The general purpose of this article is to attract to the service of this state personnel of the highest ability and integrity by the establishment of a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, classification, compensation and welfare of its civil employees, and […]
The board shall have the authority to promulgate, amend or repeal rules, according to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to implement the provisions of this article: (1) For the preparation, maintenance and revision of a position classification plan for all positions in the classified service and a position classification plan for all positions in the […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or any rule promulgated thereunder to the contrary, an employee in the classified service who has performed work for a reasonable period of time in a position with a classification that is higher than the position in which he is employed and classified may, in the event […]
All officers and employees of the state and of municipalities and political subdivisions of the state shall allow the division the reasonable use of public buildings under their control, and furnish heat, light and furniture, for any examination, hearing or investigation authorized by this article. The division shall pay to a municipality or political subdivision […]
All officers and employees of the state shall comply with and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this article and the rules and orders thereunder. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the director may request for any purpose of this article. The director may institute […]
(a) No state disbursing or auditing officer shall make or approve or take any part in making or approving any payment for personal service to any person holding a position in the classified service unless the payroll voucher or account of such pay bears the certification of the director, or of his authorized agent, that […]
The records of the division, except such records as the rules may properly require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable regulations as to the time and manner of inspection which may be prescribed by the director.
(a) Subject to the approval of the board the director may enter into agreements with any municipality or other political subdivision of the state to furnish services and facilities of the division to such municipality or political subdivision in the administration of its personnel on merit principles. Any such agreements shall provide for the reimbursement […]
If any employee in the classified or classified-exempt service shall willfully refuse or fail to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, or any officer, board or body authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or having appeared shall refuse to testify or answer any question relating to the affairs or government of […]
As used in this article, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term: (a) "Administrator" means any person who fills a statutorily created position within or related to an agency or board (other than a board member) and who is designated by statute as commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, director, chancellor, chief, executive director, executive secretary, […]
(a) No person shall be appointed or promoted to or demoted or dismissed from any position in the classified service or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to such employment because of his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations or race; but nothing herein shall be construed as precluding the […]
(a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any provisions of this article or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this article and the rules. (b) No person shall, directly or […]
(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article or of the rules shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or both fined and imprisoned. […]
For the operation of the division, there is hereby created in the state Treasury a special revolving fund to be known and designated as the "Division of Personnel fund." This fund shall consist of appropriations made by the Legislature, funds transferred in accordance with the provisions of section nine of this article, funds received for […]
(a) Whenever a job opening occurs within the classified service, the appointing authority shall, in addition to any other requirement of law or regulation for the posting of job opening notices, at least ten days before making an appointment to fill the job opening, post a notice within the building or facility where the duties […]
(a) General implementation is to be completed no later than twelve months following the effective date of this article. (b) There is hereby created an implementation task force to assist in the general implementation of this article and the establishment of the division. The task force shall consist of twelve members and the director of […]
A bulletin board of a limited size shall be provided for posting notices of employee representative organizations. Such bulletin boards will be placed in convenient and generally accessible locations in all workplaces where the members of such organizations are employed. Provisions shall be made for separate bulletin boards for each employee representative organization. The cost […]
The Division of Personnel after consultation with other state agencies shall establish a program under which annual leave accrued or accumulated by an employee of an agency may, if voluntarily agreed to by the employee, be transferred to the annual leave account of another designated employee if the other employee requires additional leave because of […]
The classified service includes all positions covered by the civil service system as of the effective date of this article, except as otherwise provided in this article. Positions may be added to the classified service as provided in section four of this article.
NOTE: West Virginia Code 29-6-4 was amended by two bills passed during the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature. When two acts of the Legislature amend the same section of the Code without express recognition in the bill of the action of the other bill, the Legislative Manager makes no determination as to the appropriate, […]
