{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-18a.135","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 18A.135","heading":"Reemployment of career employees.","body":"(1) Any career employee who has been laid -off or dismissed, other than for cause, and,\nin the case of an unclassified management employee, resignation other than\nresignation in lieu of dismissal for cause, shall automatically be placed on the\nreemployment list for the class from which he was terminated. If a career employee\nwishes to be on the reemployment list for other classes of positions for which he is\nqualified and passes the appropriate selection method, he shall notify the cabinet in\nwriting.\n(2) If more than one (1) career employee requests to be placed on the reemployment list\nfor any job classification, the cabinet shall list the names of such career employees\nin the order of their seniority.\n(3) No vacancy may be filled from a competitive register un til all career employees on\nthe reemployment list for that class of position have denied employment in that\nclass. An appointing authority may refuse to reemploy a qualified employee on the\nreemployment list only for cause. The secretary and the employee s hall be\nfurnished with a written statement of the specific reasons for the refusal within ten\n(10) days following the appointing authority's refusal. The employee may appeal\nthe appointing authority's action in accordance with KRS 18A.095 and 18A.100.","path":["KRS Chapter 18A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1373","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:40Z","sha256":"6d51a694667f5ee74ebd8c3bfe730681d75ae8effaf74b6f063df0db9a5681da","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-18a.130","next":"us-ky/krs-18a.138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}