Understanding Your Layoff Options
Employees who have received layoff notices may elect preference for rehire or recall, or severance. Please refer to the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement, Personnel Policy for Staff Members, and or/Layoff Options Break Down by Contract/PPSM to understand what action to take to make your election.
Preference for Reemployment (Preferential Rehire): The right of a laid off employee to be granted first consideration for a vacant career position at the same or lower salary range maximum and at the same or lesser percentage of time as the position from which the employee was laid off. For employees represented by collective bargaining agreements, the position must also be in the same bargaining unit from which the employee was laid off. You may find program participation time limits in the applicable collective bargaining agreement or PPSM and/or in the Layoff Options Break Down by Contract/PPSM.
Recall: The right of an employee to return to University service in an active, vacant career position in the same classification and department at the same or lesser percentage of time as the position from which the employee was laid off. You may find program participation time limits in the applicable collective bargaining agreement or PPSM, and/or in the Layoff Options Break Down by Contract/PPSM.
Severance: For policy-covered employees, severance pay is provided unless the employee elects in writing, recall and preferential rehire rights within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving notice of layoff. For exclusively-represented employees, recall and preferential rehire rights are provided unless the employee elects in writing, severance pay within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving a notice of layoff. Severance pay calculations may be found in the applicable PPSM or contract article.
Tools and/or Helpful Resources:
