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DF - Demotion - Reduction in Force (Classified)

Purpose: This action allows an agency to demote an employee with permanent status to a position which has a lower entrance salary in lieu of a layoff.

When an employee is hired into a classified position, some fields will be auto-populated on the IPOPS form. The following fields will be populated based on the Change Reason, Position Type and the Appointment Type Combo: Suffix, Class Code of the Position, FTE and Pay Period Hours from the Position, Schedule/Grade of the Class Code and FLSA Code for the Class Code, The only Appointment Codes available in the drop-down are based on the combination of the Change Reason, Position Type and the Appointment Type Combo. The Leave Codes are limited in the drop-down based on the populated fields. If the PCN is changed, all auto-populated fields will be removed, any of the fields with information entered by the user will not be removed.

The user will receive the following error message if the employee is not active.

Must be a valid FLSA, Appointment Code, Leave Code combination. FLSA, Appointment Code and Leave Code Combinations.

The employee's current jurisdiction type must = 'C' (classified) and the incoming schedule/grade must be less than the current schedule/grade.

This change reason may only be used for classified employees.

System will generate a ''VL' (Vacated Layoff)' change reason one day prior to effective date of 'DF' change reason.

Note: The reappointment may change the employee's FLSA code from Covered to Exempt. Users will receive an error message if the FLSA Code, Appointment Code Combo and Leave Code combination is invalid. For valid combinations, go to the FLSA, Appointment Code and Leave Code Combinations combination table.

Field Requirements

X= Required

O= Optional

Hourly/Daily Employees

Appt. Type

Suffix

Pay Status

Work Type

Class Code

FTE

Pay Period Hours

Pay Group