(1)
Permanent employees of the employer who satisfy the following criteria must
have their name placed on the employer's internal layoff list if the employee
exercises this option within the two-year eligibility period:
(a)
Employees who are laid off or have
been notified in writing by the employer that they are scheduled to be laid
off are eligible to be on the internal layoff list for classes in which
they held permanent status at the same or lower salary range and lower classes
in the same class series. Permanent status is not required for the lower
classes in the class series. For purposes of this subsection "employees"
includes Washington management service (WMS) employees who are laid off or have
been notified by the employer that they are scheduled to be laid off and who
have held permanent status in Washington general service. WMS employees only
have layoff list rights to classes which the highest step of the salary range
is equal to or below the WMS salary at the time of layoff or notification of
layoff.
(b)
Employees who
accept a voluntary demotion in lieu of layoff are eligible to be on the
internal layoff list for the class from which they demoted and classes at that
salary range and lower salary ranges in which the employee held permanent
status and lower classes in the same class series. Permanent status is not
required for the lower classes in the class series. Washington management
service (WMS) employees who accept a voluntary demotion in lieu of layoff are
eligible to be on the internal layoff list for classes in which they held
permanent status. WMS employees only have layoff list rights to classes which
the highest step of the salary range is equal to or below the WMS salary at the
time of the demotion.
(c)
Employees who accepted less than comparable positions as defined
by the employer's layoff procedure are eligible to be on the internal layoff
list for classes in which they held permanent status at the same or lower
salary range and lower classes in the same class series. Permanent status is
not required for the lower classes in the class series.
(d)
Employees who have not successfully
completed a trial service period and are placed in a nonpermanent position
following reversion are eligible to be on the internal layoff list for
classes in which the employee previously held permanent status.
(e)
Employees who remain in a position
reallocated to a lower salary range are eligible to be on the internal
layoff list for the class the employee held permanent status in prior to the
reallocation.
(2)
Employees who have been demoted for cause from a class are not
eligible to be on the internal layoff list for that class.
(3) General government employees have layoff
list rights to all classifications the employee has held permanent status in
regardless of any breaks in state service.
Higher education employers must address in their layoff
procedure whether or not employees will be given layoff rights to classes they
held permanent status in prior to any breaks in state service.