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Planning and Conducting a RIF

August 19 - 22, 2013
08:30 - 16:00, Mon-Thu		Instructor: Petersen Dickens LindaWashington, DC$1195

Overview:
Learn to properly execute 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.
Who Should Attend?
All HR practitioners, as well as union officials and other employee representatives, who need to understand or execute a RIF.
Learning Outcomes:
  • Correctly apply four key factors of a RIF: tenure of employment, veterans' preference, length of service and performance rating
  • Determine if an employee retains his or her present position or has a right to a different position
  • Understand the importance of competitive areas and competitive levels, retention group and sub-group, "bump" and "retreat"
  • Establish a retention register
  • Identify pay implications for specific employees, including severance pay and retained grade and pay
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    Outline:
    Syllabus -- Planning and Conducting a RIF, STAF7015D, Grad. School, USDA

    Day one of four

    • Introduction
      • Course Overview
      • Administrative Details
    • Preparation for RIF
      • Alternatives to RIF
      • Defining Competitive Areas
    • Retention Registers
      • Competitive Levels
      • Retention Factors

    Day two of four

    • Workshop on Retention Registers
      • Workshop
    • Placement Actions
      • Bumping
      • Retreating
      • Qualifications and RIF

    Day three of four

    • Mock RIF
      • Workshop
    • RIF Notices
      • Regulatory Requirements
      • Practical issues in delivering notices
    • Compensation and RIF
      • Grade and Pay Retention
      • Severance Pay

    Day four of four

    • Transfer of Function and Reorganizations
      • Determination of Transfer of Function
      • Management Rights and Obligations
      • Identification of Employees to be Transferred
    • Priority Placement Programs
    • RIF Appeals
      • Time Limits
      • What's Appealable
    • AutoRIF Software
      • Capabilities
      • Appropriate Uses
      • Availability
    • Course Closeout


    Course Details
    CODE:  STAF7015D
    TYPE:  Classroom-Day
    LENGTH:  4 Day(s)
    CREDIT:  2.4 CEU
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