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and Rules or under secondary redeployment shall be subject to a

probationary period in accordance with the Rules for the Classified

Service.
d. Employees who fail probation shall be eligible for layoff and preferred

list rights in their original titles. Additionally, such employees who fail
probation shall have an opportunity to select either the transition benefit of

an Educational Stipend as set forth in Appendix VIII(B), or the Severance
Option as provided for in Appendix VIII(C). The value of the salary earned

during the redeployed employee’s probation (or in connection with 8(c)
above) shall be subtracted from the value of the transition benefit, VIII(B)

or VIII(C), chosen by the employee.
(b) Definitions

1. Seniority shall be determined by Section 80 of the Civil Service Law
for competitive class employees and by Article 20.1 of the Agreement for

non-competitive and labor class employees.
2. In the event that two or more employees have the same seniority date,

the employee with the earliest seniority date in an affected title shall be
deemed to have the greater seniority. Further tie breaking procedures shall

be developed by the Committee and applied consistently.
(2) Role of the Employment Security Committee

The Committee shall meet at least bimonthly to discuss open issues
related to the redeployment process. Such issues shall include, but not be

limited to: comparability determinations; vacancy availability; information
sharing in hiring and redeployment; dispute resolution; Civil Service layoff

procedures; hardship claims from individual employees in the

redeployment process. The Committee shall also explore the viability of
expanding the redeployment concept to other reduction in force situations.
(3) Grievability and Dispute Resolution

The application of terms of the Appendix shall be grievable only up to

Step III of the provisions of Article 34 (Grievance and Arbitration
Procedure).

Disputes raised to the Step III level will be reviewed by the Employment
Security Committee for attempted resolution. If a decision must eventually

be rendered and no resolution is agreed to, the decision shall be issued
pursuant to the procedures outlined in Article 34.1(b).

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