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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 260. Office of Management and Enterprise Services |
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Chapter 25. Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules |
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Subchapter 13. Reduction-In-Force |
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Part 7. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR REEMPLOYMENT |
SECTION 260:25-13-70. Eligibility for priority reemployment consideration
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- (a) Permanent classified employees, and employees on probationary status after reinstatement from permanent classified status without a break in service, who have been separated as a result of an officially conducted reduction-in-force or the abolition of all or part of a state agency, are eligible for priority reemployment consideration [74:840-2.27C] for jobs in the classified service. In addition, affected employees shall be eligible for Priority Reemployment Consideration beginning with the date the implementation plan is posted, for a period not to exceed 12 months before the scheduled date of separation, if the agency:(1) has posted a reduction-in-force notice and implementation plan and the employees are in positions covered by the plan and within the displacement limits established by the Appointing Authority; or(2) is scheduled to be closed or abolished by law or court order. [74:840-2.27C](b) To be placed on the Priority Reemployment Consideration Roster for a job family level, a person shall apply to the Human Capital Management Division and meet all requirements for the job [74:840- 2.27C]. The job family level need not be announced for recruitment. The names of the persons on Rosters shall be ranked in order of their individual final earned ratings [74:840-2.27C].(c) Employees who accept severance benefits:(1) are eligible for Priority Reemployment Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 840-2.27C of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,(2) who are reemployed less than 1 year after receiving severance benefits by the agency from which they separated 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 Priority Reemployment Consideration.