§ 36-4-1. Divisions of state service. The state service shall be divided into a classified service and an unclassified service. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 7; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-1.
§ 36-4-10. Changes in plan — Notice of establishment of new positions. Additional classes may be established and existing classes may be divided, combined, altered, or abolished upon recommendation of the personnel administrator, recommendation by the director after public hearing, and approval by the governor. This action may be initiated either by the personnel administrator, […]
§ 36-4-11. Allocation of positions to classes within plan. After the adoption of the classification plan by the governor, the personnel administrator shall allocate every position in the classified service to one of the classes established by the plan. Thereafter, whenever new positions are authorized and created, whenever the duties and responsibilities of existing positions […]
§ 36-4-12. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-12; Repealed by P.L. 1984, ch. 208, § 5, effective May 8, 1984.
§ 36-4-13. Submission of proposed pay plan for classified service. The personnel administrator shall submit to the director a proposed pay plan showing for each class of position in the classified service minimum and maximum salary rates and such intermediate rates as he or she deems desirable. In arriving at these rates he or she […]
§ 36-4-14. Adoption of pay plan. (a) After reasonable opportunity to be heard has been given to employees, appointing authorities, and the general public, and after incorporating any modification, change, or amendment he or she considers desirable, the director shall submit the plan to the governor who shall approve and adopt the plan with such […]
§ 36-4-14.1. Ineligibility for other incentive payments. Any person receiving an incentive pay increase increment under this chapter is ineligible to benefit from any other educational incentive program such as contained in chapter 28.1 of title 42, §§ 42-28.4-1, 42-56.1-1, and 8-4.1-1, or any other chapter relating to an educational incentive pay program. However, state […]
§ 36-4-15. Changes in pay plan for classified service — New classes. Pay rates shall be established for new classes of positions, and amendments to the existing pay plan may be made upon recommendation of the personnel administrator, recommendation of the director, after public hearing, and approval by the governor. This action may be initiated […]
§ 36-4-16. Unclassified pay plan board — Abolishment — Transfer of functions. Upon the effective date of this section [June 20, 2005], the unclassified pay plan board shall be abolished, and all powers, duties and obligations of the board conferred thereon pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to and administered by […]
§ 36-4-16.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 205, art. XII, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 174, art. XII, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2005, ch. 51, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 52, § 2, effective June 20, 2005.
§ 36-4-16.2. Duties and responsibilities of the department of administration. (a) It is the duty of the department of administration to maintain a pay plan for unclassified employees of the state, including any rules and regulations that are necessary to implement and complement the plan. In maintaining the pay plan, it will be the duty […]
§ 36-4-16.3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 205, art. XII, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2005, ch. 51, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 52, § 2, effective June 20, 2005.
§ 36-4-16.4. Salaries of directors. (a) In the month of March of each year, the department of administration shall conduct a public hearing to determine salaries to be paid to directors of all state executive departments for the following year, at which hearing all persons shall have the opportunity to provide testimony, orally and in […]
§ 36-4-16.5. Certain unclassified positions excluded. Sections 36-4-16.2 and 36-4-16.4 of this chapter shall have no application to those positions enumerated in subdivisions 36-4-2(1), 36-4-2(2) and 36-4-2(3), and the department of administration shall have no jurisdiction over the status, tenure or salaries of those said enumerated positions. History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 51, § 3; […]
§ 36-4-17. Preparation of employment lists. The personnel administrator shall, as in his or her estimation the need requires, prepare for the several classes of positions in the classified service statewide or regional lists of persons eligible for original appointment to positions in those classes. Each employment list shall include the names of those persons […]
§ 36-4-17.1. Longevity payments. A state employee in the classified or unclassified service who terminates employment and is subsequently reemployed by the state, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the general laws to the contrary, shall be eligible to receive an aggregate longevity increase for the period of initial employment. The provisions of this […]
§ 36-4-17.2. Future longevity payments. Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for state employees; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, […]
§ 36-4-18. Competitive tests. The competitive tests shall be designed to determine fairly the capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the positions in the classes for which the lists are prepared. The competitive tests shall be open to applicants who are residents of the state of Rhode Island; provided, that the […]
§ 36-4-19. Placement of names on employment lists — Listing of veterans. (a) The names of all persons attaining the minimum final earned rating established by the personnel administrator shall be placed upon the employment list in the order of their ratings; provided, however, that there shall be added to the final earned ratings of […]
§ 36-4-2. Positions in unclassified service. (a) The classified service shall comprise all positions in the state service, now existing or hereinafter established, except the following specific positions which, with other positions heretofore or hereinafter specifically exempted by legislative act, shall constitute the unclassified service: (1) Officers and legislators elected by popular vote and persons […]
