Section 273-12-004 - REINSTATEMENTEmployees or former employees are eligible for reinstatement to their previous class for 24 months after layoff. Employees desiring to be reinstated will, following notification of the availability of a position, notify the agency head in writing of the acceptance or refusal of the position within five work days.
004.01 It is the responsibility of the employee or former employee to inform the agency of any change in address. Failure to receive notification of a position's availability because of an address change will not cause the five workday reply period to be lengthened.004.02 Agency heads may return reinstated employees at, or up to, their former salary, if reemployed within two years.004.03 Employees reinstated after being laid off will not be made to serve an original probationary period.004.04 Employees or former employees refusing a position of their previous classification and location, or not acting to notify the agency head and/or his/her designee of acceptance or refusal, forfeit any reinstatement rights.004.05 Former employees who were laid off, or employees who transferred to another position in lieu of layoff, will be reinstated in the reverse order from which they were laid off or transferred.004.06 The service date for reinstated employees will be adjusted by the number of days in a non-paid status.004.07 Qualified employees will be given the opportunity to be reinstated to an available position in a lower class within the same series. Employees declining reinstatement to a position in a lower class within the same series will be given the opportunity to be reinstated to a position of their previous class, if positions become available within the 12-month period.273 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 12, § 004
Adopted effective 12/21/2021Amended effective 6/14/2023