Title 5 — Title 5: State Employees

Sec. 5-193. Short title: State Personnel Act. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Personnel Act”. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 2.)

Sec. 5-194. Construction and administration. This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service. Recruitment, selection, appointment, development, promotion, transfer, layo…

Sec. 5-195. Merit principles to be observed. The system of personnel administration for employees in the state service shall be based on merit principles. All appointments and promotions, except as hereinafter specified, shall be made according to merit and fitness as ascertained…

Sec. 5-196. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Agency” means a department, board, institution or commission established by statute, not a part of any other department, board, institution or commission. (2) “Allocation” means the offi…

Secs. 5-196a and 5-196b. “Commissioner” and “department” defined. “Personnel Commissioner” and “Personnel Department”, terminology change. Sections 5-196a and 5-196b are repealed. (P.A. 73-677, S. 1; P.A. 75-519, S. 1, 7, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 609, 610.)

Sec. 5-197. Offices in state service to be classified; exceptions. Any office or position in the state service, whether full-time or part-time, shall be a position in the classified service, except as hereinafter set forth in this chapter or otherwise specified by statute. (1967,…

Sec. 5-198. Positions exempt from classified service. The offices and positions filled by the following-described incumbents shall be exempt from the classified service: (1) All officers and employees of the Judicial Department; (2) All officers and employees of the Legislative D…

Sec. 5-199. Personnel Division of Department of Administrative Services. Deputy commissioner. Section 5-199 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 8; 1972, P.A. 123, S. 2; P.A. 73-497, S. 1, 2; 73-677, S. 3; P.A. 75-519, S. 3, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 107, 610; P.A. …

Secs. 5-199a and 5-199b. Bureaus established. Deputy commissioners; qualifications; appointment; powers. Exempt positions. Sections 5-199a and 5-199b are repealed. (P.A. 73-677, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-519, S. 11, 12.)

Sec. 5-199c. Human resources strategic plan. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop a human resources strategic plan for anticipating and meeting the personnel requirements of the state service. The plan shall clearly define the missions, functions and responsi…

Sec. 5-199d. Role of regional community-technical colleges in training for state employees. The Department of Administrative Services or any other state agency which seeks to contract for training for their employees shall, prior to entering into a contract, contact the chancello…

Sec. 5-200. State personnel and employment policies. Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Regulations. Personnel administration services for municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services o…

Sec. 5-200a. Job evaluations in classified and unclassified state service. Exclusion of certain unclassified positions. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall evaluate classifications in state service on a periodic basis of not less than five years to determine if …

Sec. 5-200b. Reclassification of state employees by Commissioner of Administrative Services. Any state employee who is being reclassified upward to a competitive or noncompetitive class in state service may be allocated to the higher classification without examination by the Comm…

Sec. 5-200c. Elimination of wage inequities in state service. Reserve for salary adjustments account report. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall take into account any further wage inequities identified as part of the five-year review process in accordance with s…

Sec. 5-200d. Automated personnel system. Section 5-200d is repealed, effective July 13, 2005. (P.A. 92-165, S. 5, 32; P.A. 05-287, S. 57.)

Sec. 5-201. Employees' Review Board. (a) There shall be an Employees' Review Board consisting of seven members, at least one of whom shall be an attorney with experience in administrative or labor law. Each member first appointed on or after July 1, 1987, shall have substantial c…

Sec. 5-201a. Relation of Personnel Appeal Board to the department. Section 5-201a is repealed. (P.A. 74-336, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 109, 610; P.A. 81-472, S. 158, 159.)

Sec. 5-202. Individual and group appeals. (a) Any employee who is not included in any collective bargaining unit of state employees and who has achieved a permanent appointment as defined in section 5-196 may appeal to the Employees' Review Board if such employee receives an unsa…

Sec. 5-203. Reports to Commissioner of Administrative Services of personnel changes. Each appointment, transfer, promotion, demotion, dismissal, vacancy, change of salary rate, leave of absence, absence from duty or other temporary or permanent change in the status of any employe…

Sec. 5-204. Report to Governor. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall compile currently and submit a report to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, giving information as to the number of state employees, the number of employees in the classified service, salary …

Sec. 5-205. Administration of oaths, issuance of subpoenas. Section 5-205 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24.)

Sec. 5-206. Position classifications. (a) Position classifications established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be listed in the appropriate records and publications of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with the following descriptive item…

Sec. 5-206a. Establishment of position classification series for marital and family therapists. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a job classification series for marital and family therapists licensed under chapter 383a and professional counselors licens…

Sec. 5-207. Use of classification titles and codes. The classification titles or codes of positions in the classified service shall be used in all records and communications of the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Administrative Services, the State Comptroller a…

Sec. 5-207a. Requirements for positions or contractors or subcontractors with exposure to federal tax information. (a) For each position of employment with the state of Connecticut that involves exposure to federal tax information, the employing agency and, in the case where the …

Sec. 5-208. Compensation schedules. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish compensation schedules or plans. For employees who are not members of any collective bargaining unit, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Managemen…

Sec. 5-208a. Compensation by more than one agency restricted. Multiple job assignments within same agency restricted. No state employee shall be compensated for services rendered to more than one state agency during a biweekly pay period unless the appointing authority of each ag…

Sec. 5-209. Compensation for performance of duties of higher job classification. Any state employee, except an employee who has been designated managerial, who is assigned, by the employee's appointing authority, duties and responsibilities of a job classification higher than the…

Sec. 5-209a. General worker. Work experience credit for out-of-class work. (a) Any person who is employed in state service as a general worker for program support or technical services, as determined by the Department of Administrative Services at the time of such employment, sha…

Sec. 5-210. Annual salary increases; lump-sum payments; state incentive plans for managerial or confidential employees. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish one or more state incentive plans for employees whose positions have been designated managerial or con…

Secs. 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211. Employee anniversary dates for fiscal 1975-76. Payment of partial increments for fiscal 1975-76. Meritorious service award; exceptions. Sections 5-210a, 5-210b and 5-211 are repealed. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 289; 19…

Sec. 5-212. Salary not to exceed salary range. No portion of an annual salary increase under section 5-210 shall be given which will result in a salary in excess of the salary range established for the employee's class of position. The amount of any lump-sum payments made in acco…

Sec. 5-212a. Compensation schedules adjustments. Section 5-212a is repealed. (1972, P.A. 226; September, 1972, P.A. 2, S. 1; P.A. 76-435, S. 65, 82.)

Sec. 5-213. Termination of longevity payments to employees not included in any collective bargaining unit. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-212, each employee in the state service who has completed not less than ten years of state service and who is not included in…

Secs. 5-213a and 5-213b. Salary increase for managerial employees in lieu of longevity payments. Conferring of benefits upon managerial or confidential employees and appointed officials not included in collective bargaining units. Sections 5-213a and 5-213b are repealed. (P.A. 78…

Sec. 5-213c. Salary increase upon termination of longevity payments to employees not included in any collective bargaining unit. Effective the first pay period after July 1, 2013, the annual salary of any employee in state service who is not included in any collective bargaining …

Sec. 5-214. Creation of new positions and filling of vacancies subject to certification by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or designee. Except in emergencies, natural disasters or for the purpose of qualifying for federal funding, no new position shall be created…

Sec. 5-215. Study of need for existing positions. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall study and investigate the need for existing positions in the classified service and may cancel unfilled positions which are not needed in carrying on the work of the state…

Sec. 5-215a. Filling of vacancies from candidate lists. When the appointing authority receives approval to fill a vacancy in any permanent position in the classified service, the appointing authority shall request the Commissioner of Administrative Services to provide a candidate…

Sec. 5-215b. Screening process. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any employment requirement, an appointing authority may begin the screening process as soon as the applicable job opening is posted. (P.A. 23-194, S. 2.) History: P.A. 23-194 effective July 1, 2023.…

Sec. 5-216. Establishment of candidate lists. Continuous recruitment. Application of examination scores. Placement of names on candidate list. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall hold examinations for the purpose of establishing candidate lists for the various c…

Sec. 5-217. Effective period of candidate lists. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall specify, at the time any candidate list is promulgated, the period during which such list shall remain in force. In no case shall a candidate list remain in force for a period of le…

Sec. 5-218. Examinations; notices. (a) Except for an examination that has been waived pursuant to section 5-227b, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall prepare lists of preliminary requirements and subjects of examination for positions in the classified service and pu…

Sec. 5-219. Form of examinations. Fees. (a) Examinations shall be in such form and of such character and shall relate to such matters as will fairly test and determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of the persons tested to perform the duties of the class or position to …

Sec. 5-219a. Volunteer experience considered. It shall be the policy of all state agencies to consider volunteer experience as partial fulfillment of training and experience requirements for state employment. (P.A. 79-183, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 355; P.A. 14-187, S. 25.) History: …

Sec. 5-220. Conduct of examinations. (a) Examinations shall be conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or under his direction by an authorized agent. In giving examinations for positions in the classified service, the commissioner may obtain the assistance of per…

Sec. 5-221. Rejection of applicants. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may reject the application of any person for admission to an examination for establishing a candidate list for the classified service, or refuse to examine any applicant for such service, who (1)…

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 …

Sec. 5-222. Unassembled examinations for certain professional positions. Regulations. Section 5-222 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 657, S. 31; 1969, P.A. 658, S. 8; P.A. 77-368, S. 1; 77-614, S. 67, 610; P.A. 79-621, S. 23, 24.)