General Notice of Impending Layoff - School of Public Health, Juvenile Justice Program

In accordance with the requirements of Civil Service Rule 17.12(a), notice is hereby given of an impending layoff to be effective August 31, 2010 in the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO), School of Public Health – Juvenile Justice Program. Positions occupied by employees affected by this proposal are domiciled in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Orleans and Jefferson. The layoff is being proposed because a current contract between LSUHSC–NO and the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) will terminate on August 31, 2010. LSUHSC-NO provides healthcare services to youth at the Jetson Center for Youth facility domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish and Bridge City Center for Youth domiciled in Jefferson Parish. With the termination of the contract, the need for services and funding will cease.

Once the layoff plan has been approved by the Director of Civil Service, it will be made generally available to you.

Any questions concerning this matter should be directed to Terrilyn Cunningham, Labor Relations Manager at (504) 568-2029 or Flora McCoy, Assistant Director at (504) 568-8742.

The responsibilities of employees affected in a layoff are listed below. This rule applies to active employees and includes employees who are on leave for any reason, on detail to special duty and on temporary interdepartmental assignment.

1. The employee shall read or otherwise make himself aware of agency-distributed information concerning the layoff.

2. The employee shall supply all information required by the agency to determine adjusted state service date in the format and by the deadline set by the agency. Failure to do so will result in the employee’s adjusted service date being set at the date of their most recent hire.

3. If the employee is absent from work, he shall provide to the personnel specified by his agency, correct and current information as required by the agency on how he may be reached at all times.

4. The employee shall respond to a relocation offer in a manner determined by the agency. Failure to do so shall be considered a declination of the offer.

5. For purposes of meeting the job qualifications of the relocation offer, an employee must have a grade from Civil Service only in the instance of an employee moving from a sub-professional level job to a professional level job. The employee must have the grade before the effective date of the layoff to be eligible for that position. The grade need not be active; it may be expired; however, it must be a grade for the test currently in use and must be verifiable.

6. Once an employee accepts or declines a relocation offer, the decision is final.