Employee Retention Requirement. Employees who are approved to receive a student loan payment reimbursement must remain actively employed by DHS for a period of one (1) year after receiving a reimbursement payment. Employees who voluntarily separate sooner than one (1) year after receiving such payment shall be required by the Appointing Authority to repay the student loan reimbursement received the previous year. Such repayment shall be on a prorated, monthly basis. The repayment requirements may, under special circumstances, be waived by the Employer, the Commissioner of Management and Budget. Such waiver must be requested in writing by the Appointing Authority. If an employee is required to repay all or part of a student loan reimbursement payment, the Appointing Authority shall deduct the amount owed from vacation payout or compensatory time payout or severance pay. If the amount withheld from payouts is not sufficient to reimburse the State, the employee is required to reimburse the State for the remaining amount. Retention and repayment requirements do not apply in the case of death or permanent layoff.
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