Layoff applies to Professional and Support Staff (PSS) employees who have attained career status and staff employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement to the extent provided for in that agreement.

Managers and Senior Professional (MSP) employees are not subject to the Layoff Policy, but can be terminated when the needs or resources of a department do not justify continuation of the appointment (Personnel Policy 65).

A layoff is the involuntary separation of a career, non-probationary, i.e., regular status employee from employment or a permanent reduction in the appointment percentage due to a lack of funds, lack of work, or reorganization. The terms, conditions, and employee rights during and after layoff are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements, (contracts) and University policy. In the event a probationary, limited or per-diem employee is identified for layoff, the employee may be released from his/her appointment.

Once the need for layoff has been determined:

• The focus is on positions, not individuals
• Layoffs are implemented in inverse order of seniority by job classification and within a designated layoff unit
• Layoffs are not to be used for resolving employee performance problems

In order to minimize the effects of indefinite layoffs and indefinite reductions in time on employees in career positions the University will:

1. Give regular status employees preferential opportunities for reassignment or transfer prior to indefinite layoff or indefinite reduction in time when reassignment or transfer opportunities arise.
   
   
2. Provide regular status employees the right to be recalled to the department from which the employee was laid off or reduced in time, and preference for reemployment in all departments of the campus; or severance pay in lieu of the right to recall and preference for reemployment.

An employee will receive at least 30 calendar days advance written notice prior to indefinite layoff or indefinite reduction in time, or shall receive pay in lieu of notice. The University will inform employees who may be impacted by indefinite layoff as soon as feasible.

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