Description:
Learn the mechanics of properly executing a reduction in force (RIF). Know what to do when an agency abolishes positions, or separates or downgrades employees due to a reorganization, lack of work, shortage of funds, or insufficient personnel ceiling. Run a mock RIF to determine the impact of various decisions on employee entitlements and agency structure. Learn about appeal procedures, priority placement programs, and employee reemployment and restoration rights. The content of this course focuses on the RIF procedures described in 5 CFR 351. It does not cover the Department of Defense procedures established by the NDAA 2016.
Duration:
4 days
Level:
Specialty
Who Should Attend?
HR practitioners, as well as union officials and other employee representatives, who need to understand or execute a RIF
Credits:
2.4 CEUsLearning Outcomes:
- Define basic terms such as competitive area, competitive level, retention register, bumping, and retreating.
- Describe the basic procedures used in a reduction in force (RIF).
- Establish a retention register.
- Apply the RIF actions of displacement, retreating, bumping, and separation in a RIF.
- Explain pay implications in a RIF.
- Explain special employment programs for displaced employees.
- Identify when a proposed reorganization will result in a transfer of function, and determine management and employee rights in a transfer of function.
- Recognize RIF actions by agencies that are subject to RIF appeal, explain the appeals procedure, and cite current relevant case law.
No sessions scheduled
Other Recommended Courses:
- Federal Position Management (CLAS7012)
