Ohio Administrative Code › Title 123:1 - Division of Human Resources › Chapter 123:1-41 - Layoffs › Section 123:1-41-24 - Furloughs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Pursuant to
			 section 124.29 of the Revised Code, the
			 director may authorize an appointing authority to furlough employees on a
			 non-permanent basis based on a lack of funding from the federal government at
			 the appointing authority's discretion.
(B) Impacted employees. An appointing
			 authority  determines which employees are impacted based on the lack of
			 federal funding.
(C) Procedures.
(1) At least fourteen days prior to the
			 implementation of any furlough, the appointing authority
			  provides to the human resources division of the department of
			 administrative services a written explanation regarding the potential furlough.
			 The written statement 
									will include the number of potentially impacted
			 employees. At any time after the written statement is provided, but before the
			 notification to employees, the appointing authority  provides the
			 department of administrative services with a list of the employees subject to
			 the furlough. The list 
									will include the employee's name, classification
			 and employee identification number. The appointing authority
			  updates
			 such statement and list of employees as needed.
(2) At least fourteen days before the
			 interruption of the federal funds causing the furlough, the appointing
			 authority 
									will make a general announcement to employees using
			 its usual and customary means of agency-wide communications regarding the
			 proposed furlough. At least two day's written notice 
									will be
			 provided to any identified employee prior to the implementation of the
			 furlough. When practical, longer notice to the impacted employees is
			 encouraged. The notice to the impacted employee 
									will indicate
			 the date the furlough is to begin.
(3) During a furlough, an impacted employee
			 
									will
			 not report to work. Impacted employees will be notified by the appointing
			 authority of the date the employee is expected to return to work.
(4) The appointing authority may extend a
			 furlough based on the duration of the lack of funding from the federal
			 government. The appointing authority 
									will promptly notify the impacted employees in
			 writing of any changes in the return to work date. However, a furlough
			 
									will
			 not exceed four weeks for any impacted employee, except as set forth in
			 paragraph (C)(6) of this rule. Any impacted employee that does not return to
			 work when notified, and is not on a approved and scheduled leave may be subject
			 to disciplinary action.
(5) Any
			 employee on an unpaid leave of absence at the time of a furlough, who would
			 otherwise be impacted by the furlough,  remains on the
			 unpaid leave of absence until the expiration of the unpaid leave of absence. At
			 the expiration of the unpaid leave of absence, the employee
			 
									will be
			 immediately subject to furlough. If the unpaid leave of absence is open-ended,
			 the employee  remains on the unpaid leave of absence at least until the
			 end of the furlough.
(6) If during
			 or at the end of a furlough period, a layoff or abolishment of positions is
			 necessary, the appointing authority 
			 follows the provisions of Chapter 123:1-41 of the
			 Administrative Code and any applicable statutes. During any
			 
									mandatory notice period for a layoff or job
			 abolishment, the impacted employees 
			 remains on furlough.