Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2498 – A. Whenever the appointing authority abolishes a position in the classified service and there is no position vacant in the respective class to which the regular employee of the aboli
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2498
- Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council, or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal fire and police services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Departmental service: means employment in the public services offered and performed separately by the fire and by the police departments of the municipality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- list: means a reinstatement employment list, a promotional employment list, a competitive employment list, and a reemployment list. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Position: means any office and employment in the municipal fire and police services, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Promotional seniority: means the total cumulative employment in a class of positions of the next lower class from which a promotion is to be made. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- reinstatement list: means an employment list containing names of persons eligible for reinstatement in positions of a class from which they have been demoted for reasons other than disciplinary action. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Seniority: means the following:
(a) "Departmental seniority" means the total employment computed for an employee beginning with the last date on which he was regularly and permanently appointed and has worked continuously to and including the date of computation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
A. Whenever the appointing authority abolishes a position in the classified service and there is no position vacant in the respective class to which the regular employee of the abolished position may be transferred, the employee shall be transferred to any position of the same class which may be held by a provisional employee. If there is no such position he shall be transferred to another position in the respective class, and the holder of that position shall thereupon be demoted in the order provided by La. Rev. Stat. 33:2488.
B. Whenever an entire class is abolished in the classified service, the regular employees of the class shall be demoted to lower classes and priority to positions shall be governed by total seniority earned in the departmental service in the order of highest to lowest.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, in the Lafayette Police Department for the rank of lieutenant or above, and in the Lake Charles Police Department, whenever an entire class is abolished in the classified service, the regular employees of the class shall be demoted to lower classes and priority to positions shall be governed by total promotional seniority earned in the class in the order of highest to lowest. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of such persons shall be placed on the reinstatement list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, if an entire class in the Crowley Police Department is abolished in the classified service, the regular employees of the class shall be demoted to lower classes and priority to positions shall be governed by total promotional seniority earned in the class, from highest to lowest. If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, the names of such persons shall be placed on the reinstatement list in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.
Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 177, §1; Acts 2016, No. 178, §1; Acts 2016, No. 283, §1.