Sec. 5-200a. Job evaluations in classified and unclassified state service. Evaluation committees. Rating of jobs. Advisory committee. Modification of compensation. Reports to General Assembly. Exclusion of certain unclassified positions. (a)
The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the assistance of a consultant and
project coordinator as required, and utilizing such studies as may be available to said
commissioner, shall adopt and implement a system for evaluating classifications in state
service, excluding classes covered by section 5-198. Based on the two-phase recommendation of the pilot study produced pursuant to the mandate of special act 79-72, the
Department of Administrative Services shall, as necessary, review and make appropriate
revisions to the classification system for all jobs within all job families in state employment which are subject to evaluation, and shall evaluate such classifications in state
service on the basis of objective job-related criteria and in conformance with procedures
and techniques recommended by the commissioner. Said objective, job-related criteria
shall include but not be limited to: (1) Knowledge and skill required to carry out the duties
of the position, (2) effort, both mental and physical, and (3) accountability. Evaluation
committees which are representative of management and employees in the occupations
being evaluated shall be formed for the purposes of this section. Utilizing the job evaluation system, the commissioner shall determine ratings for jobs through assignment of
factor values and shall, on January 1, 1982, and each January first thereafter, make a
progress report and report all findings, including comparative job ratings, to the cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees. An advisory committee representing various interested parties shall advise the Department of Administrative Services
in performing this work. No modification of compensation shall be required by such
ratings. Ratings may be a consideration in setting salaries, subject to the provisions of
chapter 68 for classes included under collective bargaining. The job evaluation process
shall include system selection, testing and training of raters. During the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1982, up to seven hundred classes shall be evaluated, including those classes
studied pursuant to special act 79-72 and this section, as in effect prior to July 1, 1981,
and such other classes as may provide a representative sample of the classifications in
state service. The commissioner shall report the preliminary findings with regard to
such a sample by March 1, 1982, to the cochairpersons of the joint standing committee
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public
employees. In each succeeding year the commissioner shall, within available appropriations, evaluate up to seven hundred classes a year and report the findings of such evaluation to the cochairpersons of said committee.
(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the assistance of a consultant and project coordinator as required, and utilizing such studies as may be available
to the commissioner, shall adopt and implement a system for a full classification and
job evaluation study of all unclassified positions in state service, as described in section
5-198, currently held or to be held by employees in collective bargaining units. The
commissioner shall conduct such evaluations in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, (1) studies of
unclassified employees conducted as negotiated under collective bargaining agreements
shall be implemented and funded in conjunction with studies completed under subsection (a) of this section, and (2) on or before August 1, 1987, any exclusive bargaining
representative may notify the commissioner, in writing, of those unclassified positions
in the particular bargaining unit which shall be excluded from the study conducted
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Any unclassified position may be excluded from the study conducted pursuant
to subsection (b) of this section if (1) the inclusion of such position in the study is not
deemed to be feasible by the feasibility study mandated by special act 86-51 and (2) the
commissioner and the exclusive bargaining representative mutually agree to exclude
such position.
(P.A. 80-357, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-380, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-407, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 81-380 restated requirements re objective evaluation of all jobs in state service specifically excluding
positions listed in Sec. 5-198 as exempt from the classified service and requiring that up to seven hundred job classes be
evaluated each fiscal year and that annual progress reports be given to the cognizant general assembly committee and
deleted previous provisions describing in detail the two-phase recommendations which form basis of evaluation; P.A. 87-407 added Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d), establishing a study of unclassified positions and allowing for the exclusion of positions
from the study.
Sec. 5-200b. Reclassification of state employees by Commissioner of Administrative Services. Any state employee who is being reclassified upward to a competitive
or noncompetitive class in state service may be allocated to the higher classification
without examination by the Commissioner of Administrative Services if the reclassification results from a survey of all positions in an occupational series or all classes of
a bargaining unit and the employee possesses the minimum experience and training
requirements for the new class and has permanent status in the present class.
(P.A. 87-253, S. 1, 5.)
Sec. 5-200c. Elimination of wage inequities in state service. (a) Commencing
with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1988, and each fiscal year thereafter, the General
Assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds to the reserve for salary adjustments account
in the annual appropriations act for such fiscal year to be designated for use in eliminating
inequities, including sex-based inequities, within and between all job families in the
wages paid for state service, as identified by the findings of (1) the objective job evaluation process conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to
section 5-200a, (2) objective job evaluation studies of unclassified employees, and (3)
other studies negotiated under collective bargaining agreements. Inequities shall not be
eliminated through the downgrading of any job classification or salaries. Extraordinary
variations in compensation in relation to point values assigned by such studies shall not
necessarily be used as a basis for upgradings of any job classifications or salaries and
shall be a subject for collective bargaining. Such funds shall be distributed in a manner
to be determined by collective bargaining. All such wage inequities shall be eliminated
by July 1, 1995.
(b) Upon the completion of the studies referred to in subdivisions (2) and (3) of
subsection (a) of this section and the implementation of the results of such studies,
collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes as a result of objective job
evaluations shall commence not later than April 1, 1993. Notwithstanding the provisions
of subsection (a) of section 5-278, such negotiations shall be conducted between the
employer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270, and a coalition committee which
represents all state employees who are members of any designated employee organization. The results of any such negotiations shall be implemented as of July 1, 1995. All
wage inequities shall be deemed to have been eliminated upon the implementation of
such results. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to affect any appeal related to any
objective job evaluation studies previously taken or allowed or any litigation pending on
June 25, 1991, or to prohibit the continued use of a point factor value system for the
evaluation of newly created job classifications.
(P.A. 87-407, S. 1, 5; P.A. 91-321, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-12, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 91-321 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), changed the date for the elimination of wage inequities
from June 30, 1991, to June 30, 1993, and added Subsec. (b) re collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes
as a result of objective job evaluations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4 extended the date by which wage inequities are required
to be eliminated from June 30, 1993, to June 30, 1994, extended the date by which collective bargaining negotiations
concerning wage changes are required to commence from July 1, 1992, to April 1, 1993, and extended the date by which
results of such negotiations are required to be implemented from July 1, 1993, to July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-12, effective March
31, 1993, extended the date by which wage inequities are required to be eliminated from June 30, 1994, to July 1, 1995,
and extended the date by which the results of negotiations concerning wage changes are required to be implemented from
July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1995.
Sec. 5-200d. Automated personnel system. Not later than July 1, 1993, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit a plan to the General Assembly for
developing and achieving a comprehensive automated personnel system. The system
plan shall include such elements as: (1) Providing a candidate profile data base to screen,
match, score and maintain qualifications of applicants for positions in the classified
service based on position classification, occupational groups, career progression levels
and specific job requirements, and to supply candidate lists containing the names of
qualified applicants and their evaluation scores; (2) producing classification descriptions, specific job requirements and salary information; (3) having the capability of
tracking positions, classifications and employees' history in the state service; (4)
allowing agencies to electronically forward the results of performance evaluations and
all changes in personnel information to the Department of Administrative Services;
(5) permitting the retrieval of personnel information at any agency site; (6) providing
agencies with personnel management information, including affirmative action statistics, promotions and hiring data, in an abbreviated format; (7) providing the ability to
evaluate candidates' applications on a continuous recruitment and open competitive
basis; and (8) having the capability to interface with other state information systems.
After the initial report, and until completion of the automated personnel system, the
commissioner shall submit annual reports to the General Assembly detailing the progress in implementing the automated personnel system.
(P.A. 92-165, S. 5, 32.)
Sec. 5-201. Employees' Review Board. (a) There shall be an Employees' Review
Board consisting of seven members, at least one of whom shall be an attorney with
experience in administrative or labor law. Each member first appointed on or after July
1, 1987, shall have substantial current experience as an impartial arbitrator of labor-management disputes. On or after January 1, 1980, the Governor shall appoint five
persons to serve as members of the board for terms of three years from January 1, 1980,
or until their successors are appointed. On or after January 1, 1983, and quadrennially
thereafter, the Governor shall appoint five persons to serve as members of the board for
terms of four years from the first day of January preceding such appointment or until
their successors are appointed. On or after July 1, 1987, and quadrennially thereafter,
the Governor shall appoint two persons to serve as members of the board for terms of
four years from the first day of July preceding such appointment or until their successors
are appointed. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. No member
of the board shall be an employee of the state. The Governor shall designate one member
of the board to serve as chairperson. The Governor shall fill any vacancy in the membership of the board for the unexpired portion of a term and may remove any member as
provided in section 4-12. Each member of the board shall be paid at the prevailing rate
as approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the
Office of Policy and Management for each day of service in lieu of expenses and shall
hold office until a successor is appointed. A quorum of the board shall consist of three
members. The board shall be within the Department of Administrative Services for
administrative purposes only.
(b) The board shall hear and act upon appeals filed with it in accordance with section
5-202. The board, or any three of its members designated by the board, may serve as a
hearing panel and render a decision. The board or hearing panel shall have the power
to administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas and
compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records, papers
and documents and to make investigations and hold hearings concerning any appeal
presented to the board in accordance with this chapter or regulations issued pursuant
thereto. Hearings shall be open to the public except that a hearing panel may conduct
a closed hearing upon request of the aggrieved employee. The board shall adopt as
a regulation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, rules of procedure for
hearings.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 10; P.A. 79-621, S. 6, 24; P.A. 87-456, S. 1, 6.)
History: P.A. 79-621 replaced personnel appeal board with employees' review board, increased membership from five
to nine, specified qualifications for members, revised appointment procedure, clarified powers and duties re hearings and
placed board within department of administrative services for administrative purposes; P.A. 87-456 increased membership
on the board from five to seven members, required members appointed after July 1, 1987, to have experience as an impartial
arbitrator, limited members to no more than two consecutive terms, and provided that members shall be paid at the prevailing
rate as determined by the commissioner of administrative services and the secretary of the office of policy and management.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
Cited. 170 C. 541, 543. Cited. 231 C. 391, 406. Cited. 239 C. 638. Cited. 240 C. 246.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 177 C. 344, 350.
Sec. 5-201a. Relation of Personnel Appeal Board to the department. Section
5-201a is repealed.
(P.A. 74-336, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 109, 610; P.A. 81-472, S. 158, 159.)
Sec. 5-202. Individual and group appeals. (a) Any employee who is not included
in any collective bargaining unit of state employees and who has achieved a permanent
appointment as defined in subdivision (19) of section 5-196 may appeal to the Employees' Review Board if such employee receives an unsatisfactory performance evaluation
or is demoted, suspended or dismissed, or is aggrieved as a result of alleged discrimination, or unsafe or unhealthy working conditions or violations involving the interpretation
and application of a specific state personnel statute, regulation or rule. Such employee
must have complied with preliminary review procedures, except as otherwise provided
in subsection (l) of this section. Such an appeal shall be submitted to the board not
later than thirty days from the completion of the final level of the preliminary review
procedure, provided the first level of the procedure shall have been initiated no later
than thirty calendar days from the date of the alleged violation, except that in cases of
dismissal, demotion or suspension the grievance must be submitted directly to the third
level of the procedure and shall have been initiated no later than thirty calendar days
from the effective date of such action.
(b) Any group of employees that is not included in any collective bargaining unit
of state employees may file an appeal as a group directly with the Employees' Review
Board if such group of employees is laid off or dismissed, or is aggrieved as a result of
alleged discrimination, or unsafe or unhealthy working conditions or violations involving the interpretation and application of a specific state personnel statute, regulation or
rule, provided each member of such group (1) is appealing the same or a similar issue,
as determined by the Employees' Review Board, (2) is a permanent employee, as defined
in subdivision (20) of section 5-196, and (3) has achieved a permanent appointment, as
defined in subdivision (19) of section 5-196. Such an appeal shall be submitted to the
board not later than thirty calendar days from the specific incident or effective date of
action giving rise to such appeal.
(c) Upon receiving an appeal, the board shall assign a time and place for a hearing
and shall give notice of such time and place to the parties concerned. The hearing panel
shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence prevailing in the courts. If, after hearing,
a majority of the hearing panel determines that the action appealed from was arbitrary
or taken without reasonable cause, the appeal shall be sustained; otherwise, the appeal
shall be denied. The hearing panel shall have the power to direct appropriate remedial
action and shall do so after taking into consideration just and equitable relief to the
employee or group of employees and the best interests and effectiveness of the state
service. The hearing panel shall render a decision not later than sixty calendar days from
the date of the conclusion of the hearing.
(d) The employee or group of employees in any such case shall be furnished, upon
request, with a copy of the transcript of the proceedings before the board. The chairman
of the board shall establish a fair and reasonable fee per page to be charged for such
transcript which fee shall not exceed the fee per page for a transcript charged by court
reporters for the judicial district of Hartford.
(e) Not later than ten days from the issuance date of a decision by a hearing panel
sustaining an appeal, the appointing authority of the employee shall take such measures
as are necessary to comply with the remedial action directed by the hearing panel.
(f) An employee or group of employees laid off or dismissed by reason of economy,
lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in departmental organization or abolition of position may file an appeal with the board only on the grounds that the order of
layoff or dismissal has not been determined in accordance with the provisions of section
5-241, provided (1) such employee has initiated the third level of the preliminary review
procedure not later than thirty calendar days from the effective date of such layoff or
dismissal, or (2) such group of employees submits such appeal to the board not later
than thirty calendar days from the effective date of the layoff or dismissal.
(g) All matters involving examination, including application rejection, type of examination or results, compensation for class or classes, establishment of a new class
or classes, classification of a position, occupational group or career progression level,
compliance with health and safety standards and the Connecticut Occupational Safety
and Health Act or alleged discrimination in cases where an appeal has been filed with
the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, shall not be appealable under this
section.
(h) The first level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing of
an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section other
than dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the aggrieved employee's supervisor
or department chief or other employee as designated by the employee's appointing
authority. Such aggrieved employee shall present the employee's grievance in writing
on a form developed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the
Employee Review Board which form shall contain a statement of the date the alleged
violation occurred and the relief sought in answer to the grievance. The first level designee shall give said designee's answer to such employee not later than seven calendar
days from the date the grievance is submitted to said designee or not later than seven
days from the date of a meeting convened for the purpose of reviewing the grievance,
in which case such meeting shall be convened not later than seven calendar days from
the date the grievance is submitted.
(i) The second level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing
of an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section other
than dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the aggrieved employee's appointing
authority or designated representative. Such employee, upon receiving a response at the
first level which the employee deems to be unsatisfactory, may proceed to this level by
presenting the same form containing the first level answers not later than seven calendar
days from the date the answer was given at the first level. The appointing authority or
designated representative shall answer such employee not later than seven calendar days
from the date the grievance is received or not later than seven calendar days from the
date of a meeting convened for the purpose of reviewing such grievance, in which case
such meeting shall be convened not later than seven calendar days from the date such
grievance is received.
(j) The third level of the preliminary review procedure preparatory to the filing of
an appeal from an alleged grievable action under subsection (a) of this section including
dismissal, demotion or suspension shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management or the secretary's designated representative. The employee, upon receiving
a response at the second level which the employee deems to be unsatisfactory, may
proceed to this level by presenting the same form containing the first and second level
answers not later than seven calendar days from the date the answer was given at the
second level, except in the case of a dismissal, demotion or suspension in which case
such employee must present the form, completed but without answers at lower levels
not later than thirty calendar days from the effective date of such action. The Secretary
of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designated representative
shall reply to such employee not later than thirty calendar days from the date such
grievance is received or not later than fifteen calendar days from the date of a meeting
convened for the purpose of reviewing such grievance, in which case such meeting shall
be convened not later than thirty calendar days from the date such grievance is received.
(k) Employees shall be entitled to have representation of their own choosing at any
or all levels of the review or appeal procedure. No verbatim records shall be required
in the preliminary procedure and no oaths or affirmations shall be administered.
(l) Any state officer or employee, as defined in section 4-141, or any appointing
authority shall not take or threaten to take any personnel action against any state employee or group of state employees in retaliation for the filing of an appeal with the
Employees' Review Board or a grievance with any level of the preliminary review
procedure pursuant to this section. An employee or group of employees alleging that
such action has been threatened or taken may file an appeal directly with the board not
later than thirty days from knowledge of the specific incident giving rise to such claim.
(m) Either the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or any employee
or group of employees aggrieved by a decision of the Employees' Review Board may
appeal from such decision in accordance with section 4-183. The board may intervene
as a party in any appeal of its decision. Any employee or group of employees who
prevails in a decision of the Employees' Review Board shall be entitled to recover court
costs and reasonable attorney's fees if such decision is appealed by the Secretary of the
Office of Policy and Management and affirmed by the court in such appeal.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 11; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 98; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 67, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 5, 6, 127;
P.A. 79-621, S. 7, 24; P.A. 80-57, S. 3; P.A. 86-51; P.A. 87-456, S. 2, 6; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A.
92-165, S. 6, 32; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 94-194; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 43, 121; P.A. 00-77, S. 3-5, 7; P.A. 04-118, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (a) by adding proviso that preliminary grievance procedures be initiated within
thirty days of grievance occurrence and repealed Subsec. (g); 1971 act added new Subsec. (d) re transcripts and relettered
remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner and personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain;
P.A. 79-621 extensively revised appeal and preliminary procedures, providing for appeal to employees' review board
rather than personnel appeal board, omitting Subsec. (b) and relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly and adding new
Subsecs. (g) to (j), inclusive; P.A. 80-57 changed times for initiating third level of procedure in Subsec. (e) and for presenting
completed form in Subsec. (i) from ten to twenty-one days in both cases; P.A. 86-51 added Subsec. (k), protecting state
employees and officers against retaliatory personnel action due to their filing of an appeal or grievance under this section;
P.A. 87-456 amended Subsec. (a) to allow appeals to the board by an employee who receives an unsatisfactory performance
evaluation, and added Subsec. (l) allowing aggrieved parties to appeal in accordance with Sec. 4-183 and providing for
the recovery of court costs and attorney's fees; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with
"judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from
September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 92-165 added "occupational group or career progression level" to Subsec.
(f); P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June
14, 1993; P.A. 94-194 in Subsec. (a) added a reference to "rule", to indicate a specific application to a statute or regulation,
changed from "ten" to "thirty" the number of days of the completion of the final level of the preliminary review procedure,
increased from "twenty-one" to "thirty" the times for initiating third level of procedure in Subsec. (e) and for presenting
completed form in Subsec. (i), in Subsec. (f) made a reference to "classification of a position", made a reference in Subsec.
(l) to the "commissioner of administrative services" in lieu of "the state", and allowed the board to intervene as a party in
any appeal of its decisions (Revisor's note: An obsolete reference in Subsec. (f) to "Human Rights Commission" was
changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities"); P.A. 95-220 changed the
effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A.
98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) by correcting a statutory reference, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 00-77 amended
Subsecs. (g), (i) and (l) by substituting the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the Commissioner of
Administrative Services and made technical changes in Subsecs. (g) and (i), effective May 16, 2000; P.A. 04-118 added
new Subsec. (b) to allow group appeals by certain nonunionized state employees aggrieved by same or similar issue,
redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (l), inclusive, as Subsecs. (c) to (m), inclusive, amended Subsecs. (c), (d), (f), (l) and
(m) to make procedures for group appeals consistent with procedures for individual appeals and made technical changes
throughout.
Annotations to former statute:
Cited. 133 C. 336. Authority of personnel appeal board. 134 C. 23 et seq. Cited. 135 C. 442. Merit system act does not
permit court appeal from decision of appeal board and, if board acts within scope of its delegated authority and honestly
and fairly exercises its judgment in performing its function, mandamus is not available to review action. 150 C. 162. Cited.
157 C. 129; 160 C. 176, 182.
Cited. 9 CS 123. Act not destroyed because there is no outlined procedure for appeal. 12 CS 450. Cited. 13 CS 297.
Board may hear case of employee demoted in violation of section 5-85. 14 CS 395. Cited. 15 CS 336. Resignation is not
a demotion, suspension or firing. 16 CS 110. Cited. 17 CS 282.
Cited. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 389.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 176 C. 1, 6. Cited. 202 C. 670, 674, 678-680. Cited. 231 C. 391, 392, 395, 406, 407. Cited. 239 C. 638. Cited.
240 C. 246.
Cited. 31 CS 186. Cited. 36 CS 297, 298.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 170 C. 541, 543, 545. Cited. 176 C. 1, 3. Cited. 186 C. 198, 199. Disparate treatment of managerial employees
and employees subject to collective bargaining is not a form of discrimination within review board's jurisdiction under
section. 226 C. 670, 671, 676-678, 682-684. Cited. 231 C. 391, 400. Cited. 240 C. 246.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 231 C. 391, 392, 398, 406, 408. Cited. 239 C. 638.
Subsec. (c):
State employee cannot be dismissed arbitrarily or without reasonable cause. 170 C. 668, 672. Order conditioning
reinstatement on physician's favorable report determined to be "appropriate remedial action". 174 C. 519, 522.
Hearing panel's decision not invalid because untimely. 30 CS 333. Cited. 35 CS 45, 48.
Subsec. (d):
Cited. 231 C. 391, 405, 406.
Subsec. (e):
Cited. 239 C. 638.
Subsec. (f):
Cited. 226 C. 670, 677. Cited. 239 C. 638. P.A. 94-194 cited. Id. P.A. 94-194 clarified existing law and necessarily has
retroactive effect. Id.
Subsec. (g):
Cited. 226 C. 670, 675, 676.
Subsec. (h):
Cited. 226 C. 670, 675, 676.
Subsec. (i):
Cited. 226 C. 670, 676.
Subsec. (l):
Cited. 226 C. 670, 677. Cited. 231 C. 391, 398. Cited. 239 C. 638.
Sec. 5-203. Reports to Commissioner of Administrative Services of personnel
changes. Each appointment, transfer, promotion, demotion, dismissal, vacancy, change
of salary rate, leave of absence, absence from duty or other temporary or permanent
change in the status of any employee in the classified service shall be reported to the
Commissioner of Administrative Services at such time, in such form and together with
such supporting or other pertinent information as he prescribes.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel commissioner.
Cited. 175 C. 127, 132. Cited. 240 C. 246.
Sec. 5-204. Report to Governor. The Commissioner of Administrative Services
shall compile currently and submit a report to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, giving information as to the number of state employees, the number of employees
in the classified service, salary expenditures, employee turnover and any other matters
pertinent to personnel administration.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 110, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel commissioner and deleted
sentence concerning filing report copy with personnel policy board.
Cited. 240 C. 246.
Sec. 5-205. Administration of oaths, issuance of subpoenas. Section 5-205 is
repealed.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24.)
Sec. 5-206. Position classifications. (a) Position classifications established by the
Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be listed in the appropriate records and
publications of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with the following descriptive items: (1) The title and code given to the class; (2) the pay grade for
the class; (3) a statement of the duties and responsibilities exercised by those employees
holding positions allocated to the class, illustrated, when practicable, by examples of
typical tasks; and (4) the minimum desirable qualifications required by an incumbent
for the satisfactory performance of such duties and the satisfactory discharge of such
responsibilities.
(b) In establishing new position classifications, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall make a study of the schedules of compensation established for positions similar as to duties, responsibilities and qualifications in the state service, of the
rates of compensation paid for similar services elsewhere and of any other pertinent
information and data.
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services periodically shall review the
work performed by employees in the classified service and shall issue such orders as
are necessary to have such employees assigned to work in accordance with the classifications of their positions or to have their classifications changed to comply with their
work, provided any employee, whose classification, status or compensation is affected,
shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard prior to the issuance of any such order.
(d) In no event shall the personnel classification of "auditor" be used in reference
to personnel of any agency other than the Auditors of Public Accounts or the term
"auditor's report" be used in reference to the reports of such personnel except that employees performing auditing functions for agencies other than the Auditors of Public
Accounts may be so designated if the personnel classifications to which they are assigned
are clearly distinguished from those of the Auditors of Public Accounts.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 15; 1971, P.A. 491; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 67, 610; P.A. 78-206.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (d) re use of terms "auditor" and "auditor's"; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner and personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services and personnel department with department
of administrative services; P.A. 78-206 amended Subsec. (d) by adding exception to provisions.
Annotation to former statute:
Motor vehicle inspectors perform duties in all classifications, except possibly that of gasoline station inspection. 9
CS 123.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 240 C. 246.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 239 C. 638.
Sec. 5-206a. Establishment of position classification series for marital and
family therapists. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a job
classification series for marital and family therapists licensed under chapter 383a and
professional counselors licensed under chapter 383c.
(P.A. 03-64, S. 1.)
Sec. 5-207. Use of classification titles and codes. The classification titles or codes
of positions in the classified service shall be used in all records and communications of
the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Administrative Services, the
State Comptroller and the State Treasurer, in all estimates submitted to the General
Assembly or Office of Policy and Management requesting the appropriation of money
to pay for personal services, in documents or accounts relating to allotments and in all
vouchers or payrolls relating to obligations for personal services.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 16; P.A. 73-679, S. 25, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 38, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 36, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget division with planning and budgeting division of the department of finance and
control; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 replaced finance and control
department and its budget and management division with the office of policy and management and replaced personnel
department with department of administrative services.
Cited. 240 C. 246.
Sec. 5-208. Compensation schedules. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative
Services shall establish compensation schedules or plans. For employees who are not
members of any collective bargaining unit subject to the approval of the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management such schedules or plans shall consist of sufficient
salary grades to provide compensation rates determined to be necessary or desirable for
all classes assigned to each compensation schedule.
(b) When the compensation of a class is raised, the salary of each incumbent in such
class who is not a member of any collective bargaining unit shall be increased by an
amount at least equal to one step or five per cent, whichever is less, in the higher salary
grade, except managerial employees' salaries shall be increased by an amount equal to
five per cent.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 17; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 2, 10; P.A. 79-621, S. 8, 24.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231
allowed minimum and maximum salaries for managerial employees in Subsec. (a) and provided for increases of at least
five per cent for managerial employees in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re approval of compensation schedules; P.A.
79-621 revised Subsecs. (a) and (b) to apply to schedules for employees not covered under collective bargaining and
omitted Subsec. (c), incorporating approval provisions in Subsec. (a).
Cited. 240 C. 246.
Sec. 5-208a. Compensation by more than one agency restricted. Multiple job
assignments within same agency restricted. No state employee shall be compensated
for services rendered to more than one state agency during a biweekly pay period unless
the appointing authority of each agency or his designee certifies that the duties performed
are outside the responsibility of the agency of principal employment, that the hours
worked at each agency are documented and reviewed to preclude duplicate payment
and that no conflicts of interest exist between services performed. No state employee
who holds multiple job assignments within the same state agency shall be compensated
for services rendered to such agency during a biweekly pay period unless the appointing
authority of such agency or his designee certifies that the duties performed are not in
conflict with the employee's primary responsibility to the agency, that the hours worked
on each assignment are documented and reviewed to preclude duplicate payment, and
that there is no conflict of interest between the services performed.
(P.A. 80-278; P.A. 87-253, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 87-253 (1) established restrictions for state employees who hold more than one job assignment from the
same state agency, and (2) removed retirement credit restrictions on employees working for more than one state agency,
in accordance with the provisions of the state employees retirement act.
Sec. 5-209. Compensation for performance of duties of higher job classification. Any state employee, except an employee who has been designated managerial,
who is assigned, by the employee's appointing authority, duties and responsibilities of
a job classification higher than the class in which the employee is placed, which assignment has been approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, and who
works in such assignment on a continuous basis for a period of more than sixty working
days, shall be compensated for such time in excess of sixty days at a rate in the higher
class which shall not be less than one step in that class above the employee's existing
rate of pay. Service in a higher classification under this section shall not constitute
permanent status in such class.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 18; P.A. 73-225; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 3, 10; P.A. 00-68, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 73-225 reworded section to require personnel commissioner's approval for assignment rather than approval for payment at higher classification; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 excluded managerial employees from provisions of section and replaced commissioner with
director of personnel and labor relations; P.A. 00-68 substituted "Commissioner of Administrative Services" for "Director
of Personnel and Labor Relations" and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality.
Cited. 175 C. 127, 129, 131-137.
Sec. 5-210. Annual salary increases; lump-sum payments; state incentive
plans for managerial or confidential employees. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish one or more state incentive plans for employees whose
positions have been designated managerial or confidential. Annual salary increases or
lump-sum payments for employees whose positions have been designated managerial
or confidential may be based on annual performance appraisals made by agency heads
or their designees in accordance with state incentive plans approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such salary increases shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the compensation schedule then in effect. Such employees shall receive
an increase for "good" performance up to the position rate.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 19; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 4, 10; P.A. 79-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-457, S. 5; P.A. 85-510, S. 31, 35; P.A. 93-80, S. 55, 67.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231
replaced commissioner of administrative services with director of personnel and labor relations and added Subsec. (d) re
increases for managerial employees; P.A. 79-121 changed Subsec. (d) to include considerations of management incentive
programs in determining managerial pay increases and permitting increases of three and one-half per cent for "good"
performance in absence of such program; P.A. 81-457 amended Subsec. (d) to permit annual increases in the form of lump
sum payments, and to provide the commissioner of administrative services with greater controls over management incentive
program plans; P.A. 85-510 amended Subsec. (d) to authorize the commissioner of administrative services to establish
one or more state incentive plans for managerial or confidential employees; to delete provision that annual salary increases
for managerial employees shall be based on annual performance appraisals made in accordance with state agency management incentive program plans, substituting provision that annual salary increases or lump-sum payments for managerial
or confidential employees may be based on annual performance appraisals made in accordance with state incentive plans;
to delete provisions that (1) employees eligible for annual increase July first who received annual increment January first
shall be granted prorated increase effective July first, (2) annual salary increase shall become effective on first day of
payroll period which includes anniversary date of July first, (3) increases greater than three and one-half per cent up to
position rate and any increases above position rate may take the form of lump-sum payments or salary increases, (4)
commissioner of administrative services may require reports and review administration of management incentive plans,
disallow payments that do not conform to plans and withdraw approval of plans and (5) in the absence of a state agency
plan approved by said commissioner, managerial employees shall receive annual increases of three and one-half per cent
up to the position rate for the salary range for such employees class for "good" performance; P.A. 93-80 repealed Subsec.
(a) re annual one-step salary increase for a permanent employee in the classified service who has nine months' service or
more, repealed Subsec. (b) re determination of anniversary dates for permanent employees; repealed Subsec. (c) which
had prohibited employee from receiving annual salary increase if a service rating less than "good" was filed with director
of personnel and labor relations by the employee's appointing authority during any part of the twelve-month period immediately preceding employee's anniversary date, removed Subsec. (d) designator and made technical change to remaining
provisions, effective January 1, 1994.
See Sec. 5-212 re maximum annual salary increases and lump-sum payments.
Secs. 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211. Employee anniversary dates for fiscal 1975-76. Payment of partial increments for fiscal 1975-76. Meritorious service award;
exceptions. Sections 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211 are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 289; 1972, P.A. 93, S. 1; P.A. 73-616, S. 50, 67; 73-679, S.
26, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 39, 55; 75-567, S. 20, 80; 75-581, S. 2, 6; P.A. 77-3, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 19, 67, 610; P.A. 78-231,
S. 5, 10; P.A. 80-57, S. 4; P.A. 81-457, S. 13.)
Sec. 5-212. Salary not to exceed salary range. No portion of an annual salary
increase under section 5-210 shall be given which will result in a salary in excess of the
salary range established for the employee's class of position. The amount of any lump-sum payments made in accordance with the provisions of section 5-210 shall not be
deemed an increase in salary.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 21; P.A. 81-457, S. 6; P.A. 03-19, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 81-457 required that no salary increase shall result in a salary which exceeds the established salary range,
excluded lump sum payments made under Sec. 5-210(d) from consideration as salary increases and deleted reference to
awards for outstandingly meritorious service; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change, effective May 12, 2003.
Sec. 5-212a. Compensation schedules adjustments. Section 5-212a is repealed.
(1972, P.A. 226; September, 1972, P.A. 2, S. 1; P.A. 76-435, S. 65, 82.)
Sec. 5-213. Longevity payments. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
5-212, each employee in the state service who has completed not less than ten years of
state service and who is not included in any collective bargaining unit, except those
employees whose compensation is prescribed by statute, shall receive semiannual lump-sum longevity payments based on service completed as of the first day of April and the
first day of October of each year, as follows:
(1) An employee who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years
of state service shall receive seventy-five dollars or an amount determined in accordance
with the longevity rate schedule established for his class of position by the Commissioner
of Administrative Services, whichever is greater, except that a managerial employee
shall receive an amount determined in accordance with the longevity rate schedule established for his class of position by said commissioner;
(2) An employee who has completed fifteen or more years but less than twenty
years of state service shall receive one hundred fifty dollars or an amount determined
in accordance with the longevity rate schedule established for his class of position by
the Commissioner of Administrative Services, whichever is greater, except that a managerial employee shall receive an amount determined in accordance with the longevity
rate schedule established for his class of position by said commissioner;
(3) An employee who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of state service shall receive two hundred twenty-five dollars or an amount
determined in accordance with the longevity rate schedule established for the employee's class of position by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, whichever is
greater, except that a managerial employee shall receive an amount determined in accordance with the longevity rate schedule established for the employee's class of position by said commissioner;
(4) An employee who has completed twenty-five or more years of state service shall
receive three hundred dollars or an amount determined in accordance with the longevity
rate schedule established for his class of position by the Commissioner of Administrative
Services, whichever is greater, except that a managerial employee shall receive an
amount determined in accordance with the longevity rate schedule established for his
class of position by said commissioner.
(b) The semiannual longevity lump-sum payments shall be made on the last regular
pay day in April and October of each year, except that a retired employee shall receive,
in the month immediately following retirement, a prorated payment based on the proportion of the six-month period served prior to the effective date of his retirement.
(c) Part-time, seasonal or intermittent state service shall be credited as state service
for the purposes of this section when such part-time, seasonal or intermittent service,
accumulated, totals the calendar years herein above specified.
(d) The term of employment in state service shall be construed to include, in the
case of an employee of the radiological maintenance and calibration facility, the term
of his service from the date upon which he began work at said facility under individual
contract with the Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security,
upon receipt of data satisfactory to the Commissioner of Administrative Services showing the time such employee worked for said facility. All records of the state which show
the length of service in the employment of the state of any employee of said facility
shall be maintained to show the length of such service and the total time of state service.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 22; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 5; P.A. 74-138, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-231, S. 6, 10; 78-240, S. 2; 78-303, S. 85,
136; P.A. 79-621, S. 9, 24; P.A. 80-483, S. 15, 186; P.A. 81-457, S. 7; P.A. 82-388, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-34, S. 1, 5; P.A. 90-230, S. 11, 101; P.A. 00-68, S. 8; P.A. 04-219, S. 4.)
History: 1969 act added Subsec. (c) re part-time, seasonal or intermittent service; P.A. 74-138 provided for prorated
payment for recently retired employees in Subsec. (b) and removed similar provision from Subsec. (c); P.A. 78-231 included
managerial employees in provision for longevity payments, effective October 1, 1983; P.A. 78-240 added Subsec. (d) re
employees of radiological maintenance and calibration facility; P.A. 78-303 authorized substitution of commissioner of
administrative services for commissioner of personnel and administration in Subsec. (d); P.A. 79-621 specified applicability
of provisions to those not covered by collective bargaining in Subsec. (a), deleted references to determination of payment
as percentage of salary increase in Subdivs. (1) to (4), inclusive, replacing such references with determination according
to rate schedules established by administrative services commissioner or director of personnel and labor relations and
including provisions for managerial employees; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 81-457 amended Subsec. (a)
to allow for the continuance of longevity payments to managerial employees, which had been scheduled for termination
as of October 1, 1983; P.A. 82-388 amended Subsec. (b) to specify that the longevity payments shall be made on the first
regular payday following April 23 and October 24 of each year; P.A. 89-34 substituted "last regular pay day in April and
October" for "April 23 and October 24" and provided that retired employees shall receive their payments in the month
following retirement instead of on the first regular pay day following the twenty-fourth of such month; P.A. 90-230 corrected
a reference to the director of emergency management in Subsec. (d); P.A. 00-68 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to substitute
"Commissioner of Administrative Services" for "Director of Personnel and Labor Relations" and "the employee's" for
"his"; P.A. 04-219 amended Subsec. (d) to substitute Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
for Director of Emergency Management, effective January 1, 2005.
Secs. 5-213a and 5-213b. Salary increase for managerial employees in lieu of
longevity payments. Conferring of benefits upon managerial or confidential employees and appointed officials not included in collective bargaining units. Sections
5-213a and 5-213b are repealed.
(P.A. 78-231, S. 7, 10; 78-367, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24; P.A. 81-457, S. 13.)
Sec. 5-214. Creation of new positions and filling of vacancies subject to certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or designee. Except in
emergencies, natural disasters or for the purpose of qualifying for federal funding, no
new position shall be created and no vacancies shall be filled in the classified service
until the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management has certified to the appointing
authority that the position is necessary for carrying on the work of the state in an efficient
and business-like manner and any necessary appropriation therefor has been made. The
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may delegate his duties under this
section to the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 23; P.A. 73-679, S. 27, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 40, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 37, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director of planning and budgeting division of department
of finance and control and included deputy commissioner of finance and control and personnel commissioner as delegates
of finance and control commissioner; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management, deleted reference
to deputy commissioner of finance and control and managing director and replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services, and provided exception concerning new positions sought in emergencies, natural disasters
and qualifying for federal funds.
Cited. 175 C. 127, 132, 134.
Sec. 5-215. Study of need for existing positions. The Secretary of the Office of
Policy and Management shall study and investigate the need for existing positions in
the classified service and may cancel unfilled positions which are not needed in carrying
on the work of the state.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 24; P.A. 73-679, S. 28, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 41, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 40, 610.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced budget director with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department
of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted
reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management,
gave secretary power to cancel unfilled positions and deleted duties of personnel commissioner.
Sec. 5-215a. Filling of vacancies from candidate lists. When a vacancy in any
permanent position in the classified service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall
request the Commissioner of Administrative Services to provide a candidate list. The
candidate list certified by the commissioner shall contain the final earned rating of each
candidate. The appointing authority shall fill the vacant position by selecting any candidate on the candidate list. In the event that fewer than five names are available on the
candidate list to fill a position, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may authorize a new examination based on documented need. The appointing authority may fill
the position from either the new or original candidate list in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 92-165, S. 7, 32; P.A. 93-274, S. 1, 7; P.A. 96-168, S. 4, 34.)
History: P.A. 93-274 authorized commissioner to certify additional intervals of a candidate list when less than five
names are available in the two highest intervals on a candidate list, to readminister an examination when fewer than five
names are available on the candidate list, and for multiple phase examinations, to allow the candidate list certified to include
the names of all candidates who have passed each phase of the examination, effective June 30, 1993; P.A. 96-168 deleted
restrictions on the selection of candidates to fill vacant positions, effective July 1, 1996.
Sec. 5-216. Establishment of candidate lists. Continuous recruitment. (a) The
Commissioner of Administrative Services shall hold examinations for the purpose of
establishing candidate lists for the various classes of positions in the classified service.
Such examinations may be held on a continuous basis or at such time or times as the
commissioner deems necessary to supply the needs of the state service. In establishing
any candidate list following examinations, the commissioner shall place on the list, in
the order of their ratings, the names of persons who show they possess the qualifications
which entitle them to be considered eligible for appointment when a vacancy occurs in
any position allocated to the class for which such examination is held or for which
such candidate list is held to be appropriate. Such ratings may take such form as the
commissioner deems appropriate to describe the performance of any candidate on any
examination.
(b) Where the needs of the service indicate that continuous recruitment is justified,
the commissioner may defer announcing a closing date for filing applications for the
necessary examination. Announcements of such examinations shall specify that recruitment is continuous and that applications may be filed until further notice. Such examination may be graded on a pass-fail basis in order to expedite certification and appointment.
(c) The commissioner may consolidate, continue or cancel candidate lists and may
remove names from such lists for good cause. The commissioner may apply an examination score from one examination to the candidate list established for another examination, provided such examinations are the same or equivalent forms of the same examination, such provision is publicized on appropriate examination notices and the candidate
satisfies all other statutory requirements.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 25; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 6; P.A. 73-213; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 111, 610; P.A. 79-621, S. 10, 24; P.A.
81-28, S. 1, 4; P.A. 92-165, S. 8, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 5, 34.)
History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (b) to require approval of personnel policy board for deferral of closing date,
deleted provision for consolidation of periodic employment lists and provided pass-fail basis for continuous recruitment
examinations; P.A. 73-213 amended Subsec. (d) re twice failing to respond to notification of position opening; P.A.
77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and removed from Subsec. (b)
requirement that personnel policy board approve deferral of closing date; P.A. 79-621 left ratings format at commissioner's
discretion; P.A. 81-28 made grading of examination on pass-fail basis optional rather than mandatory and deleted provision
which stated that all candidates who pass are immediately eligible for certification and appointment in Subsec. (b); P.A.
92-165 changed "employment lists" to "candidate lists", provided that examinations may be held on a continuous basis
or at such time or times as the commissioner deems necessary, changed "test" to "examination", deleted Subsec. (d) re
waiver of appointment and made technical changes; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (c) to permit the commissioner to apply
examination scores from one list to another examination under certain circumstances, effective July 1, 1996.
Annotation to former statute:
Director's decision to place one on an eligibility list must be based on examination results. 9 CS 158.
Sec. 5-217. Effective period of candidate lists. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall specify, at the time any candidate list is promulgated, the period
during which such list shall remain in force. In no case shall a candidate list remain in
force for a period of less than six months or more than one year, unless the period is
extended by the commissioner for a period not to exceed an additional two years, except
for candidate lists for continuous recruitment examinations, which may be extended by
the commissioner for a period not to exceed five years.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 26; P.A. 77-614, S. 112, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 9, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 6, 34.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and deleted requirement for personnel policy board approval to extend the time list is in effect; P.A. 92-165 changed "employment list"
to "candidate list"; P.A. 96-168 permitted the commissioner to extend continuous recruitment examinations for a period
not to exceed five years, effective July 1, 1996.
Sec. 5-218. Examinations; notices. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall prepare lists of preliminary requirements and subjects of examination for
positions in the classified service and publicize each such examination in such manner
as the nature of the examination requires, including posting examination notices in state
agencies in locations accessible to state employees at least two weeks prior to the application closing date. All competitive examinations shall be held at such times and places
as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Administrative Services most nearly meet
the convenience of applicants and needs of the service.
(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall give public notice of such
examinations for positions in the classified service at least two weeks in advance by
posting, or causing to be posted, an appropriate notice on the bulletin board maintained
in or near the quarters of the Department of Administrative Services, by advertising
such examination once in at least one newspaper published in each congressional district
in the state and by submitting the notice to the director of the state employment service.
Such notice shall set forth the time, place and general scope of the examination and
shall contain appropriate information concerning the duties, work location, conditions,
salary and requirements of the positions, and the examination procedures, including one
arrangement of the weights to be given for the weighted parts of the examination if
applicable, provided once such notice has been given, the weights established in the
notice for the weighted parts of the examination shall not be altered in any manner.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 27; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 82-212, S. 2; P.A. 96-168, S. 7, 34.)
History: 1969 act substituted "congressional district" for "county" in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner
and department of administrative services for personnel commissioner and department; P.A. 82-212 amended Subsec. (b)
to provide that once notice has been given as to the relative weights assigned to each part of the examination, the weights shall
not be altered or adjusted; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and permitting the publicizing of
examination notices by posting them in accessible locations in state agencies two weeks before the closing date, effective
July 1, 1996.
Annotations to former section 5-26:
Discussion of the meaning of the term "competitive" as applied to this statute. 154 C. 74, 86. Where an objective
standard has been set up, the same standard must be used in rating all who take the examination so that each may be fairly
scored. Id., 74, 87.