(a) Unless another meaning is clearly indicated from the context, words as used in this section and relevant sections of the Employee Handbook of the Village of Woodsfield are amended as follows:
(1) “Revert” means return a regular employee to a vacant position in the same classification and department from which he or she was promoted after the employee did not successfully complete a probationary period due to a resignation or termination.
(2) “Reversion Recall List” means a list of regular employees who did not successfully complete a probationary period after promotion and have been reverted to a position where no vacancy exists.
(b) Preservation of Vacancy of Prior Position.
(1) A job classification vacated by an Employee who changes classification from their current job classification to any other position shall remain open for a period of fifteen (15) regularly scheduled working days beginning on the date of the Employee’s appointment.
(2) Any job classification vacated by an employee shall be posted in house. However, any applications and interviews for filling any such vacancy shall be subject to the decision of the transferring employee to remain in the new position through the 15th working day after the effective date of transfer.
(3) If a transferring employee decides to return to the position held before any such transfer within fifteen (15) working days, then that decision shall supersede and control any application as well as action taken on such application, and the transferring employee shall be restored to the prior job classification.
(c) Probationary Period.
(1) Employees who begin employment with the Village or change classification from their current job classification to any other position shall serve one probationary period of ninety days beginning on the date of the initial appointment. Occasional absences due to illness, vacations, jury duty and military leaves shall not result in an extension of the probationary period. However, in the case of numerous absences, the Village Administrator may extend the employee’s probationary period to include the equivalent of ninety days of actual service.
(2) For a ninety day period beginning on the effective date of the classification change, an employee serving a probationary period under this subsection shall have the right to revert to a vacant position within the department and classification from which he or she was previously employed.
A. An employee reverted to a vacant position under this subsection shall no longer be a probationary employee. Where no such vacancy exists, an employee shall be given fifteen calendar days’ written notice prior to being removed from the payroll and placed on a Reversion Recall List for his or her former department and former classification.
B. Employees whose names are on a Reversion Recall List shall be reinstated according to the following provisions:
1. If a vacancy is to be filled in a department and a valid Reversion Recall List for the classification contains the name(s) of eligible employees, such employees shall be offered reinstatement in order of their length of service in that classification. The employee who has the most service in that classification shall be the first offered reinstatement.
2. An employee whose name is on a Reversion Recall List for a department and job classification who accepts an offer of reinstatement in the same department and job classification or who accepts employment with the Village in another department and/or job classification shall be removed from a Reversion Recall List and shall have no further rights to reemployment under this subsection (c)(2).
3. An employee whose name is on a Reversion Recall List who fails to timely accept an offer of reinstatement to a position in the same department and job classification as that which the employee previously held shall be removed from a Reversion Recall List and shall have no further rights to reemployment under this subsection (c)(2).
4. A reverted employee shall be paid at the step of the range which he or she normally would have received had he or she not changed classifications.
(Ord. 1074-08. Passed 2-4-08.)