11.1 Even though the Laboratory in its twenty-five years of operation has never experienced an occasion necessitating termination of appointments for the reason of funding inadequacies, the possibility that such a need might occur at some time in the future cannot be fully excluded. To insure that such reductions, if they are necessary, are based strictly on considerations of program effectiveness, the following procedure will be followed:
11.1.1 The Laboratory Director with advice from Department Heads and with input from the CA staff will prepare a list of proposed staff reductions based on the criterion of restoring the funding base of the Laboratory in the most effective possible manner. This list will be circulated to all CA staff.
11.1.2 A seven person Review Committee will be designated by the Provost, consisting of three persons from a group of six nominated by the group of individuals whose positions would be terminated, three persons from a group of six nominated by the Laboratory Director, and one person from a group of two nominated by the Program Officer of the Laboratory's major funding agency. The committee will not include the Laboratory Director or any member of the affected group. If a person tentatively selected by the Provost declines to serve, the appropriate nominating group shall be informed and shall have the opportunity to make replacement nominations, subject to the limitation that if a committee willing to serve is not fully constituted within a period of forty working days from the time of the initial request for nominations, the Provost may proceed to finalize the Committee by naming individuals of her/his own choice.
11.1.3 The Review Committee will be charged to hear from the Director of the Laboratory as to the reasoning supporting her/his recommendations, to hear petitions from affected staff members wishing to make presentations, to receive opinions from such other advisors as it wishes to consult, and to report back to the Provost in writing its recommendations as to modifications if any in the proposed plan, this report to be submitted not later than forty working days from the date the Committee membership was finalized.
11.1.4 Within twenty working days of receiving the report from the Committee the Provost will inform all CA staff as to her/his decision on the proposed plan, and, with-a further delay of six months, approved staff reductions, if any, will take effect.
11.1.5 Any person separated from the Laboratory by actions under this section 11, shall be given a priority preference in the filling of any staff vacancy for which the individual is qualified which may occur in the Laboratory. This priority will remain in effect for three years starting from the date of such separation. During this period, eligible individuals will be notified in writing regarding such vacancies and must return an indication of interest to the Laboratory within ten working days in order to exercise their priority preference.
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