When Can You Bypass the Surplus/SROA Process?

You do not need to use the surplus/SROA process or clear the surplus/SROA list to

• hire a NextSTEP employee,
• hire an employee from a reemployment list,
• hire a surplus/SROA employee,
• hire an ISWAP employee,
• hire a retired annuitant,
• hire a seasonal clerk, student assistant, graduate student assistant, or casual trades employee,
• demote an employee in lieu of layoff in the same department,
• make an emergency appointment,
• hire an LT employee for less than three months,
• mandatorily reinstate an employee to the same class in the same department,
• permissively reinstate an employee after a layoff,
• provide reasonable accommodation of a disabled employee,
• transfer or assign for T&D an employee in the same department, whether in the same or different class, or
• allow a voluntary demotion in the same department,
• promote an employee in place,
• give an employee an out-of-class assignment,
• bypass an employee with a documented performance problem,
• transition an LT employee to permanent status in the same position, or
• transition an employee from reduced time to full time in the same class and department.

You must clear the surplus/SROA list to

• hire an LT employee for a project of three to nine months,
• hire a LEAP employee,
• increase an employee's time base,
• promote an employee,
• transfer, voluntarily demote, or assign an employee for T&D to another department, and
• hire for a critical need. You can ask DPA to make an exception in this case.

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Hiring Department Information

• hiring department-specific classes
• layoff department holds
• probationary periods
• LEAP employees
• when can you bypass the surplus/SROA process?

Updated June 11, 2008 at 1:11 PM.