HLS 14RS-1489 ENGROSSED
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 77
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
CIVIL SERVICE/COMMISSION: Requests the State Civil Service Commission to provide
a mechanism for placing employees in a specified situation on a preferred
reemployment list
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the State Civil Service Commission to adopt a rule to allow state2
employees whose jobs are privatized or whose jobs are relocated to another parish3
more than fifty miles from the previous work location to be placed on a preferred4
reemployment list.5
WHEREAS, an increasing number of classified state employees are being placed in6
a position where their jobs are either being privatized or their jobs are relocated to another7
parish more than fifty miles from the previous work location, and rather than being laid off,8
their jobs are either eliminated or moved to a location to which the employees may find it9
difficult or impossible to relocate in a short period of time; and10
WHEREAS, experienced employees contribute a breadth of knowledge and stability11
to the workplace; and12
WHEREAS, the benefit of retaining experienced, well-performing state employees13
combined with the high cost of training new employees makes it sensible and desirable to14
give preference to employees whose jobs are privatized or whose jobs are relocated to15
another parish more than fifty miles from the previous work location.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
urge and request the State Civil Service Commission to adopt a rule to allow state employees18
whose jobs are privatized or whose jobs are relocated to another parish more than fifty miles19
from the previous work location to be placed on a preferred reemployment list.20 HLS 14RS-1489 ENGROSSED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State Civil Service Commission shall report1
its progress on the rule to the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the2
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs no later than July 1, 2014.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Barrow HCR No. 77
Requests the State Civil Service Commission to adopt a rule to allow state employees whose
jobs are privatized or whose jobs are relocated to another parish more than 50 miles from
the previous work location to be placed on a preferred reemployment list. Requires the State
Civil Service Commission to report its progress on the rule to the House Committee on
House and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental
Affairs no later than July 1, 2014.