PERSONNEL POLICY MANUAL

2.1 Hiring and Placement 2.2 Affirmative Action Serious Search Policy and Procedures 2.3 Temporary or Regular Placement of Individuals through Outside Agencies 2.4 Testing Applicants for Employment 2.5 Interviewing Policies and Procedures 2.6 Offer of Employment 2.7 Procedures for New Employees 2.8 Reimbursement of Travel Expenses for Employment Interviews and Relocation 2.9 Transfer Policies 2.10 Reinstatement of Former Employees

2.10 Reinstatement of Former Employees

Employees on the Administrative, Sponsored Research, and Support staffs who are laid off or who terminate voluntarily from the Institute, and are reemployed by the Institute at a later date, are eligible for the reinstatement of certain benefits according to the eligibility requirements noted below. For employees covered by union agreements, contractual provisions will prevail.

2.10.1 General Policy Statement

Reinstatement upon reemployment applies only to the benefits of vacation eligibility, Tuition Assistance, limited Faculty and Staff Children's Scholarship Program, vesting under the MIT Retirement Plan, and the probationary rules applying to sick leave eligibility for Support Staff. It is specifically not intended for other illness-related benefits, such as extended sick leave or long-term disability. Reinstatement of the benefits of vacation eligibility, and of sick leave balances for laid off Support Staff, is explained below. Eligibility for other applicable Institute benefits at the time of reemployment is explained in the Summary Plan Descriptions for the specific plans, which are available from the Benefits Office.

Supervisors should be aware at the time of reemployment of an individual that on the basis of this policy, the responsibility for payment of sick leave and vacation balances falls on the hiring department.

Reinstatement upon reemployment from any form of termination other than layoff may be granted only once to any individual, regardless of circumstances.

2.10.2 Formula for Reinstatement of Former Employees

A former employee who is reemployed by the Institute will be eligible for reinstatement of his or her prior length of service for purposes of determining eligibility for vacation and the other benefits enumerated in 2.10.1 according to the service requirements outlined in the following table:

Prior Length of Service at M.I.T	Allowable Length of Break In Service
Less than 1 year	None
1 but less than 2 years	1 year break
2 but less than 5 years	2 year break
5 but less than 10 years	3 year break
10 but less than 20 years	4 year break
20 or more years	5 year break

Eligibility for these benefits is based on time actually worked at the Institute and does not include the period of absence from the Institute. An adjusted service date at the time of reemployment is used as the vacation eligibility date.

2.10.3 Reinstatement of Laid Off Employees

An employee who has been laid off and who has not rejected any comparable job offer at the Institute will be eligible for reinstatement for his or her prior length of service, and for the period of absence between termination and reemployment, if reemployed within two years of termination. This reinstatement policy applies to the determination of eligibility for vacation benefits. In addition, an employee laid off who meets the above criteria will have any prior unused sick leave balance restored at the time of reemployment.

Individuals who are reemployed after the two year period or those who have turned down a comparable job offer are eligible for reinstatement according to the policy as stated above in 2.10.2.

Eligibility for other Institute benefits enumerated in 2.10.1 is explained in the Summary Plan Descriptions for the specific plans, which are available in the Benefits Office.