Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment
Chapter ER-MRS 22 - Layoff Procedure
Section ER-MRS 22.09 - Failure to accept reasonable offer of appointment
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง ER-MRS 22.09
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) An employee who has been notified of layoff and fails to accept a reasonable offer of permanent appointment within the agency within 2 work days of the offer or who, upon acceptance, fails to be available for work within 5 work days after acceptance forfeits any further rights to an appointment under ss. ER-MRS 22.08 and 22.10.
(2) As determined by the appointing authority, an offer of appointment shall be considered reasonable if it meets the following 5 conditions as of the date of the offer:
(a) The position is one which the employee
would be qualified to perform after customary orientation provided to new
workers in the position.
(b) The
position is the highest level position available within the agency to which the
employee could either transfer or demote.
(c) The assigned shift or number of work
hours required does not vary substantially from the number of work hours
previously worked.
(d) The position
is located at a work site that is within reasonable proximity of the original
work site.
(e) The pay range of the
position offered is no more than 3 pay ranges or counterpart pay ranges, or one
broadband pay range, lower than the pay range of the position from which the
employee was laid off.
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