“Seniority date” means the date of an employee’s most recent full-time assignment into state classified service or their most recent full-time hire after a separation, adjusted for periods of unpaid absences, suspensions without pay, and prior qualifying military service. This date is used to determine personnel actions such as layoffs.

Source. #5373, eff 4-27-92; ss by #6729, eff 4-21-98; renumbered by #10238 (from Per 102.53); ss by #10801, eff 5-17-15 (from Per 102.54); ss by #13667, eff 6-22-23 (formerly Per 102.60); renumbered by #14065-A; renumbered by #14132-A; ss by #14434 (formerly Per 102.74), eff 12-1-25