80 Ill. Adm. Code 620.1040
Order of Preference in Voluntary Reduction
Section 620
Section 620.1040 Order of
Preference in Voluntary Reduction
In the event a certified
employee, or an employee serving a probationary period subsequent to promotion
from a position in which the employee was certified, requests voluntary
reduction as a result of his/her pending layoff, the certified employee shall be
preferred in seniority order over
a) any probationary or provisional employees,
b) any applicant on an eligible list for such vacant position,
and
c) any certified employee requesting such reduction who is not
subject to layoff,
for any current vacant position
in a lower class within the same department which the employee is then
incumbent as the time of the layoff.