§ 36-4-2.1. Exemptions from merit system. The appointment, promotion, salaries, tenure, and dismissal of employees of the legislative and judicial departments shall not be subject to control in any manner or degree by the personnel administrator, or by any other officer or board of the executive branch of government. History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 99, […]
§ 36-4-20. Duration of employment lists. Each employment list shall remain in force until exhausted, until replaced, or combined with a more recently prepared list or until two (2) years from the date of its preparation, except that the personnel administrator may extend the duration of any list for a period not to exceed two […]
§ 36-4-21. Open continuous competitive tests. The personnel administrator may use open continuous competitive tests to establish lists and fill vacancies in an agency or agencies where there is a continued shortage of available qualified persons or where there is a manifest imbalance of minorities (as currently defined in employment law as Blacks, Hispanics, American […]
§ 36-4-22. Promotion examinations and lists. (a)(1) Promotional examinations shall be conducted in the same manner as open competitive examinations subject to the following conditions: (i) A person is eligible for promotional examination provided the employee is currently employed in the classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service as of the official closing date of the examination […]
§ 36-4-23. Preferred reemployment list. Any person in the classified service who holds permanent status and is laid off as a result of reorganization, abolishment of positions by reason of reduction of force due to lack of work or lack of funds shall be placed on the list in the order of length of service […]
§ 36-4-23.1. Reemployment lists. Any person who holds full status in the classified service and resigns in good standing shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on an appropriate reemployment list, provided that the person so requests in writing within three (3) years of the date of his or her termination from […]
§ 36-4-24. Removal of disqualified names from lists. The personnel administrator may remove the name of any person from any list or lists who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for performance of the required duties; or who is addicted to the use of narcotics or excessive use of intoxicating liquors; or […]
§ 36-4-25. Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies. The preferred reemployment list shall have precedence over all other lists for the filling of vacancies of comparable or less comparable positions in state service until the list is exhausted. Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled as far as practicable by […]
§ 36-4-26. Certification and appointment to positions in classified service. If the appointing authority has designated the employment list, the personnel administrator shall immediately certify the names of the six (6) persons standing highest thereon who are available for appointment, if there are as many as six (6) names thereon, or all the names on […]
§ 36-4-26.1. Supplemental certification in the civil service — Expanded certification for equal opportunity and affirmative action. (a) To eliminate the overall adverse impact of systemic barriers to the employment of minorities as a protected class, the office of personnel administration shall provide all appointing authorities the necessary flexibility to remedy the effects of systemic […]
§ 36-4-27. Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal. An appointing authority or other person who shall procure the signing of a waiver or otherwise induce an eligible to withdraw his or her name through fraud, misrepresentation, duress, or promise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; P.L. 1955, […]
§ 36-4-28. Probationary period. All original appointments and promotional appointments to the classified service shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months, during which time the appointment authority shall report to the personnel administrator every sixty (60) days concerning the work of the employee and at the expiration of the probationary period unless […]
§ 36-4-29. Restoration to former position of promotional appointees dismissed during probation. Any promotional appointee who is dismissed from the position to which he or she was promoted during the probationary period or at the conclusion thereof by reason of the failure of the appointing authority to file a request for his or her continuance […]
§ 36-4-3. Branches of classified service. The classified service shall be divided into a competitive branch and a noncompetitive branch. The competitive branch shall consist of all positions in the classified service except those assigned to the noncompetitive branch as hereinafter provided. History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-3.
§ 36-4-30. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 11; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, § 7; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-30; P.L. 1987, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 197, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2007, ch. 332, § 2, effective July 6, 2007; P.L. 2007, ch. 435, […]
§ 36-4-31. Temporary appointment when no list available. (a)(1) Whenever it is not possible to certify the required number of eligible persons for appointment to a vacancy in the classified service because no appropriate list exists, the appointing authority may nominate a person to the personnel administrator and if the nominee is found by the […]
§ 36-4-32. Emergency appointments. In case of emergency, an appointing authority may request an emergency appointment of any person to any position without regard to provisions of this chapter to carry on work that must be continued in the public interest, but no such emergency appointment shall continue for more than thirty (30) working days […]
§ 36-4-33. War duration appointments. Whenever in time of war a vacancy exists in any position in the classified service by reason of the position having been vacated by a person entering the armed forces of the United States or assigned to a position in a federal agency by action of the governor, the vacancy […]
§ 36-4-34. Transfers within classified service. An appointing authority may at any time transfer any classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class of position. In every such case the appointing authority shall give written notice of his or her action to the personnel administrator, according to […]
§ 36-4-34.1. Transfer of state employees. (a) The director of the department of administration (the “director”) is hereby authorized to transfer any employee within the executive branch who is not covered by a collective bargaining unit as provided in chapter 11 of this title. Any employee may be transferred to a comparable position upon the […]
