Connecticut § 5-221a - Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination.
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§ 5-221a. Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination.
Sec. 5-221a. Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination. An applicant for employment or an employee in the classified service may appeal the rejection of such applicant's or employee's application, in writing, to the Commissioner of Administrative Services not later than six business days after the transmittal of such rejection notice by providing supplementary information on qualifications as may be necessary. Such applicant or employee may request a review of such rejection by an independent human resource professional who shall render a final decision on the applicant's or employee's appeal within fifteen days thereafter.
(1969, P.A. 658, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 12, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 10, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 357; P.A. 18-130, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 92-165 changed “employment list” to “candidate list” and made technical changes; P.A. 96-168 provided for appeal within ten days rather than seven days of receipt of rejection notice, required that appeals be in writing and specified the information the appellant should provide, permitted the appellant to request a hearing and eliminated the panel of personnel officers from state agencies, substituting an independent human resource professional as the decision-making body, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 required that rejection be appealed not later than 12 days after mailing of notice, rather than within 10 days of receipt of notice, deleted reference to hearing to review rejection, shortened timing of final decision from 30 days to 15 days after review of rejection and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-130 decreased period to appeal from twelve days to six business days, and replaced “mailing” with “transmittal”.
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