{"data":{"id":"us-mt/2-18-1204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"2-18-1204","heading":"Salary and benefits protection -- employee transfer.","body":"An employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatization, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at an agency, or other actions by the legislature and who is subsequently transferred to a different position in a state agency is entitled to:\n(1) the same hourly salary as previously received if the new position is the same classification or higher as the one previously held;\n(2) retain all accrued sick leave credits;\n(3) retain, cash out, or use accrued vacation leave credits to extend the employee's effective layoff date; and\n(4) relocation expenses as provided in agency policy.","path":["TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 18. STATE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS","Part 12. State Employee Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0180/part_0120/section_0040/0020-0180-0120-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:23Z","sha256":"6050ae0c6da305ae91338daf6c841c844bc88eb2d1c66d518834a9d273eea427","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/2-18-1203","next":"us-mt/2-18-1205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}