a permanent waiver of Rule 11B-27.00213(4)(b), F.A.C., from the Florida Department of Corrections (DoC) on behalf of three former trainees employed on Temporary Employment Authorization (TEA) status pursuant to Rule 11B-27.00213(4)(b), F.A.C., and ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
11B-27.00213: Temporary Employment Authorization

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 26, 2012, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, received a petition for a permanent waiver of paragraph 11B-27.00213(4)(b), F.A.C., from the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) on behalf of three former trainees employed on Temporary Employment Authorization (TEA) status pursuant to paragraph 11B-27.00213(4)(b), F.A.C., and Section 943.131, F.S. Paragraph 11B-27.00213(4)(b), F.A.C., requires trainees employed on TEA status who are separated from employment while TEA trainees to wait four years from the date of separation before obtaining another TEA position. The three trainees named in the petition were inadvertently omitted from the list of 190 similarly situated TEA trainees for whom a waiver was obtained by DOC in June of 2011. The waiver requested in this petition is identical to the one previously granted in June of 2011. DOC requests that the Commission waive the requirement in rule that a TEA trainee wait four years from the separation date from DOC before seeking another TEA employment. The TEAs were terminated as a result of budget cuts and were all in good standing at the time of the termination.

The petition supports the requested waiver by stating that the three trainees affected would suffer a substantial hardship, because they would be unable to seek TEA employment for four years from the date of separation from DOC. The petition further states that denial of the petition would violate principles of fairness because 190 TEA trainees who were terminated at the same time as the three mentioned in this petition were granted a waiver of the rule to seek TEA employment without waiting four years from the date of separation.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Grace A. Jaye, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, P. O. Box 1489, Tallahassee, FL 32302 or by telephoning [phone].