§2550. Reinstatement and reemployment

A. Each employee who, during or at the expiration of his working test period of probation following his promotion after being certified from an appropriate employment list, is rejected and refused permanent status in the position and class to which he was promoted, shall be automatically reinstated to the position from which he was promoted without his name being placed upon any list.

B. All employees whose names appear upon the reinstatement list for a respective class shall be reinstated in a position thereof, in the reverse order from which their names are placed upon the list, before any other appointment is made therein.

C. All employees whose names appear upon the re-employment list for a class from which they were laid off according to the provisions of R.S. 33:2559, shall be re-employed in a position thereof, or offered such appointment, in the reverse order from which their names were placed upon the list for the class and before any other employment or appointment is made in it.

D. Any regular employee who resigns from a position in the classified service may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a position of the class or in a position of any lower class for which he is qualified, provided the reemployment is made within four years of the date of resignation, and provided no person whose name appears upon either the reinstatement, promotional employment, or reemployment list for a class to which any such person is reemployed is willing to accept an appointment therein. Any person who is reemployed shall be physically fit to perform the duties of the position to which he is appointed. He shall furnish a favorable medical certificate to the appointing authority and the board after a recent examination by a practicing physician.

E. Any regular employee who resigns or retires from a position in the classified service may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a position of the class in which he was employed immediately preceding his resignation or retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any such employee may be reemployed at any time after his resignation or retirement, but he shall be qualified for the position to which he is reemployed. In addition, the employee shall be reemployed with the departmental and promotional seniority accumulated through the date of reinstatement; however, a regular employee shall be reemployed as provided in this Subsection only if his resignation or retirement occurred as a result of the employee being unable to perform the essential functions of his job upon sustaining any injury that is compensable pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

F. Any regular employee who retires from a position in the classified fire service as a result of an injury or a medical condition which prevents him from performing the essential functions of his job, may, with the prior approval of the board, be reemployed in a position of the class in which he was employed immediately preceding his retirement or in a position in any lower class. Any such employee may be reemployed at any time after his retirement, but he shall be qualified for the position to which he is reemployed and be able to perform the essential functions of the position. In addition, the employee shall be reemployed with the departmental and promotional seniority accumulated through the date of retirement. This Subsection shall not be applicable to employees whose injury or medical condition resulted from their own negligent or intentional act.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1985, No. 539, §1; Acts 2012, No. 595, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 869, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1.