Title 5, Title 5: State Employees

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 Section 5-205 is repealed.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.)

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…

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…