   Employees who accept voluntary out benefits in accordance with Section 840-2.28 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be eligible for recall.

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