80 Ill. Adm. Code 302.530
Order of Layoff
Section 302
Section 302.530 Order of
Layoff
a) The following order shall be observed in making an
indeterminate layoff:
1) No certified, probationary, or provisional employee may be
laid off until all temporary, and emergency employees in the same class, option
and approved layoff organizational unit are terminated;
2) No certified or probationary employee may be laid off until
all provisional employees in the same class, option and approved layoff
organizational unit are terminated;
3) No certified employee may be laid off until all probationary
employees in the same class, option and approved layoff unit are laid off.
4) Certified employees will be laid off in reverse order of
continuous service in the same class, option and approved layoff unit.
b) Within status groups and in accordance with the layoff plan
submitted under Section 302.520, consideration shall be given to performance
records and continuous service as defined in Section 302.190.
c) For purpose of this Section, "certified employee" shall
mean any employee who has satisfactorily completed a required period of
probation and/or attained certified status in any position during the
employee's most recent period of continuous service.