Employees with classified service rights will be allowed to exercise those rights. A retention score will be calculated, which is the sum of an employee's creditable seniority points and creditable performance evaluation points in a job. Human Resources calculates retention scores for those affected employees and places these employees, by order of their retention score, into vacant positions.  If no vacant positions are available, employees with the lowest retention scores will be bumped (removed) from their positions. Employees, who do not have classified rights, will be able to apply for jobs under "County Employees" for up to two years after the effective day of the layoff.

Human Resources has partnered with the South Florida Workforce and United Way of Miami-Dade County to provide assistance to our employees through these challenging times.

The South Florida Workforce One Stop Career Centers provide services that include:

• Unemployment Claim Filing,
• Career Counseling,
• Resume Building,
• Education and Training Services,
• Job Search and
• referral. 

United Way through its contracted agencies and multiple community partners will be able to assist our employees with services that include but are not limited to: 

• Financial Management,
• Counseling,
• Stress Management,
• Social Service assistance, etc.

The Human Resources Department will advise you via letter of your new assignment after retention and bumping rights have been determined for your new classification. Employees without classified service rights will receive a letter from the Human Resources Department notifying them of Pipeline Assistance.

Your new salary will be dependent on your new classification and your current bi-weekly rate of pay. If you are assigned to a new department within your current classification, there will be no change in your rate of pay. If your new classification is a demotion, the demotion policy will be applied by placing you on a pay step close to your current salary provided that the former salary is not higher than the new salary range maximum of the pay range.

The Records Management Unit of Human Resources will be able to provide employment verification.

Their contact information is:

111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2010
Miami, Florida 33128
Telephone: 305-375-2222
Fax: 305-375-2643

In the event that an employee separates from County service due to a layoff, he/she will be eligible to apply for 'County only' recruitments for the next two years.

No. Former employees who have been laid off and subsequently rehired in a different job classification (one to which they have no recall rights) will not be eligible to receive seniority credit for the service prior to layoff, even though they may be on layoff recall lists. If, however, they are recalled from a recall list, even after reemployment in a different class, they will receive seniority credit for the service time prior to layoff.

You may apply online at www.myflorida.com.  You will click on the "Find Agency" tab, and then click on the "Agency for Workforce Innovation" tab.  Then you should click on the Unemployment Compensation Claims link.  This will take you to the application screen to apply for the benefits. If you have any questions concerning your unemployment benefits, you also can call 1-800-204-2418. You will not receive your first check until several weeks after you have submitted your claim.