SECTION 3.55 REDUCTION IN FORCE RIGHTS

Last Update: 9/03

An employee whose position is reclassified to a lower pay grade is not allowed reduction in force rights (the right to "bump" an employee in the same class with less seniority [contractual class] or fewer retention points [noncontract class]), when the reclassification is a result of a:

· voluntary demotion

· disciplinary demotion

· correction of a classification error

· class or series revision

· gradual evolution of changes in the position

· reorganization that does not result in fewer total positions in the unit that is reorganized

In all other situations of reclassification of a position to a class in a lower pay grade, the incumbent in that position will have reduction in force rights.