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State Personnel Act

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Short title: State Personnel Act.

Construction and administration.

Merit principles to be observed.

Definitions.

Sections
5-196a and 5-196b

“Commissioner” and “department” defined. “Personnel Commissioner” and “Personnel Department”, terminology change.

Offices in state service to be classified; exceptions.

Positions exempt from classified service.

Personnel Division of Department of Administrative Services. Deputy commissioner.

Sections
5-199a and 5-199b

Bureaus established. Deputy commissioners; qualifications; appointment; powers. Exempt positions.

Human resources strategic plan.

Role of regional community-technical colleges in training for state employees.

State personnel and employment policies. Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Regulations. Personnel administration services for municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state.

Job evaluations in classified and unclassified state service. Exclusion of certain unclassified positions.

Reclassification of state employees by Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Elimination of wage inequities in state service.

Automated personnel system.

Employees' Review Board.

Relation of Personnel Appeal Board to the department.

Individual and group appeals.

Reports to Commissioner of Administrative Services of personnel changes.

Report to Governor.

Administration of oaths, issuance of subpoenas.

Position classifications.

Establishment of position classification series for marital and family therapists.

Use of classification titles and codes.

Requirements for positions with exposure to federal tax information.

Compensation schedules.

Compensation by more than one agency restricted. Multiple job assignments within same agency restricted.

Compensation for performance of duties of higher job classification.

General worker. Work experience credit for out-of-class work.

Annual salary increases; lump-sum payments; state incentive plans for managerial or confidential employees.

5-210b and 5-211 - Employee anniversary dates for fiscal 1975-76. Payment of partial increments for fiscal 1975-76. Meritorious service award; exceptions.

Salary not to exceed salary range.

Compensation schedules adjustments.

Termination of longevity payments to employees not included in any collective bargaining unit.

Sections
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.

Salary increase upon termination of longevity payments to employees not included in any collective bargaining unit.

Creation of new positions and filling of vacancies subject to certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or designee.

Study of need for existing positions.

Filling of vacancies from candidate lists.

Establishment of candidate lists. Continuous recruitment. Application of examination scores.

Effective period of candidate lists.

Examinations; notices.

Form of examinations. Fees.

Volunteer experience considered.

Conduct of examinations.

Rejection of applicants.

Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination.

Unassembled examinations for certain professional positions. Regulations.

Rating of examinations.

Credit for military service on examinations held for original appointments.

Notice of final earned ratings on examinations. Right of inspection. Appeals.

Corrupt practices in relation to applications, examinations and appointments.

Sections
5-226a to 5-226e

Reserved for future use.

Pilot program concerning state classifications and examination system.

Discrimination prohibited.

Promotion by reclassification of position. Examination for reclassified position not required.

Waiver of examinations. Delegation of authority to recruit. Audit of recruitments.

Filling vacancies. Promotional and original appointments. Dismissal during working test period. Sex discrimination.

Time for appointment. Effective date.

Working test periods.

Residence not required, exceptions.

Sections
5-232 and 5-232a

Appointments of noncitizens. Citizenship requirement may be waived.

Appointments to unskilled and semiskilled positions.

Appointments to training program and following completion of training program. Not applicable to veterans preference.

Provisional, temporary, emergency and intermittent appointments.

Appointments to unclassified service. Return to classified from unclassified service.

Service ratings. Performance appraisals.

Salary Review Committee.

Quality Control Committee. Membership. Duties.

Hours of work in Executive Department.

Hours of persons employed in state parks during summer months.

Hours of meat and poultry inspectors.

Transfers.

Assignment of permanent state employees of the executive branch by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Reprimand, suspension, demotion, dismissal. Layoffs. Notice period pay. Use of tax return information in certain proceedings.

Order of layoffs. Notice. Placement on reemployment list.

Appointment and tenure of teachers in state institution schools.

Resignations. Reemployment of retired employees.

Transfer or separation from service due to disability. Reinstatement of sick leave upon reemployment.

Workweek. Overtime pay.

State police workweek. Work for highway contractors.

Sick leave. Credit on reemployment. Collection of benefits while otherwise employed on full-time basis prohibited.

Payment for accumulated sick leave for retiring state teachers.

Sick leave. Use by blind or disabled employees for assistance dog training.

Leaves of absence. Reinstatement upon withdrawal of resignation.

Family and medical leave from employment.

Regulations. Family and medical leave from employment.

Voluntary schedule reduction program.

Sections
5-248d to 5-248h

Reserved for future use.

Telecommuting and work-at-home programs.

Participation in Big Brothers and Big Sisters program.

Paid leave for organ donation.

Leave for volunteer fire, ambulance, civil air patrol, specialized disaster relief and canine search and rescue services.

Vacations. Personal leave.

Accrual of sick leave and vacation credits while receiving compensation.

Payment for accrued vacation time on leaving state service.

Payment for extra hours of work and accumulated vacation allowance on death.

Holidays.

Reinstatement of state employees after service in armed forces. Term of employment to include military service.

Service to counties, agricultural extension offices, state college bookstores, Hartford Bridge Authority and municipal courts included in term of state service.

Group life insurance.

Continuation of group life insurance for certain teachers at E. O. Smith School.

Group Insurance Commission.

Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance plan. Eligibility. Coverage for other groups under plan. Municipal Employee Health Insurance Plan. Prescription drug purchasing by nonstate public employers.

Competitive selection.

Continuation of health insurance for former members of General Assembly.

Health insurance for employees of state system of public higher education.

Continuation of health insurance coverage and accrual and use of vacation and sick time, leave of absence and equivalent leave time for state employees called to active service in the armed forces.

Review of prescription claims data to increase utilization of generic prescriptions.

Establishment of requirements for health benefit cost sharing for certain nonrepresented officers and employees.

Persons ineligible for special enrollment periods.

Deduction of organization dues.

Deduction of contributions to nonprofit organizations.

Deduction of credit union savings.

State Employee Campaign. Deduction of contributions. Regulations.

Suggestion awards.

Suggestion awards program.

Award Program for state employees reporting alleged state agency gross waste of funds. Calculation of award. Ineligible suggestions.

Section 403(b) annuities for state employees. Purchase of shares of an investment company for state employees. Section 403(b) annuities for employees of political subdivisions.

Deferred compensation plan for state employees or employees of political subdivisions of the state. Administration.

Dependent care spending account program.

Treatment of funds deposited in dependent care spending account program.

Flexible health care spending account program.

Treatment of funds deposited pursuant to the flexible health care spending account program.

Special training courses for state employees. Exchange of employees.

Political activity.

Political activities of classified state employees and Judicial Department employees. Candidacy for office. Leave of absence or resignation upon taking elective office.

Permitted activity.

Regulations.

Dismissal or suspension of employee. Appeal.

Officers, appointing authorities and employees to comply with law.

Penalty.

Transfer of certain employees to Labor Department.