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Office of the State Comptroller and/or the Director of Classification and

Compensation, as appropriate.

12. An employee may elect redeployment to any county in New York
State, but the employee may not decline primary redeployment in his/her

county of residence, or county of current work location. Such declination
will result in separation without the transition benefits of Article 22.1(b) of

the Agreement.
13. Any fees required by the Agency or the Department of Civil Service

upon the redeployment of an employee shall be waived. Redeployed
employees who qualify for moving expenses under the State Finance Law

Section 202 and the regulations thereunder shall be entitled to payment at
the rates provided for in the Rules of the Director of the Budget 9 NYCRR

Part 155.
14. Probation

a. Permanent non-probationers redeployed to positions in their own title
or to titles for which they would not be required to serve a probationary

period under Civil Service Law and Rules shall not be subject to further
probation.

b. Probationers redeployed to positions in their own title shall serve the
balance of their probationary period in the new agency.

c. Employees redeployed to comparable titles for which they would be
required to serve a probationary period under applicable Civil Service Law

and Rules or under secondary redeployment shall be subject to a
probationary period in accordance with the Rules for the Classified Service.

d. Employees who fail probation shall be eligible for layoff and preferred

list rights in their original titles. Additionally, such employees who fail
probation shall have an opportunity to select either the transition benefit
of an Educational Stipend as set forth in Appendix VIII(B), or the

Severance Option as provided for in Appendix VIII(C). The value of the

salary earned during the redeployed employee’s probation (or in connection
with 8(c) above) shall be subtracted from the value of the transition benefit,
VIII(B) or VIII(C), chosen by the employee.

(b) Definitions

(1) Seniority shall be determined by Section 80 of the Civil Service Law
for competitive class employees and by Article 20.1 of the Agreement for

non-competitive and labor class employees.
2. In the event that two or more employees have the same seniority date,

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