Section 5-193. – Short title: State Personnel Act.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Personnel Act”. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 2.)
Section 5-194. – Construction and administration.
This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service. Recruitment, selection, appointment, development, promotion, transfer, layoff, classification, compensation, discipline, separation and provision for the welfare of state employees shall be performed in a manner to secure and retain well […]
Section 5-195. – Merit principles to be observed.
The system of personnel administration for employees in the state service shall be based on merit principles. All appointments and promotions, except as hereinafter specified, shall be made according to merit and fitness as ascertained by examinations given in accordance with provisions of this chapter. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 4.) Cited. 170 C. 668; 175 […]
Section 5-196. – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Agency” means a department, board, institution or commission established by statute, not a part of any other department, board, institution or commission. (2) “Allocation” means the official assignment of a position in the classified service to the appropriate standard class of the classification plan. […]
Section 5-196a and 5-196b. – “Commissioner” and “department” defined. “Personnel Commissioner” and “Personnel Department”, terminology change.
Sections 5-196a and 5-196b are repealed. (P.A. 73-677, S. 1; P.A. 75-519, S. 1, 7, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 609, 610.)
Section 5-197. – Offices in state service to be classified; exceptions.
Any office or position in the state service, whether full-time or part-time, shall be a position in the classified service, except as hereinafter set forth in this chapter or otherwise specified by statute. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 6.) All services rendered by the state are not subject to the state personnel act. 166 C. 757. […]
Section 5-198. – Positions exempt from classified service.
The offices and positions filled by the following-described incumbents shall be exempt from the classified service: (1) All officers and employees of the Judicial Department; (2) All officers and employees of the Legislative Department; (3) All officers elected by popular vote; (4) All agency heads, members of boards and commissions and other officers appointed by […]
Section 5-199. – Personnel Division of Department of Administrative Services. Deputy commissioner.
Section 5-199 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 123, S. 2; P.A. 73-497, S. 1, 2; 73-677, S. 3; P.A. 75-519, S. 3, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 107, 610; P.A. 96-168, S. 33, 34.)
Section 5-199a and 5-199b. – Bureaus established. Deputy commissioners; qualifications; appointment; powers. Exempt positions.
Sections 5-199a and 5-199b are repealed. (P.A. 73-677, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-519, S. 11, 12.)
Section 5-199c. – Human resources strategic plan.
The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop a human resources strategic plan for anticipating and meeting the personnel requirements of the state service. The plan shall clearly define the missions, functions and responsibilities of the Department of Administrative Services, the Office of Policy and Management and each agency with respect to personnel management and administration, […]
Section 5-199d. – Role of regional community-technical colleges in training for state employees.
The Department of Administrative Services or any other state agency which seeks to contract for training for their employees shall, prior to entering into a contract, contact the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or said president's designee, to determine if an appropriate training program exists or can be designed at a regional […]
Section 5-200. – 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.
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services or his authorized agent shall administer centralized and decentralized selection programs that will identify those applicants most qualified for appointment to or promotion in the state classified service, and establish candidate and reemployment lists for the various classes of positions within occupational groups and career progression levels. Upon a […]
Section 5-200a. – Job evaluations in classified and unclassified state service. Exclusion of certain unclassified positions.
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall evaluate classifications in state service on a periodic basis of not less than five years to determine if the classification is in the appropriate compensation plan based upon appropriate and reasonably objective job-related criteria, excluding classes covered by section 5-198. Said objective, job-related criteria shall include but not […]
Section 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 a class, an occupational group or all classes of a bargaining unit […]
Section 5-200c. – Elimination of wage inequities in state service.
The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall take into account any further wage inequities identified as part of the five year review process in accordance with section 5-200a. In each fiscal year, upon the request of the commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the General Assembly shall appropriate […]
Section 5-200d. – Automated personnel system.
Section 5-200d is repealed, effective July 13, 2005. (P.A. 92-165, S. 5, 32; P.A. 05-287, S. 57.)
Section 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, […]
Section 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.)
Section 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 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 […]
Section 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 […]