Section 16.015. Return to a lower position.

 

(1)   Return following a break in service not covered by leave or layoff. The appointment of a former employee, who previously acquired permanent status in class, to a position in the same, counterpart or lower class than the one in which permanent status in class was acquired, following a break in service not covered by leave or the layoff provisions of these rules or applicable collective bargaining agreement, shall be considered as an original appointment except when it may be considered a reinstatement under s. ER-MRS 16.035 and the appointing authority chooses to treat such appointment as a reinstatement.

(2)   Return to a position at a higher level. For provisions relating to appointment of persons who previously had permanent status in class to a position in a higher class see s. ER-MRS 14.02 (2) .

History: Cr. Register, February, 1981, No. 302 , eff. 3-1-81; renum. to be (1) and am. and cr. (2), Register, May, 1988, No. 389 , eff. 6-1-88; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, October, 1994, No. 466 .