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Six Month Hiring Freeze Policy <br />Effective July 1, 2002 <br />1. Coverage <br />Attachment 5 <br />Applies to non-critical permanent position openings totaliy or partially funded from the County <br />General Fund (Fund 10). This includes positions: <br />• Vacant as of July 1, 2002, or that <br />• Become vacant between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003. <br />Such freeze continues in effect until June 30, 2003 unless action by the Board of <br />Commissioners ends the freeze at an earlier date. <br />Employment offers extended by the Personnel Department prior to the freeze effective date <br />are honored. <br />2. CriticalOpenings <br />Critical openings are those required to maintain essential services such as those related to <br />public safety, health and protective services. These openings include those on the <br />Attachment 3 list of job classifications and others as designated by the County Manager. <br />• For an opening in a classification designated as critical, the department may proceed <br />immediately to begin the recruitment and selection process when it becomes aware of the <br />pending vacancy and fill the position as soon as possible. <br />For an opening in a classification not shown on the critical list which the department head <br />believes should be treated as a critical opening, the department head submits a written <br />request to the County Manager (through the Personnel Director) for approval to fill the <br />position. The Manager determines whether urgent operating needs require that the <br />position be filled prior to the end of the freeze period and, if so, authorizes the department <br />to fill the opening. <br />3. Freeze Period <br />For any non-critical opening, a new employee may not begin work in the vacant position until <br />the first of the month six months following the separation date of the previous incumbent. For <br />example: <br />• For a vacant position as of July 1, 2002 <br />/ If the employee's separation effective date is May 15, 2002, the earliest date a <br />new employee may begin work in the position is December 1, 2002. <br />/ If the employee's separation effective date is June 21, 2002, the earliest date a <br />new employee may begin work in the position is January 1, 2003. <br />• For a vacant position occurring during 2002-03 <br />/ If the employee's separation effective date is July 15, 2002, the earliest date a <br />new employee may begin work in that position is February 1, 2002. <br />