La. R.S. § 33:2490 Reinstatement and Reemployment

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:2490

A. Each employee who, during or at the expiration of his working test period of probation following his promotion after being certified from an appropriate employment list, is rejected and refused permanent status in the position and class to which he was promoted, shall be automatically reinstated to the position from which he was promoted without his name being placed upon any list.

B. All employees whose names appear upon the reinstatement list for a respective class shall be reinstated in a position thereof, in the reverse order from which their names were placed upon the list, before any other appointment is made therein.

C. All employees whose names appear upon the reemployment list for a class from which they were laid off according to the provisions of R.S. 33:2499 shall be reemployed in a position thereof, or offered such appointment, in the reverse order from which their names were placed upon the list for the class, before any other employment or appointment is made in it.

D. Any regular employee who resigns from a position in the classified service may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a position of the class or in a position of any lower class for which he is qualified, provided, that the reemployment is made within four years of the date of resignation, and that no person whose name appears upon either the reinstatement, promotional employment, or re-employment list for a class to which any such person is reemployed is willing to accept an appointment therein. Any person who is reemployed shall be physically fit to perform the duties of the position to which he is appointed. He shall furnish a favorable medical certificate to the appointing authority and the board after a recent examination by a practicing physician.

E.

(1) Subject to the requirements of this Subsection, any regular employee who resigns or retires as specified in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection from a position in the classified service and who applies for reemployment shall be reemployed in a position of the class in which he was employed immediately preceding his resignation or retirement. However, if there are no available positions in his former class, he may be temporarily placed in a position in any lower class. If the employee is temporarily placed in a position in a lower class, he shall receive the same rate of pay, including longevity pay, that he would have otherwise received for the position in which he was to be reemployed in his former class. In addition, during his temporary placement, he shall be placed first on the eligibility list for a position in his former class and shall not be required to retest for any such position. The employee shall remain first on such list until he is appointed to a position in his former class.