REDUCTION IN CLASSIFIED STAFF WORK FORCE
Reduction in Force of Non-teaching Employees
If it becomes necessary for the Governing Board to reduce the number of
classified employees due to one or more of the reasons set forth in the
Ohio Revised Code, the Governing Board may adopt a resolution ordering
the reasonable reduction of non-teaching employees.
In making such a reduction in force, the Governing Board shall proceed
to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the
Superintendent who shall, within each pay classification affected, give
preference first to employees under continuing contracts and then to
employees on the basis of seniority. Employees being laid off shall be
notified, in writing, by the Superintendent that his/her contract is
being suspended.
Seniority lists shall be developed for non-teaching employees: one for
limited contract employees and one for continuing service employees. The
least senior limited contract employee in an affected area of the lay
off shall be the first employee to be laid off. If further reductions
are necessary, the next least senior employee in an affected area shall
be laid off, etc., with continuing service employees being laid off in
the order of seniority only after all limited contract employees in the
affected area have been laid off.
For the purposes of this policy, seniority shall mean all continuous
years of regular service (not supplemental) in the Clermont County
Educational Service Center commencing with the first contract day
worked. Approved leaves of absences shall not be considered a break in
seniority for the purposes of this policy. Non-teaching employees who
retire, resign or otherwise terminate employment with the Governing
Board and who are then reemployed shall begin accumulating seniority for
the purposes of this policy from their most recent date of hire. In the
event that two non-teaching employees of the same contract status and
affected area began work on the same day, the following criteria shall
be utilized to ascertain seniority ranking: 1) date of Governing Board
action to employ; 2) date of application for employment; and 3) ESC
needs as determined by the Superintendent.
On a case-by-cases basis, in lieu of suspending a contract of employment
in whole, the Governing Board may suspend a contract in part so that an
employee is required to work under the contract and receive a
commensurate percentage of the full compensation the employee would
otherwise receive under the contract.
Any non-teaching employee whose continuing contract is suspended under
this policy shall have the right to restoration to continuing service
status in order of seniority of service in the ESC if and when a
non-teaching position for which the employee is qualified becomes vacant
or is created. No non-teaching employee whose continuing contract has
been suspended under this policy shall lose the right of restoration to
continuing service status by reason of having declined recall to a
position requiring fewer regularly-scheduled hours of work than required
by the position the employee last held while employed by the Governing
Board.
[Adoption date: June 21, 2005]
[Revised: October 20, 2005]
Clermont County Educational Service Center Governing Board
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