Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3349 - Northeast Ohio Medical University › Chapter 3349-8 - Policies for Unclassified Hourly Employees and Classified Civil Service Employees › Section 3349-8-45 - Layoff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
To establish a rule to govern
				situations in which a reduction in the classified civil service workforce is
				necessary.
(B)
								Scope
This rule applies to all classified
				civil service employees.
(C)
								
			 Definitions
(1)
									Consult rule
			 3349-7-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2)
									"Abolishment of Position" is the elimination of a
			 position for any of the following reasons: reorganization for the efficient
			 operation of the university, economy, or lack of work which is expected to last
			 more than one year.
(3)
									"Appointing Authority" refers to the director of human
			 resources, or designee, based on the delegation of authority by the
			 university's board of trustees pursuant to the powers granted to the board of
			 trustees by division (F) of section
			 124.14 of the Revised
			 Code.
(4)
									"Break in Service" is a separation from public service
			 of thirty-one days or more. Any university approved leave of absence, or any
			 separation from service which carries the right to reinstatement, or
			 reemployment shall not constitute a break in service; so long as the employee
			 is reinstated or reemployed within the allowable time. The time the employee
			 was on leave of absence or was separated shall not be counted in the
			 calculation of retention points for continuous service.
(5)
									"Continuous
			 Service" means service with a state of Ohio agency, an Ohio county office, or a
			 state of Ohio supported college or university without a break in
			 service.
(6)
									"Day(s)" mean calendar days, unless otherwise
			 specified.
(7)
									"Displacement" for purposes of this rule is the process
			 by which an employee with more retention points exercises the right to take the
			 position of another employee with fewer retention points. Displacement occurs
			 on the date an employee is notified that another employee has exercised the
			 right of displacement and that the employee with fewer retention points is to
			 be displaced.
(8)
									"Economy" shall be determined at the time the
			 appointing authority proposes to abolish the position. Reasons shall be based
			 on the appointing authority's estimated amount of savings with respect to
			 salary benefits and other matters associated with the abolishment of the
			 position.
(9)
									"Employee(s)" for the purposes of this rule refers only
			 to those employees in the classified civil service.
(10)
									"Equivalent or
			 Lower Position" for purposes of displacement rights, is a position with an
			 equivalent or same salary range or a position with a lower salary range within
			 a job family.
(11)
									"Job Group" is a cluster of positions sufficiently
			 similar with respect to duties, responsibilities, qualifications and salary
			 ranges which appear within the same job family.
(12)
									"Job Family" is
			 a cluster of positions with similar duties with varying levels of
			 responsibility, authority, qualifications, and salary ranges.
(13)
									"Lack of Funds"
			 is a current or projected deficiency of funding required to maintain a position
			 that requires a reduction in current or projected staffing
			 levels.
(14)
									"Lack of Work" is a current or projected decrease in
			 the workload or work requirements of a position that requires a reduction in
			 the current or projected work force.
(15)
									"Layoff" is a
			 termination by the appointing authority from a position within the university's
			 classified civil service ranks.
(16)
									"Reduction in
			 Force" is a reduction in the number of employees at the
			 university.
(17)
									"Salary Grade" is a level of the pay schedule assigned
			 to each position.
(18)
									"Salary Range" is a continuum of salaries from minimum
			 to maximum within each salary grade.
(19)
									"Senior
			 Administration" are those individuals so designated by the
			 president.