CHAPTER 13
RESIGNATION AND TERMINATION
STATEMENT OF POLICY
The purpose
of this Chapter is to provide an orderly, uniformed and fair procedures for
non-disciplinary separation of employees from the Hospitals service.
13.000 RESIGNATION
13.001 Coverage
This section
shall apply to all classified service employees.
13.002
Notice of Resignation
An employee
may resign by giving written notice of the resignation to the Administrator. The employee shall notify the Administrator
in writing at least 10 calendar days before the date of separation. When a resignation letter is directed to the Administrator,
it shall by its terms, be effective immediately or on a certain date. If no effective date is indicated, it shall
be effective upon delivery of the notice to the Administrator.
Upon receipt
by the Administrator of any resignation letter, the Administrator may make the resignation
effective immediately, or sooner than the effective date in the resignation
letter. Such resignation shall be
effective according to its terms unless the
Administrator, at his
discretion, makes the resignation effective immediately or at sometime sooner
than the resignation letter. Once a resignation letter is delivered to the
Administrator, it may not be later withdrawn by the resigning person without
the consent of the Administrator. Acceptance of such resignation by the Administrator
is not required for the resignation to
become effective.
13.003
Withdrawal of Resignation
With the consent of the Administrator, the employee may withdraw a
resignation at any time prior to the effective date of the resignation.
13.004 Resignation
in Good Standing
A resignation
shall be deemed to be in good standing when it is made voluntarily and not as a
direct result of a final adverse action or criminal conviction. With the exception of an employee serving an
initial probationary period, an employee who resigns in good standing shall
have reemployment rights consistent with Title 4, GCA and Rules 4.406 and
4.502.
13.005 Resignation
Pending Adverse Action
An employee
who resigns after receipt of a notice of proposed adverse action is deemed to
have resigned voluntarily and has no right to appeal to the Commission. Any employee, who resigns under this section
and is subsequently convicted of a crime based on the same facts, which forms
the basis of the adverse action, shall be deemed not to resign in good
standing.
13.100 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
13.101 Termination
of Employment
The Administrator
may terminate the services of an employee for any of, but not limited to the
following reasons:
A. The duration of the temporary period of
employment is ended.
B. The employee failed to demonstrate
satisfactory work performance during the initial probationary period or failed
to satisfy other conditions of employment.
C. For misconduct, in which case, the adverse
action procedures shall be adhered to.
( Refer to Adverse Action Procedures.)
13.200 EXIT
INTERVIEW
A
personal interview shall be conducted with each employee separating from the
services of the Hospital. The interview
shall be held prior to the employee's effective date of separation. The interview shall be conducted in such
manner as to obtain from the separating employee the true reason or reasons for
his separation. Such interview shall be
recorded on forms prescribed by the Administrator and made part of the
separating employee's personnel folder.
A representative of the Human Resources Office shall conduct the
interview. Employee must voluntarily
consent to participate in the exit interview process.
13.201 CLEARANCE
Each
separating employee (classified or unclassified) must be cleared of all
obligations within the Hospital no later than the employee's last working
day. Final payment of wages will be
withheld pending completion of exit interview (voluntary) and clearance of all
obligations to the Hospital.