Section 302.610  Reinstatement

a)         On request of an operating agency, the Director may reinstate a former certified employee who resigned or terminated in good standing or whose position was reallocated downward or who was laterally transferred or whose name was placed on a reemployment list.  Such reinstatement may be to a position in the class to which the employee was assigned prior to resignation, termination, downward allocation, lateral transfer or layoff or to a position in any other position class for which the employee is qualified.  The Director may reinstate an employee who was formerly certified under the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code, the University Civil Service System of Illinois, Comptroller Merit Employment Code or the State Treasurer Employment Code.  An employee reinstated prior to January 1, 1999 shall serve an additional six month probationary period in the position.  An employee reinstated on or after January 1, 1999 shall serve an additional four month probationary period in the position.   Request for reinstatement shall be accompanied by the employee's performance records when available.

b)         A certified employee whose name appears on a reemployment list may be reinstated to a position other than the position to which the employee is eligible for reemployment.  If reinstated to a position in the same or a higher pay grade than that for which the employee is eligible for reemployment, then, upon satisfactory completion of the new probationary period, the employee's name shall be removed from the reemployment list.  If reinstated to a position in a lower pay grade than that for which the employee is eligible for reemployment, it shall have no effect on the employee's reemployment rights.

(Source:  Amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 14735, effective August 3, 1998)