2-18-1204. Salary and benefits protection -- employee transfer. An employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatization, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at an agency, or other actions by the legislature and who is subsequently transferred to a different position in a state agency is entitled to:
     (1) the same hourly salary as previously received if the new position is in the same competitive pay zone or higher as the one previously held;
     (2) retain all accrued sick leave credits;
     (3) retain, cash out, or use accrued vacation leave credits to extend the employee's effective layoff date; and
     (4) relocation expenses as provided in agency policy.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 477, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 524, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 130, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 81, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 7, L. 2009.