(A) (1) The County Judge/Executive may lay off an employee because of lack of work or funds.
(2) The order of layoff shall be established on the basis of the needs of the county as determined by the County Judge/Executive and approval of Fiscal Court.
(B) (1) Consideration shall be given to seniority, performance record and merit of the persons considered for layoff.
(2) Part-time, temporary and probationary employees in a class shall be laid off before other persons in the class are laid off.
(C) One week before the effective date (except emergencies approved by the Fiscal Court) of the layoff of a regular full-time employee, the County Judge/Executive shall:
(1) Notify the employee of the layoff;
(2) Explain the reasons for the layoff; and
(3) Inform the Fiscal Court of the layoff(s).
(D) A copy of the notice shall be retained in the employee’s personnel file.
(Ord. 4-2014, passed 7-31-2014, § 3.35)