§ 36-8-4-11 — Layoffs; reinstatement

(a) If it is necessary for the safety board to
reduce the number of members of the police or fire department by
layoff for financial reasons, the last member appointed must be the first
to be laid off, with other members also laid off in reverse hiring order,
until the desired level is achieved.
(b) If the department is increased in number again, the members of
the department who have been laid off under this section shall be
reinstated before any new member is appointed to the department. The
reinstatements begin with the last member laid off.
(c) A member who is laid off shall keep the appointing authority
advised of the member's current address. A member shall be informed
of the member's reinstatement by written notice sent by certified mail
to the member's last known address. Within twenty (20) calendar days
after notice of reinstatement is sent to a member, the member must
advise the hiring body that the member accepts reinstatement and will
be able to commence employment on the date specified in the notice.
All reinstatement rights granted to a member terminate upon the
member's failure to accept reinstatement within that twenty (20) day
period or five (5) years after the day on which a member's layoff
begins.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.361-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.344-1985, SEC.1; P.L.56-2010, SEC.1.