Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.130 (2026)

Reemployment of career employee terminated on or after January 1,

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section KY-LRCapps.legislature.ky.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1980. (1) A career employee whose employment is terminated on or after January 1, 1980, by lay-off, dismissal, other than for cause, and, in the case of an unclassified management employee, resignation other than resignation in lieu of dismissal for cause, shall, upon his written request, be reemployed or placed on reemployment lists in accordance with this section and KRS 18A.135. (2) If the career employee has previously attained status in a position in the classified service, he shall revert to a position in that class in the agency from which he was terminated if a vacancy in that class exists. If no such vacancy exists, he shall be considered for employment in any vacant position for which he is qualified pursuant to the reemployment procedures. (3) If the career employee has not previously attained status in the classified service or if he has attained status but no vacancy exists in a position to which subsection (2) of this section applies, the employee shall be placed on reemployment lists for any positions for which he is qualified. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 18A.130, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. Formerly codified as KRS 18.216. 2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175, Pt. I, C, 2, (1) at 1832.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2004–2004 · leading case: Faust v. Commonwealth, 142 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. 2004).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Faust v. Commonwealth, 142 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. 2004). · cites it 12× “If no such vacancy exists, they shall be considered for employment in any vacant position for which they were qualified pursuant to KRS 18A.130 and 18A.135. The second reversion statute, KRS 18A.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.130(2) — 1 case

Faust v. Commonwealth, 142 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. 2004). “If no such vacancy exists, they shall be considered for employment in any vacant position for which they were qualified pursuant to KRS 18A.130 and 18A.135. The second reversion statute, KRS 18A.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.