(a) Each employee to be laid off shall be given advance written notice by the appointing authority. Such written notice shall be hand-delivered to the employee at work or mailed by certified mail to the employee's last known address on file with the appointing authority. If hand- delivered, such notice shall be given at least fourteen calendar days before the effective date of layoff or layoff due to displacement, and the day of hand delivery shall be the first day of the fourteen-day period. If mailed, such notice shall be mailed at least seventeen calendar days before the effective date of the layoff or layoff due to displacement. The day the letter is mailed shall be first day of the seventeen day period.
(b) Each notice of layoff or displacement shall contain the following information:
(1) The reason for layoff or displacement;
(2) The effective date of the layoff or displacement;
(3) The employee's accumulated retention points;
(4) The right of the employee to appeal a layoff or displacement to the Civil Service Commission and that the appeal shall be made within ten days after the employee has received notification of layoff or displacement;
(5) A statement advising the employee that he may have the right to displace another employee and that the employee shall notify the appointing authority in writing of his desire to exercise his displacement rights within five days of date of notification;
(6) The statement advising the employee of the right to reinstatement or reemployment;
(7) A statement that, upon request by the employee, the appointing authority shall make available a copy of this rule of the Commission; and
(8) A statement that the employee is responsible for maintaining a current address with his appointing authority.
(Ord. 92-1458. Passed 10-6-92.)