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Article 22

Employment Security

§22.1 (a) There shall be no loss of present employment by permanent
employees as a result of the State’s exercise of its right to contract out for

goods and services.
(b) Notwithstanding the provision of Article 22.1(a), permanent

employees affected by the State’s exercise of its right to contract out for
goods and services will receive 60 days written notice of intended

separation and will be offered a redeployment option as provided for in
Appendix VII(a), but where such redeployment option is not able to be

offered and where no displacement rights as provided for in Civil Service
Law Sections 80 and 80-a are available, the affected permanent employee

shall be offered the opportunity to elect one of the following transition
benefits:

(i) a financial stipend for an identified retraining or educational
opportunity as provided for in Appendix VII(B); or

(ii) severance pay as provided for in Appendix VII(C); or (iii) the
employee opts for and obtains preferential employment with the contractor

at the contractor’s terms and conditions, if available.
(c)(1) The transition benefits set forth above shall not apply to an affected

permanent employee, and the State’s obligation under this Article to said
employee shall cease, if an affected permanent employee declines a primary

redeployment opportunity as provided for in Appendix VII(a), or if the
affected permanent employee declines a displacement opportunity pursuant

to his/her displacement rights as provided for in Civil Service Law Sections

80 and 80-a, in his or her county of residence or county of current work
location.
(c)(2) An affected permanent employee who elects a transition benefit as

provided for in Section 22.1(b) above shall be eligible for placement on

preferred lists and reemployment rosters as provided for in Civil Service
Law Sections 81 and 81-a and other applicable Civil Service Laws, Rules

and Regulations.
§22.2 No permanent employee will suffer reduction in existing salary as

a result of reclassification or reallocation of the position the employee holds
by permanent appointment.

§22.3 A State/CSEA Employment Security Committee shall jointly study

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