Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment
Chapter ER-MRS 22 - Layoff Procedure
Section ER-MRS 22.07 - Notice prior to layoff; appeal notice

(1) Any employee affected by layoff shall be given written notice of the anticipated action, not less than 60 calendar days prior to its effective date. If the appointing authority is provided fewer than 60 days' notice of the need for layoff, because of loss of funding or otherwise, the director may authorize a layoff notice of 30 calendar days prior to the effective date. The written notice of layoff shall, to the extent practicable, include the specific alternatives within the agency available at that time to the employee in lieu of termination. The appointing authority shall continue to keep the employee aware of new alternatives available up to the effective date of the layoff.

(2) Seven calendar days prior to the layoff effective date, the appointing authority will issue the employee a final written notice of impending layoff. The notice shall include the employee's right to grieve the layoff decision under s. 230.445, Stats. No notice of appeal or pending litigation as a result thereof, affects any determination previously or subsequently made by the appointing authority, until an order is entered by the commission, unless the order is stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.