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Preferential Rehire Period
- < 5 years of seniority = 1 year
- ≥ 5 years and < 10 years of seniority = 2 years
- ≥ 10 years of seniority = 3 years
Termination of Preferential Rights
- When the employee refuses an offer to return, at the same or greater percentage of time to that department/division and class from which the employee was laid off;
- accepts any career position;
- refuses two (2) offers of employment for a career position at the same or higher salary level and the same percentage of time as the position held by the employee at the time of layoff; or
- fails to respond to a written notice of a career employment opportunity within 15 calendar days.
Recall Period
- 3 years
Termination of Recall Rights
- When the employee refuses a recall to work;
- refuses two offers of reemployment in career positions at the same or greater percentage of time and at the same or higher; or
- accepts a career position at the same or higher salary level within the University.
Severance
1 week (5 workdays) of salary for each full year of service from the most recent break in service, up to a maximum of 16 weeks of base pay.
Employees with less than five (5) years of service are not eligible for reduced severance under this section. Employees with five (5) or more years of service shall receive four (4) weeks reduced severance. Employees with 13 or more years of service shall receive eight (8) weeks reduced severance. Employees who are laid off following a reduction in time that occurred within sixty (60) calendar days of the layoff notice shall be eligible for reduced severance on the basis of their percentage of appointment just prior to their reduction in service.
Reduced Severance
Reduced Severance Not Available
Severance Repayment
An employee who has received severance pay and who returns to work at the same campus shall only retain the portion of the severance pay equal to the number of days between the effective date of layoff and the employee’s rehire date. An employee cannot be returned to work without first repaying the severance or signing a severance repayment agreement.