§7237 Priority Placement, Job Placement, Retraining, and Counseling Programs for United States Department of Energy Employees Affected by Reduction in Force

Summary

The Department of Energy must set up a department-wide priority placement and retraining program for workers affected by layoffs. It had to start this program within 30 days after September 30, 1996. Agency: United States Department of Energy. Eligible employee: a DOE worker scheduled to be separated or already separated because of a reduction in force under 5 U.S.C. 3502 or 5 U.S.C. 3595, but not someone fired for cause or someone who, at separation, meets the age and service rules for an immediate annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5. Under the program, a job cannot be filled from outside the agency if an eligible employee applies within 30 days of the job notice and is already qualified or can be trained to be qualified within 90 days of starting. The job must be in the same commuting area as the employee’s last job or home. The agency head may also offer job and career counseling, training, job-search help, and placement assistance, including work with state and local employment offices.