- A. Employees who are laid off who have 1 year or more of service with the Department of Transportation shall receive severance pay.
- B. The Secretary may also authorize the offering of severance pay to employees in designated work units affected by a reduction in force who resign instead of a layoff action.
- C. Severance pay for employees who are laid off, except for employees laid off due to lack of funds, is 1 week of pay for each year of service with the State, with a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 26 weeks.
- D. Subject to §A of this regulation, employees laid off due to lack of funds shall receive 4 weeks severance pay, regardless of length of service.
- E. If an employee who is laid off, or resigns instead of layoff, returns to employment with the Department within 6 months in the same classification, the employee shall reimburse the Department, on a prorated basis, for any severance pay received.
Authority: Transportation Article, §§2-102 and 2-103.4, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: January 18, 1993 (20:1 Md. R. 27)
Regulation .03C amended effective September 12, 1994 (21:18 Md. R. 1509)