Reversion, Re-employment, & Reinstatement

An unclassified employee with at least 16 years of full-time state service, or the part-time equivalent, who is terminated without cause or is asked to resign is entitled to revert from a position in the unclassified service to a vacant position in the classified service in the class in which he or she last held status. The 16 or more years of service (representing career employee status) may include both the classified and unclassified service. The reversion salary is the same as the salary the employee last received in the classified service with adjustments for increases (such as increments) that would have been received if the employee had remained in the classified service. The employee does not serve a probationary period upon reversion.

Reversion rights are applicable only in the agency in which the employee is terminated.

Reemployment is defined as the rehiring of an employee with status who has been laid off or of an unclassified employee with career service who has resigned on request or been terminated without cause. Any career employee (an employee with 16 or more years of permanent full-time state service, or part-time equivalent) who has been laid off or unclassified, career employee who could not be reverted after termination or resignation) shall automatically be placed on the reemployment list for the class from which he/she was laid off/terminated. If the employee wishes to be placed on the reemployment list for positions, he or she must meet the minimum requirements, pass the appropriate selection method (written exam, T & E rating, or qualifying), and notify the Personnel Cabinet in writing. No vacancy may be filled from a competitive register until all career employees on the reemployment list for that classification have been either hired or considered. If considered and not hired the employee shall be notified of the cause and may appeal the appointing authority’s decision to the Personnel Board.

Reinstatement as provided for in KRS 18A. 005 (33) is the restoration of an employee who has resigned in good standing, or who has been ordered reinstated by the board or a court to a position in his former class, or to a position of like status and pay.