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File #: 1681-04    Version: 1 Name: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Article 1011, § 1011.01 of the Administrative Code by providing that the employees to be laid off due to a reduction in force shall be determined through an evaluation of work
Type: Ordinance Status: Expired by Rule
File created: 8/31/2004 In control: Special Committee on Government Reform
On agenda: Final action: 12/31/2005
Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Article 1011, § 1011.01 of the Administrative Code by providing that the employees to be laid off due to a reduction in force shall be determined through an evaluation of work load by position, including supervisory and management positions within Career Service.
Sponsors: Joan Cleary
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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Article 1011, § 1011.01 of the Administrative Code by providing that the employees to be laid off due to a reduction in force shall be determined through an evaluation of work load by position, including supervisory and management positions within Career Service.

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WHEREAS, Article IX, §2 of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter provides that the personnel system, including rules and regulations governing force reduction, shall be included in the Administrative Code; and

WHEREAS, Article 1011, § 1011.01 of the Administrative Code addresses external considerations when reduction in force is necessary but does not address internal considerations; and

WHEREAS, requiring an evaluation of work load by position, including supervisory and management positions, insures that reduction in force results in minimal disruption of services.

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

SECTION 1.

Article 1011, § 1101.01 is amended by adding a new subsection F as follows:

1011.01. Layoffs.

A. If a reduction in force is necessary in the Career Service, no employee shall be laid-off while any probationary, part-time, occasional, casual, temporary or seasonal employee is employed in the same class in the same department or division.

B. Layoffs may occur because of economic considerations, lack of work, abolition of position or reduction of state or federal funds.

C. If there is in existence a Labor Agreement covering the manner in which employees are to be laid-off, the labor agreement shall be controlling.

D. A laid-off employee shall have the right of return for five years from the date of layoff to any class and career service status which was previously held, provided such class is contained in the current classification plan of the department or division, or to any class and career service status in the same or lower grade,...

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