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Purpose
To provide guidance on layoff, bumping, and recall protocols. When in conflict, collective bargaining agreement language will supersede.
Scope
All provisions of this policy apply to regular and probationary status employees. Non-represented employees are subject to the entire policy except as related to “bumping,” and temporary status employees do not have layoff rights, and are not subject to this policy.
Authority
The County Administrator has the authority to draft and promulgate policies for the management and operation of Clackamas County government. (ORS 203.035)
General Policy
The decision to layoff an employee(s) is a complex and difficult one. The process requires a written layoff plan to the Human Resources Director and approval by the County Administrator. When the bumping process is involved, a layoff scenario can take several months to complete. The appointing authority may also wish to consider alternatives such as reduced hours, partial layoff or other schedule modifications. (See also EPP #38 Temporary Layoffs and Reduction in Hours – Financial Impact).
Definitions
Appointing authority means any person vested with the authority to appoint individuals to County positions. Such authority will be vested in elected officials and department directors, and may be delegated to supervisory employees within a department or division.
Classification means a group of positions sufficiently similar in duties, authority and responsibility to permit grouping under a common title and which call for similar qualifications and the same schedule of pay.
Layoff means a separation from the County service due to a shortage of funds or materials, elimination of position, material change in duties, changes in an organizational unit, inability to perform assigned duties due to a medical condition, or for any other reasons not reflecting discredit on an employee and outside of the employee’s control.
Non-represented employee means an employee whose position is not included in one of the recognized County collective bargaining units.
