2020 -- S 2577 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Lombardo, Lombardi, and Goodwin | |
Date Introduced: February 25, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 36-4-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-4 entitled "Merit System" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 36-4-11. Allocation of positions to classes within plan. |
4 | (a) After the adoption of the classification plan by the governor, the personnel administrator |
5 | shall allocate every position in the classified service to one of the classes established by the plan. |
6 | Thereafter, whenever new positions are authorized and created, whenever the duties and |
7 | responsibilities of existing positions change, or whenever the classification plan is amended, the |
8 | personnel administrator shall allocate or reallocate the affected positions and shall determine the |
9 | status of employees affected by the action in accordance with the personnel rules. |
10 | (b) Whenever a class of position is advanced from one pay range to another, any employee |
11 | currently serving in the classification affected shall be advanced to the same step in the new pay |
12 | range. The employee shall retain their same civil service status and their existing salary step |
13 | consideration date. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would allow an employee in a class advanced from one pay range to another, to |
2 | maintain the same step in the new pay range, as well as the same civil service status and their |
3 | currently earned salary step consideration date. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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