Title 5 — Title 5: State Employees

Sec. 5-223. Rating of examinations. The final earned rating of each person who competes in and passes each phase of any examination shall be determined by the weighted average of the earned ratings on all phases of the examination, according to weights for each phase established …

Sec. 5-224. Credit for military service on examinations held for original appointments. Any veteran who served in time of war, if such veteran is not eligible for disability compensation or pension from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or the spouse of such veter…

Sec. 5-225. Notice of final earned ratings on examinations. Right of inspection. Appeals. All persons competing in any examination shall be given written notice of their final earned ratings and the minimum earned rating necessary to pass the examination. Not later than thirty da…

Sec. 5-226. Corrupt practices in relation to applications, examinations and appointments. No person, by himself or in cooperation with one or more persons, may (1) wilfully defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his right of taking any examination for or receiving a…

Secs. 5-226a to 5-226e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 5-226f. Pilot program concerning state classifications and examination system. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 5-272 the employer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270, and an employee organization, as defined in subsection (d) of said se…

Sec. 5-227. Discrimination prohibited. No person in the classified service or seeking admission thereto may be appointed, demoted or dismissed or be in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political opinions or affiliations or as the result of a discriminatory …

Sec. 5-227a. Promotion by reclassification of position. Examination for reclassified position not required. Whenever an employee's position in the classified service is reclassified, the promotion of the employee shall be made without examination provided: (1) The employee meets …

Sec. 5-227b. Waiver of examinations. Delegation of authority to recruit. Audit of recruitments. (a) Examinations for positions may be waived by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under any of the following conditions: (1) Where the possession of a professional license or…

Sec. 5-228. Filling vacancies. Promotional and original appointments. Dismissal during working test period. Sex discrimination. (a) When a vacancy in any permanent position in the classified service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the Commissioner of Admini…

Sec. 5-229. Time for appointment. Effective date. An appointing authority, upon receipt of a candidate list for any vacant position in the classified service or upon receiving the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with the provisions of section…

Sec. 5-230. Working test periods. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish appropriate working test periods of not less than three months nor more than one year for the various classes of positions. Within ten days preceding the termination of the working test …

Sec. 5-231. Residence not required, exceptions. No person shall be required to be a resident of this state in order to be eligible to take any examination, or be eligible for appointment to the classified service, except that the Commissioner of Administrative Services may establ…

Secs. 5-232 and 5-232a. Appointments of noncitizens. Citizenship requirement may be waived. Sections 5-232 and 5-232a are repealed. (1967, P.A. 233; 657, S. 41; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 9, 10; 768, S. 63; P.A. 74-166, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 5-233. Appointments to unskilled and semiskilled positions. For positions involving unskilled and semiskilled labor or for positions involving domestic, attending or other housekeeping and custodial services at state institutions or agencies or for other similar classes wher…

Sec. 5-234. Appointments to training program and following completion of training program. Not applicable to veterans preference. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may provide for the appointment, with or without examination, of qualified persons in a class in which the…

Sec. 5-235. Provisional, temporary, emergency and intermittent appointments. (a) In order to facilitate the carrying on of public business or avoid inconvenience to the public, but not otherwise, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may authorize the filling of the positio…

Sec. 5-236. Appointments to unclassified service. Return to classified from unclassified service. (a) An appointing authority, in his discretion, may request from the Commissioner of Administrative Services a list of eligible candidates for a position exempt from the classified s…

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 ser…

Sec. 5-237a. Salary Review Committee. Section 5-237a is repealed. (P.A. 78-231, S. 9, 10; P.A. 83-90; P.A. 85-510, S. 32, 35; P.A. 87-456, S. 5, 6.)

Sec. 5-237b. Quality Control Committee. Membership. Duties. Section 5-237b is repealed, effective July 1, 2012. (P.A. 84-480, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-510, S. 33, 35; P.A. 86-188, S. 1, 2; P.A. 12-205, S. 25.)

Sec. 5-238. Hours of work in Executive Department. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for establishing and maintaining uniform and equitable hours of work required of all employees in the Executive…

Sec. 5-238a. Hours of persons employed in state parks during summer months. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, or of any regulation promulgated thereunder, there shall be no limitation on the number of hours worked per week by persons temporarily employed by …

Sec. 5-238b. Hours of meat and poultry inspectors. Section 5-238b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 73-478, S. 1, 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 391.)

Sec. 5-239. Transfers. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for the transfer of employees from a position of a given class to another position in the same or a comparable class either with…

Sec. 5-239a. Assignment of permanent state employees of the executive branch by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish procedures for the assignment of permanent state employees of the executive branch, including ins…

Sec. 5-240. Reprimand, suspension, demotion, dismissal. Layoffs. Notice period pay. Use of tax return information in certain proceedings. (a) An appointing authority, subject to any regulations issued by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may reprimand or warn …

Sec. 5-241. Order of layoffs. Notice. Placement on reemployment list. (a) No employee in the classified service who has been performing his duties in a satisfactory manner as shown by the records of the department, agency or institution in which he has been employed shall be dism…

Sec. 5-242. Appointment and tenure of teachers in state institution schools. (a) Any board of trustees of a state institution and any state agency other than the State Board of Education, the Technical Education and Career System or the Board of Governors of Higher Education or i…

Sec. 5-243. Resignations. Reemployment of retired employees. Resignations from the classified service shall be subject to regulations issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 50; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 18-130, S. 3.) History: P.A. 77-614 r…

Sec. 5-244. Transfer or separation from service due to disability. Reinstatement of sick leave upon reemployment. When an employee has become physically or mentally incapable of, or unfit for, the efficient performance of the duties of his or her position, by reason of infirmitie…

Sec. 5-245. Workweek. Overtime pay. (a) Any state employee who performs work authorized by his appointing authority for a period in addition to the hours of the employee's regular, established workweek shall receive compensation as follows: (1) For that portion of such additional…

Sec. 5-246. State police workweek. Work for highway contractors. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation issued under this chapter, no state policeman shall be required to be on active duty as such more than five days in any consecutive seven-day period except in …

Sec. 5-247. Sick leave. Credit on reemployment. Collection of benefits while otherwise employed on full-time basis prohibited. (a) Each appointing authority shall grant, on account of illness or injury, to each full-time employee in a permanent position in the state service who h…

Sec. 5-247a. Payment for accumulated sick leave for retiring state teachers. Any state employee who opted for membership in the teachers' retirement system pursuant to chapter 167a and who retires under the provisions of said chapter shall be compensated, effective as of the date…

Sec. 5-247b. Sick leave. Use by employees who have a disability for service animal training. (a) As used in this section, “disability” and “service animal” have the same meanings as provided in section 22-345. (b) Each appointing authority shall grant to each full-time employee i…

Sec. 5-248. Leaves of absence. Reinstatement upon withdrawal of resignation. (a) An appointing authority may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, grant a leave of absence with full pay, part pay or without pay, subject to the regulations issued by th…

Sec. 5-248a. Family and medical leave from employment. (a) For purposes of this section, “child” means a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild, child of whom a person has legal guardianship or custody, or, in the alternative, a child of a person standing in loco parentis…

Sec. 5-248b. Regulations. Family and medical leave from employment. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which establish procedures and guidelines necessary to implement the provisions of section 5-2…

Sec. 5-248c. Voluntary schedule reduction program. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall implement a voluntary schedule reduction program under which permanent state employees may, with the…

Secs. 5-248d to 5-248h. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 5-248i. Telecommuting and work-at-home programs. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, within available appropriations, develop and implement guidelines, in cooperation with interested employee organizations, as defined in subsection (d) of section 5-270, au…

Sec. 5-248j. Participation in Big Brothers and Big Sisters program. (a)(1) On and after June 1, 1998, each full-time employee in a permanent position in the state service, who is not represented by a collective bargaining representative, who worked at least one full calendar year…

Sec. 5-248k. Paid leave for organ donation. (a) As used in this section: (1) “State employee” means any employee in the executive, judicial or legislative branch of state government, whether in the classified or unclassified service and whether full or part-time; (2) “Paid leave”…

Sec. 5-249. Leave for volunteer fire, ambulance, civil air patrol, specialized disaster relief and canine search and rescue services. (a)(1) Any state employee who is an active volunteer firefighter or member of a volunteer ambulance service or company (A) may, with the authoriza…

Sec. 5-250. Vacations. Personal leave. (a) Each appointing authority shall grant to (1) each full-time employee in a permanent position in the state service, who has worked at least one full calendar year, and (2) each full-time employee in a permanent position in the state servi…

Sec. 5-251. Accrual of sick leave and vacation credits while receiving compensation. Any state employee receiving compensation benefits in accordance with section 5-142 or 5-143 shall continue to accrue sick leave credits as provided in section 5-247 and vacation credits as provi…

Sec. 5-252. Payment for accrued vacation time on leaving state service. Any state employee leaving state service shall receive a lump sum payment for accrued vacation time as prescribed under rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, …

Sec. 5-253. Payment for extra hours of work and accumulated vacation allowance on death. Upon the death of any state employee, a lump sum payment shall be made (a) for equivalent time off due him for authorized extra hours of work credited to the employee in accordance with exist…

Sec. 5-254. Holidays. (a) Each full-time permanent employee in the state service shall be granted time off with pay for any legal holiday. A general worker employed in a position by the Department of Developmental Services as a self-advocate shall be granted time off with pay for…