Furlough Program for P&S Employees
- Career Status Employees
- Specified Term with More Than 2 Years of Service
- Specified Term with Less Than 2 Years of Service/Probationary/At-Will Status
- Lump Sum Option
- Lump Sum Fact Sheet (pdf)
- University of Iowa Furlough Networking Program
- Information on Benefits if Employee Leaves the University
When you receive a furlough notification letter, Compensation and Classification will also receive a copy of the same letter. We will create a furlough file for you and calculate the number of months you are eligible to participate in the furlough program.
The furlough file will contain your:
- Furlough notification letter
- Employment history
- Correspondence relating to any positions you applied for
Information for Career Status Employees
If you are a Career status employee with The University of Iowa, and receive notification of your position elimination, or reduction in the percent of time, Compensation and Classification can offer you assistance in finding another job.
When you start to look for a new position you will need to review the Jobs@UIOWA position announcement web site. You will be able to apply for, and receive priority consideration for, any open position at your current pay level or lower. You will be able to exercise priority consideration for vacant positions during your furlough notification period. If you are unable to secure a position by the end of your furlough notification period and are terminated, you will be able to exercise priority consideration over vacant positions for an additional 12 months.
To apply for an open position you will need to create a profile at Jobs@UIOWA. Once you have created your profile and want to apply for an open position you will need to:
- Indicate that you are a furloughed employee by selecting the “Advisable” button for University of Iowa “Career or Specified Term Status Employees Only with 2 Years of Service.”
- After selecting the “Advisable” button you will need to answer two questions.
- After you have answered "Yes" to both questions, a notification e-mail will be sent to Compensation and Classification.
- Compensation & Classification will determine the appropriate letter (Must Interview/Courtesy), and the hiring department will be notified.
The hiring department will be required to determine an appropriate salary, and may offer you the position if you meet the advertised qualifications of the position. If the hiring department determines you did not meet the advertised requirements, they may request an interview waiver, or after interviewing must provide justification in writing to University Human Resources, stating which advertised requirements of the position you did not meet.
If you apply for an open position above your current pay level, Compensation and Classification will send a courtesy letter to the hiring department asking them to consider your application. However, the department is not required to interview you nor are they required to hire you.
When you apply for a position, the hiring department will contact you and schedule an interview. The hiring department will interview you unless the recruitment is cancelled, placed on hold, or if the position is above your current pay level. You must be available to interview within three business days of being contacted by the department. If the department is unable to contact you after submitting the Pre-Interview Audit-Report to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, you will no longer have priority consideration for the position.
If the department offers you the position at your current salary or within a few thousand dollars of your current salary, and you decide to withdraw from consideration after you have been offered the position, you may lose your furlough priority consideration. If your furlough priority consideration is revoked, you will not be able to exercise furlough priority consideration for further positions.
A staff member with career status who is furloughed will not lose career status or his or her original career status date if reappointed to the same classification during the furlough period, unless the duties of the new position are substantially different, in which case the employee may be required to serve a one-year probationary period. If the employee successfully completes the probationary period, the original career status date may be retained.
If the furloughed staff member is reappointed to a different classification in the same or a lower pay level or in the same classification series, the staff member ordinarily will be reappointed with career status and retain the original career status date, unless the duties of the new position are substantially different, in which case the employee may be required to serve a probationary period of no more than one year before returning to career status and a new career status date.
If the employee satisfactorily completes the probation period for the new position, the Associate Vice President/Director of Human Resources, based upon the written request of the appointment department, may approve retention of the original career status date.
If a Career status employee returns within 12 months from the date of termination, the University will:
- Reinstate sick leave
- Provide the option to purchase vacation leave that was paid out at the time of termination.
- Adjust the company seniority date back to the date that was in effect at the time of termination.
- Reinstate the P&S Term status date, and benefit eligibility and retirement eligibility dates back to the date that was in effect at the time of termination.
- Reinstate priority eligibility for parking, athletic tickets, and any other benefits that the employee had at the time of termination.
Information for Specified Term Status Employees with MORE than 2 Years of Service In This Status
When you start to look for a new position you will need to review the Jobs@UIOWA position announcement web site.
Specified Term employees will be offered an interview for positions they apply for:
- Within their job family
- At their current pay level or below
- During the notice period and for 12 months following termination.
To apply for an open position you will need to create a profile at Jobs@UIOWA. Once you have created your profile and want to apply for an open position you will need to:
- Indicate that you are a furloughed employee by selecting the “Advisable” button for University of Iowa “Career or Specified Term Status Employees Only with 2 Years of Service”.
- After selecting the “Advisable” button you will need to answer two questions.
- After you have answered "Yes" to both questions, a notification e-mail will be sent to Compensation and Classification.
- Compensation & Classification will determine the appropriate letter (Must Interview/Courtesy), and the hiring department will be notified.
- Departments are not required to provide justification for not selecting a Specified Term employee. If selected, the normal EOD search and selection process will be followed.
- In cases where the hiring department does not believe the Specified Term Employee is qualified for a position, based on a review of the basic or highly desirable requirements, they may petition Compensation and Classification, through the Senior Human Resource Leader for an interview waiver.
- A department will not be required to interview more than five (5) employees under this process for any given recruitment.
If you apply for an open position above your current pay level,and outside your job family, Compensation and Classification will send a courtesy letter to the hiring department asking them to consider your application. However, the department is not required to interview you, nor are they required to hire you.
If a Specified Term status employee returns within 12 months from the date of termination, the University will:
- Reinstate sick leave
- Provide the option to purchase vacation leave that was paid out at the time of termination.
- Adjust the company seniority date back to the date that was in effect at the time of termination.
- Reinstate the P&S Term status date, and benefit eligibility and retirement eligibility dates back to the date that was in effect at the time of termination
- Reinstate priority eligibility for parking, athletic tickets, and any other benefits that the employee had at the time of termination.
Information for Specified Term with LESS than 2 years of Service, Probationary & At-Will Status Employees
If you are a Specified Term employee with less than two years of service, Probationary, or At-Will employee with The University of Iowa, and receive notification of your position elimination, Compensation and Classification can offer you assistance in finding another job.
Your Furlough considerations consist of the following during your Notice period only:
- Participation in the Furlough Networking Program Resume Database
- Participation in the Furlough Notice Internship Program
Your Furlough considerations end when your Notice period expires.
When you start to look for a new position you will need to review the Jobs@UIOWA position announcement web site.
To apply for an open position you will need to create a profile at Jobs@UIOWA. Once you have created your profile and want to apply for an open position you will need to:
- Select the "Apply for This Position" button
- Complete the "Required" sections of the "Application To Do List"
- Submit the application
Page last updated July 2011