9(1)When the services of an employee are no longer required because of lack of work or because of the discontinuance of a function, the deputy head shall
(a)
before the employee is laid off, consider the qualifications and work performance of the employee and determine whether or not the employee could be retained on staff in another appropriate position within his department; and
(b)
if the employee cannot be retained in another appropriate position in the department, give the employee and the Secretary to Treasury Board thirty days notice that the services of the employee are no longer required.
9(2)A person ceases to be a person who is laid off if he is appointed to or if, except for reasons that in the opinion of the Secretary to Treasury Board are sufficient, he declines an appointment to a position in the Civil Service for which he is qualified.
2002, c.11, s.25; 2012, c.39, s.27; 2012, c.52, s.11; 2016, c.37, s.28