(1) For a career service exempt employee on schedule AB, AC, AD, AE, AR, AS, AT, or AX who is separated from state service through an action initiated by management, to include resignation in lieu of termination, management may offer a severance benefit equal to:
- (a) one week of salary, up to a maximum of 12 weeks, for each year of consecutive exempt service in the executive branch for schedule AB, AC, AD, AE, AR, AS, AT, or AX employees; and
- (b) if the employee is eligible for COBRA, medical insurance coverage at the rate of two pay periods for each year of consecutive exempt service, up to a maximum of 13 pay periods.
- (2) Management shall offer the severance benefit when the employee is separated from employment.
- (3) Insurance provided under Subsection (1)(b) is medical coverage only and shall be the same plan the employee had at the time of severance.
KEY: wages, employee benefit plans, insurance, personnel management
Date of Last Change: May 7, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 9, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63A-16-105; 63A-17-106; 63A-17-302(4); 63A-17-307; 63A-17-803