Connecticut § 5-237 - Service ratings. Performance appraisals.
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§ 5-237. Service ratings. Performance appraisals.
Sec. 5-237. Service ratings. Performance appraisals. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, such regulations for the administration of such service rating system as the commissioner deems practicable. Such service ratings shall be used in determining salary and wage increases and decreases within the limits provided by statute and within the limits of the schedules of compensation, as a means of discovering employees in the classified service who, by reason of their unsatisfactory service, ought to be demoted or dismissed. Reports of service ratings or of information to be used as a basis for service ratings shall not be required for any employee or group of employees more often than once in three months without the consent of the appointing authorities. Any employee in the classified service shall have the right, at reasonable times during office hours, to inspect his service ratings, as shown by the records of the Department of Administrative Services or of the department, agency or institution in which such employee is employed.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide for the administration of a performance appraisal system as the commissioner deems practical for employees whose positions have been designated as managerial, except in the Legislative and Judicial Departments. Such performance appraisals shall be used in determining managerial compensation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 5-210, and shall be required periodically as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 46; P.A. 76-254, S. 7, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 67, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 8, 10; P.A. 81-457, S. 8; P.A. 90-271, S. 2, 24; P.A. 92-165, S. 27, 32; P.A. 00-68, S. 9; P.A. 13-247, S. 364.)
History: P.A. 76-254 deleted provision for use of service ratings as factor in promotion tests; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services and personnel department with department of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 added Subsec. (b) re performance appraisal of managerial employees; P.A. 81-457 amended Subsec. (b) to require that compensation be in accordance with Sec. 5-210(d) rather than “within the limits of approved salary schedules” and to delete obsolete requirement that director of personnel and labor relations report to public personnel, military affairs and appropriations committees in January, 1981 re administration of management incentive program; P.A. 90-271 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 92-165 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-68 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “Commissioner of Administrative Services” for “Director of Personnel and Labor Relations” and “as the commissioner deems” for “as he or she shall deem”; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “issue” with “adopt”, add reference to Ch. 54 and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2013.
Provides exception within purview of Sec. 1-19(a). 214 C. 312.
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